Crystal Decisions Appoints New President and CEO

Judge brings to Crystal Decisions more than 25 years of software and hardware experience at IBM, and a demonstrated track record of successfully growing profit and market share for one of its largest divisions.

"We’re proud of our proven enterprise solutions and the fantastic people and culture at Crystal Decisions," said Kerfoot. "Jon is a natural leader and ideally suited for Crystal Decisions with his global team management and industry experience. As the new President and CEO, he will boost the business discipline and performance of our organization, bring renewed focus and energy so we can be even more responsive to changing customer needs and accelerate us to the next level of growth. I'm more enthusiastic about Crystal Decisions than I've ever been."

As President and CEO, Judge will drive the operations and management of the company, and will be responsible for product development, customer satisfaction and partner relationship programs.

Since 2001, Judge has been General Manager of IBM’s Personal Computing Division, a $10 billion business unit offering a broad range of products, services and solutions including IBM’s ThinkPad brand of mobile computers.

"I am extremely excited and honored to assume the role of President and CEO of one of the fastest growing software companies in the world, and I look forward to partnering with Greg and the entire Crystal Decisions’ management team to build upon the extraordinary success of the organization," said Judge. "My goal is to delight customers with every aspect of our business, and continue to deliver the industry’s most complete suite of technology to achieve even greater success in the marketplace."

Judge began his career at IBM in 1976, and following several years as a salesman and sales manager became Branch Manager of the New York City, Wall Street branch. In 1987, he became a Regional Manager responsible for the direct sales and support operations in Northern California, Nevada and Utah for all IBM products. He became Group Director of Marketing for Networking Systems in 1991 and a year later was named Vice President of Marketing for the Storage Systems Division.

Judge holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Harvard College.