ABBYY Appoints Patrick Jean to Chief Product & Technology Officer to Accelerate Technological Innovation and Customer Value with Purpose-built AI Solutions

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABBYY, a market leader in purpose-built AI for intelligent automation, has announced the appointment of Patrick Jean “PJ” as Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPO/CTO) and a member of the executive management team. PJ has served in several executive engineering and leadership roles over his 20-year career and has a successful track record winning market share that drives demonstrable revenue. He will lead global product and technology teams with a primary focus on accelerating time-to-market for ABBYY’s intelligent document processing and process intelligence solutions to deliver measurable value to global enterprise customers faster.

“The depth of PJ’s hands-on experience gives him an indispensable perspective, both as a leader and a technologist,” said Ulf Persson, Chief Executive Officer at ABBYY. “Not only does he understand what it takes to drive a successful time-to-market and growth strategy for the enterprise, he is also an advocate for servant leadership that fosters a high performing, and highly motivated organizational culture. PJ joins us at a time where the AI and intelligent automation market is at an inflexion point and seeing rapid growth. PJ’s know-how and experience will be instrumental to further ABBYY’s value to customers, profitable growth strategy and continued recognition as a leader in the industry.”

Prior to joining ABBYY, PJ held executive engineering and technology roles at OutSystems, Citrix, and Apttus, and currently serves on the Board for Codility.

“ABBYY is an experienced innovator in AI with strong leadership and an even stronger commitment to customers,” commented PJ. “ABBYY’s deep expertise and focus on purpose-built AI distinguishes the company as a proven organization among the upcropping of bandwagoners. I look forward to delivering high impact value to our customers.”

For more information about ABBYY intelligent automation solutions, visit www.abbyy.com.

About ABBYY

ABBYY puts your information to work with purpose-built AI. We combine innovation and experience to transform data from business-critical documents into intelligent actionable outcomes in over 200 languages in real time. We are trusted by more than 10,000 companies globally, including many of the Fortune 500, to drive significant impact where it matters most: accelerate the customer experience, operational excellence, and competitive advantage. ABBYY is a global company with headquarters in Milpitas, CA and offices in 14 countries, and is the Official Intelligent Automation Partner of Arsenal Women Football Club. For more information, visit www.abbyy.com/company and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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