The board of I.A.R. Systems Group has, after an evaluation, concluded that Richard Lind is very well suited to lead IAR Systems towards new growth and has decided to appoint Richard Lind as permanent CEO. Richard Lind is a former CTO for Internet of Things (IoT) at Microsoft. In addition, he has held international management positions within sales and marketing, and was responsible for the market introduction of Azure Cloud at Microsoft Sweden. Richard has substantial industry experience and has been very well received by the employees since appointed interim CEO on October 18.