Unit4 has named Erik Tiden as chief technology officer. Tiden was previously GM for the global Microsoft Dynamics' cloud and on-premise business for small and medium-sized businesses from September 2012 through May 2015. Before that, he was VP of engineering, business solutions at Hewlett Packard from July 2011 through August 2012. He held several executive positions earlier at SAP where he worked for slightly more than 10 years. His last position there was as SVP and global head of custom development.