HERE Technologies appoints Fred Hessabi as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the EMEAR region

January 16, 2020 
 
   Amsterdam, the Netherlands -- HERE Technologies, a global leader in 
mapping and location services, today announced the appointment of Fred 
Hessabi as Senior Vice President (SVP) and General Manager of Europe, 
the Middle East, Africa and Russia. 
 
   In his role, Hessabi will be responsible for driving regional revenue 
growth and diversifying the HERE customer portfolio. With HERE Workspace 
and HERE Marketplace at the core of the company's platform, Hessabi will 
identify opportunities for customers, partners and developers, across 
industries, to leverage the power of location intelligence to solve 
their business problems. 
 
   Hessabi replaces Stefan Hansen, who left HERE in December 2019 to take a 
position at NTT Data. 
 
   Prior to HERE, Hessabi was President of C3.ai International, a leading 
enterprise AI software provider for building enterprise-scale 
applications and accelerating digital transformation. In this role, he 
led and managed all C3 operations outside the USA, including sales, 
marketing and professional services. 
 
   Hessabi has more than 25 years of sales experience in the technology 
industry. He has worked with clients in a variety of sectors including 
telecommunications, retail and public sector. Before C3, Hessabi held 
leadership roles at several prominent companies. He was SAP's General 
Manager of EMEA - North & Continental Europe, in charge of all SAP 
revenues and operations in the region and, before that, at Siebel 
Systems for ten years, where he served as President of EMEA. 
 
   Hessabi holds a MBA degree from the SKEMA Business School in France and 
will be based in Paris. 
 
   Media Contacts 
 
   Kasey Farrar 
 
   Phone: [phone] 
 
   E-mail 
https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=cnye14vTviYaC-9myD_05jXKAqV5O7g1YJ4-hOZekVElEDxd1p8EKxF8Z21SM1_T45KUo49cAe2V0904Mt3Snw== 
: [e-mail] 
https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=B9m4w9kRUT7eWU4NWlnq91bGEFxFVQmokpoXEfdqvWgwbyyif09n2kW02buDRsWFgTAP_xuSoPYNkKyFdLZIgqAuX7ruCKnc27nYAnAlDRQ= 
 
 
   About HERE Technologies 
 
   HERE, a location data and technology platform, moves people, businesses 
and cities forward by harnessing the power of location. By leveraging 
our open platform, we empower our customers to achieve better outcomes - 
from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its 
assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely. To learn more 
about HERE, please visit www.here.com and http://360.here.com. 
 
   Attachment 
 
 
   -- HERE Technologies appoints Fred Hessabi as Senior Vice President and 
      General Manager for the EMEAR region 
      https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/284dccfd-fb35-4a8d-984a-6a89a44c3a63 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

January 16, 2020 04:05 ET (09:05 GMT)