IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has hired Darren Roos as the Chief Executive Officer of IFS. The appointment is effective April 1, 2018 and aligns with the retirement of Alastair Sorbie at the end of the first quarter 2018.
Roos is a proven enterprise software leader, with a track-record for establishing and scaling global software businesses. Most recently Roos was President of Cloud ERP business at SAP and, prior to that, significantly grew international operations at Software AG, which enabled the company to triple in size during his tenure.
IFS is a leading vendor of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software to the Aviation & Defence sector globally. The company supplies full-spectrum enterprise, project and programme-centric manufacturing software to tier 1, 2 and 3 manufacturers and vendors serving the Aviation & Defence sector.