Paragon Software Group (PSG), today announced its expansion in the Americas with the opening of offices in Irvine, Calif. The company also announced that is has appointed software veteran, Tom Fedro as president of the Americas division. The Irvine location will serve as the US headquarters for the company, who also has offices in northern California.

Recognized as a leading provider of innovative software and technologies addressing both data storage and mobile productivity applications, Paragon Software Group was originally founded in 1994 in Germany and has achieved noted success throughout Europe and Asia. With the opening of the Americas headquarters in Irvine, Paragon will tap into the tremendous market potential for its software products, aligning with key partners, establishing strong sales channels and supporting customers.

Konstantin Komarov, Paragon Software’s CEO, commented, “Tom is a key addition to our management team and has impressive experience in the software arena with specific experience in storage and data recovery markets. Tom brings years of industry experience in developing and implementing programs to increase market reach and will be a tremendous asset to our expansion endeavors in the US and throughout the Americas and Canada.”

The new office represents the company’s commitment and focus to having a strong presence in the Americas. Fedro is charged with building a team and is actively recruiting talent in areas of sales, marketing and customer support. “Irvine is the high tech corridor for Orange County and provides a good talent base to draw from that will enable us to meet our aggressive growth plans,” said Tom Fedro, Paragon’s newly appointed president of the Americas.

Prior to joining Paragon Software, Fedro was executive VP of sales, marketing and operations at FarStone Technology, a software firm focused on applications that optimize the performance and data security of PCs and networks. He also held vice president and general management roles at Fidelity National Financial, one of the nation's most comprehensive sources for financial services and related technology solutions. Earlier he was VP of sales and marketing at Coral Systems and SCI, both software providers focused on billing, churn management and fraud detection applications for mobile phone operators worldwide. Over Fedro’s long career of nearly 20 years he has consistently been recognized for successfully opening new and difficult markets with innovative software solutions.

“I am delighted to join Paragon Software, a company whose products are well revered around the globe. I look forward to strengthening the company’s success here and throughout the western hemisphere,” said Fedro.

About Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group (PSG) is a technology solutions provider to the enterprise, SMB and consumer markets, worldwide. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software Group actively markets and sells in more than 150 countries and has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan and Russia. PSG consists of two divisions, System Technology, offering solutions for storage management and data safety, and Smart Handheld Devices Division (SHDD), offering software for diverse classes of smart handheld devices (Palm OS, Pocket PC/Windows Mobile, Symbian OS), including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and game applications and multilingual dictionaries. To learn more about Paragon Software's diverse product line, please visit: Storage Management Division:http://www.paragon-software.com Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com or Epocware: http://www.epocware.com

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