Henry Ancona, president and COO commented, "Pegasystems' organisational model combines market-leading technology with a disciplined focus on operations. We have made tremendous progress this year helping our customers align their business processes with their strategic objectives. With our world-class employee talent, we are committed to a best-in-class sales and services organisation and I am delighted to welcome Mike and Doug to our executive management team."

Mike Wallrich joins Pegasystems with more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience, with a particular expertise and passion for the BPM market. Mike spent 11 years with FileNet, following which he led MicroTek, a company listed among the Inc. 500 fastest growing private companies for three straight years. Mike will augment the current outstanding geographic sales leadership of Pegasystems and help take the next steps toward ensuring world-class success.

Doug Kra brings 20-plus years of successful services experience to the company, including nine years with Cambridge Technology Partners. Doug will assume leadership of the services group, with a continued focus on helping customers and partners maximize their implementations of Pegasystems' BPM software and providing superior customer service.