Stephan Wald, former owner and president of PHAROS Ltd., is the new Director of Sales and Technical Services of BASIS Software Germany (BSG) GmbH. Stephan will lead BASIS' European distribution and service business, extending and enhancing the existing reseller network and supporting strategic customers.

Stephan is no stranger to BASIS or BBx®. In 1996, Wald founded PHAROS Ltd., Saarbrücken, Germany, to develop and support customers in the Business BASIC environment. In the ensuing years, PHAROS achieved an excellent reputation among its broad customer base throughout Germany and bordering France. In 2005, BASIS selected PHAROS as their pre- and post-sales support partner in France.

While the BSG office in Wiesbaden will continue to provide the European distribution of the BASIS development tools, the remaining PHAROS Ltd. team is integrating into BASIS as a new business unit known as "BASIS Professional Services." Joining BASIS along with Stephan, in this new entity, is Andreas Timm and Angela Laermann. Andreas and Angela, fluent in German, French, and English, have earned the equivalent to a master's degree in Computer Science. Angela is also fluent in Polish.