Sage loses 'trail-blazing' executive after less than six months

British software giant Sage has lost a “trail-blazing” executive brought in to help oversee the transition to cloud from on-prem after less than six months. Operations veteran Jacqueline de Rojas was named executive vice president for Northern Europe in September 2016, in a newly extended role. Sage chief executive Stephen …

[Fatman]

'Revolving Door' Executive

We have another entrant in the Revolving Door Executive Sweepstakes, considering her short tenure.

Any one care to speculate on the real reason for the departure???

In terms of tenure in position, this Revolving Door Executive's very short tenure will probably stand as one of the shortest:

http://grist.org/news-2/duke-ceo-bill-johnson-resigns-after-one-day-gets-44-million-in-severance/

At least he can not bitch about the size of his Golden Parachute!!!!!

[Captain DaFt]

Oh dear

Has someone confused 'trail blazing' with 'bridge burning' again?

Or is her version of 'trail blazing' jumping from company to company in search of a bigger paycheck?

Will the exec replacing her start talking about 'burning platforms'?

[Anonymous Coward]

"teams [...[ who can operate under pressure"

Maybe she can't?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did she initiate or fight the price increases being implemented at short notice?

Sage have initiated across the board price increases at short notice from entry level Sage 1 through to professional offerings used by accountants for multiple clients. My accountant was locked out of his copy and not even allowed to make a backup of the data!

Not the way to win friends or even keep them...