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Pete Hess steps down at Advent Software just as Axys gets whodathunkit fix

Dave Welling will co-head Advent with Robert Roley as Black Diamond reporting is introduced to to Axys users

Author Brooke Southall May 25, 2016 at 2:49 PM
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Pete Hess [at Nasdaq opening bell with Advent board chair Stephanie DiMarco in 2012]: I'm going to take six months off after 23 years. I want to come back fully regenerated.


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