Nuance Hires Miller to Drive Growth

Speech and imaging solutions company Nuance has appointed Steve Miller as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nuance EMEA. Targeting existing and emerging markets, Miller will work closely with Nuance partners, customers and prospects across EMEA to capitalize on new growth opportunities and drive further adoption of speech and imaging applications. 
Miller has 20 years experience in the software industry, demonstrating consistent success in business start-ups, turn-arounds and established Fortune 500 companies. He has driven exceptional growth with blue-chip enterprise organizations including Oracle Corporation, Siebel Systems and Macromedia/Adobe.  His experience spans both European and international geographies, and extends across direct sales and two-tier distribution/reseller business models with particular focus on key verticals including finance, telecommunication, eCommerce and mobile.
Nuance has made two major moves in mobile in the past six months. In May, it bought mobile voice technology company VoiceSignal Technologies for $293 million (144 million). VoiceSignal offers speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice recognition and voice-activated mobile search solutions. Then in June, Nuance acquired Tegic Communications, the company behind T9 predictive text, for $265 million. 
Steve brings to Nuance the necessary and relevant skills and experience to further grow the Nuance business across EMEA and accelerate the pace to which we will become a billion dollar company, says Don Hunt, Nuance Senior VP, Worldwide Sales. I am confident that his fresh insight and proven leadership will complement the knowledge and experience of his colleagues at Nuance, and create new opportunities for the company. At the same time, Steve will continue to emphasize customer service and deliver value to our regional customers and partners.