ChampionScott Partners has placed Pierre van Beneden as Chief Executive Officer of RSD, a leading provider of archiving and retrieval software for digital documents, based in Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.rsd.com). RSD’s investors are Vinci Capital and Invision Private Equity AG. Mr. van Beneden, a recognized leader in the software industry, was most recently Vice President at Adobe Systems heading the EMEA region.

Mr. van Beneden, 53, brings 25 years of experience in the IT industry focused on managing sales and operations for leading software vendors. He served for four years as Adobe Systems’ Vice President of EMEA during which time his team tripled revenue. Prior to Adobe, Mr. van Beneden spent seven years at Lotus Development, first heading up their EMEA division out of Paris and subsequently acting as Vice President worldwide field operations from their headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Previously, Mr. van Beneden served seven years at Oracle and four at Digital in management and consulting roles.

Mr. van Beneden earned his PhD in Business Management from Paris University.

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