Univeris Corp. today announced the appointment of Stephen Farr as director, professional services.

Farr brings a proven track record in building and leading successful services development and implementation teams to Univeris.

Prior to joining Univeris, Farr was project executive at IBM Business Consulting Services’ Financial Services Sector where he led a cross-functional delivery team responsible for delivering large client implementation projects. Farr’s multi-national experiences also include senior professional services management roles at Siebel Systems’ retail finance sector and director of professional services at Eontec.

“We are very pleased to have Stephen join to the Univeris team,” said Richard Binnendyk, executive vp and vp, client services. “Stephen’s background in financial services and a strong client focus is a great addition to our professional services initiatives.”

The Univeris professional services team works directly with existing and new clients on the delivery and execution of their wealth management strategies. Key services that support these strategies include customized development, consulting services, business process operations reviews, audits and implementations, including data conversion, training, integration, business process transition and on-site support.

Univeris has over 23 major financial services clients representing over 15,000 advisors with over $63 billion in mutual fund assets under administration.