Gert Raeves, long the public face of Heliograph, has left its new owners Checkfree to join GoldenSource as vice president, business solutions. Raeves has also been a member of the ISITC Europe executive since 2003.
Reporting to Mark Zill, EVP global software operations, Raeves is charged with selling GoldenSource’s enterprise data management solutions.
“My aim at GoldenSource is to help our customers maximize the value they get from using our EDM solutions” says Raeves. “The company is in a very strong position as we uniquely understand the criticality of data and the high cost to our customers of inaccurate data. Data inconsistency is a root cause of process exceptions, and of poor operational and financial control. I look forward to working with product management and product development to ensure that GoldenSource customers can enjoy a significant competitive advantage. The value of having a trusted source of critical financial data at the heart of your operational and financial control systems is self-evident – GoldenSource has the products and the people to deliver on that vision.”
At CheckFree HelioGraph, he was responsible for product marketing. During his five year tenure, Raeves held a variety of roles including securities product manager, business development director and, most recently, product marketing director in charge of middleware, EAI transaction management and corporate actions.
Prior to CheckFree HelioGraph, Raeves spent three years at SWIFT, where he held a variety of roles. In 1999 / 2000 he held the position of SWIFT regional account manager based in London and was responsible for ETC and corporate actions. He began his career at JP Morgan in 1995, where he worked in operational and supervisory roles in settlement, foreign exchange and client liaison.
“We are excited to have someone of Gert’s caliber join our team,” says Mark Zill. “He brings knowledge, experience and a real enthusiasm to the company and is a regular contributor to industry debate. His considerable knowledge of the operational needs of the financial sector combined with a track record in building successful industry relationships adds tremendous corporate value to GoldenSource as the company moves forward.”