On November 1, 2019, Maryam Danesh Kajouri took on the position of Senior Vice President Marketing & Branding of the USU Group. In this function, she is a member of the Senior Leadership team and reports directly to Dr. Benjamin Strehl, Executive Vice President and a member of the Management Board of USU.

Danesh Kajouri's task is to develop the Group's global marketing strategy further in order to accelerate its international growth. This includes the clear positioning and targeted marketing of USU's products in addition to strengthening both the USU brand and public awareness of the company.

Prior to coming to USU, Danesh Kajouri was Global Head of Marketing & Product Marketing at CREALOGIX, an internationally active fintech company, where she was responsible for global marketing strategy and branding, investor and analyst relations, go-to-market strategies and product positioning. For example, she successfully led the company's geographic expansion and market entry in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Danesh Kajouri's extensive experience in strongly growing organizations makes her an ideal choice for her responsibilities at USU.

"With more than 40 years on the market, USU is a big company with strong values, an inspiring vision and proven products for customer-centric services that strengthen the global customer base," says Danesh Kajouri. "USU is a special company with deeply rooted values and the goal of transforming the customer experience through state-of-the-art technologies. I'm looking forward to working with this remarkable and talented team to accelerate USU's growth and its further international expansion."

"Maryam can point to an impressive record of successes in B2B technology companies that are at critical points in their growth. This is why we're convinced that her leadership qualities and her brand management knowledge will contribute to strengthening the USU brand and driving forward our growth," Strehl adds.

This press release can be downloaded at https://www.usu.de/en/.


USU Software AG

The USU Group is the largest European provider of IT and knowledge management software. Market leaders from all sectors of the international economy use USU applications to create transparency, enhance agility, save costs and reduce their risks. In addition to USU AG, founded in 1977, USU Software AG - which is listed in the Prime Standard of Deutsche Börse (ISIN DE000A0BVU28) - also includes the subsidiaries Aspera GmbH, Aspera Technologies Inc., LeuTek GmbH, OMEGA Software GmbH and USU SAS.

In the area of IT management, USU supports companies with comprehensive ITIL^(R)-compliant solutions for strategic and operational IT and enterprise service management. USU solutions give customers an overall view of their IT processes and IT infrastructure and enable them to transparently plan, allocate, monitor and actively manage services. USU is one of the world's leading manufacturers in the area of software license management.

USU is driving the digitization of business processes with its intelligent solutions and expertise in the area of digital interaction. Standard software and consulting services are used to automate service workflows and actively provide knowledge for all communications channels and points of customer contact in sales, marketing and customer service. The portfolio in this area is rounded off by system integration, individual applications and software solutions for industrial big data.

Further information: https://www.usu.de/en/

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