In keeping with the importance of this region in TIS's growth strategy, the organisation has appointed one of its most senior personnel, Rati Menon, as its Vice President of Northern Europe operations. Now in her ninth year with TIS, Rati had earlier headed TIS's Quality operations, spearheaded the implementation of SAP within TIS, and then used that experience to benefit TIS's clients by heading TIS's Enterprise Application Training (EAT) division.

TIS's move follows its acquisitions of Tertia Edusoft AG in Switzerland and Tertia Edusoft GmbH in Germany nearly two years ago. The moves strengthened the company's position in the German and Swiss corporate and education sectors.

TIS's CFO, Amita Karia, commented: "With the strengthening of the euro in world money markets, it makes good business sense to ramp up our European presence."

"Our acquisitions in the German and Swiss markets have been performing exceedingly well. Furthermore, we are a well-established name in the UK eLearning industry", she added. "Given all these favourable conditions, expansion into Northern Europe is simply the next logical step forward for TIS."

The new German office will be a sales and after-sales service centre serving the central European German-speaking markets and augments TIS's existing offices in Tubingen, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland.

"Within Europe - and, indeed, globally - we are enabling our clients' corporate initiatives and meeting their business needs through our consulting services, eLearning materials, simulations, and electronic performance-support systems (EPSS)", Sanjaya Sharma, TIS's CEO, revealed. "This portfolio of products and services is enabling us to move from fulfilling single projects for clients to building long-term, holistic relationships with our clients, helping them to develop their workforces to achieve their business strategies and goals".