Koehn joins Kerridge Commercial Systems

Ms Koehn is an entrepreneurial leader with over 20 years’ experience in executive-level roles leading enterprise software product management, strategy, marketing and development at a variety of UK and US-based software companies. She comes to KCS from her most recent role as CPO at Brady plc and prior to that she was vice-president of product for Sage’s Enterprise software solutions.

As a forward thinking software product leader, she has established an impressive track record of managing product design, technical innovation and delivery of large, multi-dimensional, multi-million dollar initiatives that leverage cloud innovation, big data, IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more. Her expertise includes understanding and working with complex IT concepts and systems and the commercial drivers essential to creating breakthrough omnichannel (enterprise, web, mobile) B2B offerings. Her strong execution-focused approach is a welcomed addition to the KCS group and products, said the company.

In addition to her enterprise software industry expertise, Ms Koehn holds degrees in History, Political Science, Nursing, Liberal Studies, and Business.

“As a software product person, I’m extremely passionate about building innovative and flexible technical solutions that solve real world problems and empower customers to plan, co-ordinate and better manage their business resources, operations and productivity,” said Ms Koehn. “I’m excited to join the excellent team at KCS, a company that has truly global growth ambitions and an awe-inspiring dedication to meeting the needs of customers by delivering outstanding products and services.”

“As we grow our business and extend our product portfolio, it is important that we focus on the long term planning of our global products and ensure strong leadership within R&D and throughout the business,” said David Liddle, KCS president of research and development. “Ms Koehn’s expertise will be most valuable to our evolving group product strategy.”