DEM Solutions appoints new Chief Operating Officer

Alan Faichney has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of DEM Solutions, based at their Edinburgh headquarters, effective from 1Jan 2008

DEM Solutions, a global leader in discrete element modeling software and services, has announced a restructuring of its organization as part of an overall expansion designed to better meet the needs and requirements of its growing client base.

Alan Faichney has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer based at their Edinburgh headquarters, effective from 1Jan 2008.

The re-organization will enable Dr John Favier, CEO of DEM Solutions, to focus more fully on client relations, strategy, and business development.

Alan joins DEM Solutions from Ion Inc where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Resources, a corporate post with wide ranging responsibilities including long term strategy and company-wide research and development.

Alan graduated from St Andrews University (Scotland) with a B.Sc in Mathematics, and began his career in the aerospace industry.

He later joined the oil exploration industry where he held key technical and strategic roles in product and market development, resulting in recognition with the Queen's Award for Export in 1998 and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Cecil Green Award for Enterprise in 2005.

Inventor of several US and worldwide hardware and software patents, Alan is highly experienced in software development and provision of technical services to industry.

He has also worked extensively in industry bodies over the past twenty years.

John Favier, CEO of DEM Solutions, said: "Alan brings a wealth of business experience to his new position.

His role will be instrumental in furthering the DEM Solutions leadership in the particle simulation marketplace".

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