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Strengthens Management Team with Tim Yeaton, former Red Hat Marketing Leader
Nashua, N.H.— October 3, 2007- EqualLogic®, a leading provider of high-performance iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions, today announced that Tim Yeaton has joined its management team as chief marketing officer. Yeaton will oversee worldwide marketing functions together with John Joseph, vice president of products and solutions.
Yeaton comes to EqualLogic from Red Hat, Inc., where he led worldwide marketing. Before Red Hat, he was chief executive officer of data management software maker Avaki. Previously, Yeaton held executive positions overseeing research and development, customer support, and marketing at companies including Macromedia, Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation. Yeaton has a master’s degree in business administration with concentrations in marketing and finance from Babson College and a Bachelor of Science degree from Roger Williams University.
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"Crossbeam has enjoyed enormous success to date in becoming a market leader, and Pete Fiore brings the expertise required to drive the company through its next phase of rapid growth," said Jeff McCarthy, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners and member of the Crossbeam Board of Directors. "Pete has an enormous amount of operating experience and a proven record of leading high-growth emerging companies, as well as larger public companies. I'd also like to thank Peter George whose outstanding leadership has positioned the company well for continued growth and market expansion."
Fiore joins Crossbeam from IBM where he was a member of the company's extended senior leadership team. While at IBM, Fiore led the integration of Ascential Software Corporation into IBM and established a new business segment, generating more than $500 million in annual revenue. Previously, he served as president of Ascential Software, where he led the company through its transition to an independent public company with nearly $300 million in annual revenue and an eventual $1.1 billion acquisition by IBM. Under his leadership, Ascential also emerged as the revenue and market share leader in enterprise data integration.
"I am incredibly excited to be joining the team at Crossbeam and about the enormous opportunity ahead for the company. After five years of more than 75 percent year-over-year growth, Crossbeam offers a compelling combination of outstanding products, marquee customers and a vibrant partner ecosystem," Fiore said. "I am very impressed by what Crossbeam has achieved to date, and look forward to working with this talented group of people as we strive to deliver more innovation, growth and value for our customers and partners."
About Crossbeam Systems
Crossbeam Systems secures the world's largest networks with its market-leading Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions. With the industry's only open and extensible security hardware platform that supports best-in-class applications from the leading vendors, Crossbeam provides large enterprises and carriers with unparalleled flexibility, performance and efficiency in securing their networks against constantly evolving threats. Headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., Crossbeam has offices in Europe and Asia Pacific. More information is available at www.crossbeamsystems.com
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Daversa Partners Places President At DataRobotics
Executive search firm Daversa Partners has recruited Dan Stevenson as president at DataRobotics, Inc. Mr. Stevenson has held a variety of positions at Gateway Computer including the VP of direct sales and product marketing. The search was led by CEO Paul Daversa and senior associate Peter Baiocco. Data Robotics has developed new storage technologies, and products, based on storage virtualization and cybernetics to handle the complexity and management of making these digital assets forever accessible to the everyday consumer or professional user. Daversa Partners located in Stamford, Austin, and San Francisco, recruits C-level executives exclusively for venture backed companies in the BPO, enterprise software and consumer spaces.
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Agiliance, a leading provider of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) solutions, today announced the appointment of Patrick Conte as President and Chief Executive Officer. Conte, a 20-year veteran of the high technology industry has been selected to drive Agiliance's market leadership as it continues to execute on the market opportunity presented by the emerging IT-GRC space. Pravin Kothari, founding CEO of Agiliance, will take on the new role of Chief Technology Officer where he will continue to build Agiliance's product leadership.
"After extensive due diligence, I reached the conclusion that Agiliance is positioned to be the gold standard for managing the IT components of the rapidly converging fields of governance, risk management, and compliance," said Conte. "We have all the elements required for success - a robust product portfolio, deep intellectual property, a top notch executive team and strong, strategic relationships with customers and partners. As the IT GRC space continues to crystallize, we are strongly positioned to be a trusted partner for any large enterprise that needs to manage IT complexity in a highly dynamic business and regulatory environment. As President and CEO, I look forward to contributing to Agiliance's ongoing thought and market leadership."
With a proven track record of successfully growing companies, Conte joins Agiliance from Teneros, a leading producer of zero-downtime, non-intrusive, "plug-and-go" Application Continuity Appliances, where he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Field Operations. Before Teneros, Conte was at Topspin Communications, which was acquired by Cisco in 2005. At Topspin, he led their go-to-market strategy for its industry-leading line of switch-based server virtualization solutions, and formed key OEM partnerships with the industry's top system vendors. Prior to Topspin, Conte was VP of Sales & Marketing for Cobalt Networks, one of the top IPOs of 1999, and which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2000. At Sun, he continued as Vice President of Volume Systems. Earlier in his career, Conte served as Vice President of Sales & Channels at Dynamic Pictures which was acquired by 3D Labs, EVP and GM of Sales & Marketing at Netscaler, and VP of Sales at Wyse Technology. Conte holds a Bachelor's degree in political science and history from James Madison University, and a Masters degree in international relations from Northern Illinois University.
"Agiliance enters a new era of growth with the addition of Pat Conte, and we are thrilled to have him -- his ability to grow companies and his wealth of sales and marketing experience will greatly benefit Agiliance as we continue to execute on the excellent market opportunity before us," said Pravin Kothari, Founder and CTO of Agiliance. "With Pat at the helm, I can focus all my efforts on doing what I am passionate about - developing elegant, scalable, and innovative solutions that serve a clear business need."
About Agiliance
Agiliance offers the most comprehensive and scalable solution for managing the interdependent disciplines of governance, risk, and compliance. Its flagship product, Agiliance IT-GRC, enables businesses to develop a holistic view of their IT risk and compliance posture in order to make more informed decisions that improve operational efficiencies and reduce IT related risk.
The Agiliance IT-GRC platform is the first solution that combines a robust common control framework with sophisticated policy management, automation of the assessment process, integration with existing configuration systems, and process workflow capabilities, delivering internal and external stakeholders with consistent, reliable data in an intuitive manner to ensure cohesive ongoing GRC management.
Founded in 2005, Agiliance is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by Walden International, Intel Capital, SVIC, and Red Rock Ventures. For more information, please visit Agiliance at www.agiliance.com.
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LifeSize® Adds Senior Marketing and Sales Leaders to Executive Team
John Doyle Appointed Chief Marketing Officer - Adam TaylorNamedExecutive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Customer Service
AUSTIN, TX - May 8, 2007 - LifeSize®, the high definition video communications company, today announced that two senior executives have joined LifeSize to bolster the company's global marketing, sales and support organizations. John Doyle, who was previously with Secure Computing - a leading enterprise gateway security company (Nasdaq: SCUR) - has been appointed chief marketing officer and Adam Taylor, formally with Avid Technology - the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation, management, and distribution solutions (NASDAQ: AVID) - has been named executive vice president of worldwide sales and customer service. Doyle and Taylor will both be located at LifeSize headquarters in Austin, TX, reporting to LifeSize CEO, Craig Malloy.
"We are very fortunate to have John and Adam onboard as they bring over 35 combined years of technology expertise with successful track records in their respective fields," said Craig Malloy, CEO of LifeSize. "LifeSize is poised for explosive growth in the next few years, and both John and Adam will be instrumental in ensuring we continue to fuel the momentum already experienced as the leaders in high definition video communications."
John Doyle has over twenty years experience in the data communications and network security industries. At Secure Computing Corporation he served as vice president of product marketing, responsible for the company's firewall, secure content management, and identity and access management portfolios. Doyle joined Secure Computing through the Cyberguard Corporation acquisition where he was vice president of global marketing.
Prior to CyberGuard, Doyle was responsible for global product marketing for the enterprise security and routing portfolios at Nortel Networks (former Bay Networks), and he has also held leadership positions at other networking companies including Netlink (acquired by Cabletron), IDEA, Softlinx (co-founder), Data General and Raytheon.
"High definition video communications will dramatically transform the global business environment over the next decade as enterprises and SMBs enable video in their networks," said Doyle. "LifeSize created this space and is well positioned to make high definition video communications a reality on a mass scale. This market is poised to explode and I'm excited to be part of the organization that is leading the charge."
Over the past 15 years Adam Taylor has been a key contributor in helping to guide Avid Technology from a $7 million per year venture-backed startup company to an over $900 million publicly-traded corporation. Taylor has great experience building high performance teams, managing significant financial responsibility, growing diverse distribution and hybrid sales models, and creating field marketing programs that drive awareness and demand. Prior to Avid Technology, Taylor held senior sales and sales management positions at Xerox Business Systems, AM International and Lanier Business Products.
"As a veteran of fast paced growth enterprises, I was attracted to LifeSize given the truly unique position we have to positively impact the marketplace," said Taylor. "Lifesize has a significant technology lead coupled with excellent visibility, is progressive and growing at a very rapid pace, and our customers and partners are committed supporters of high definition video communications. I am very excited about LifeSize's prospect for the future and look forward to playing an integral part in the company's ongoing success."
Rob Hughes, who has run LifeSize's worldwide sales and support organization since its inception, will assume the role of senior vice president of Americas sales operations, reporting to Taylor.
"Rob has been instrumental in driving the company's initial growth and building a solid worldwide channel network and sales and support organization" said Craig Malloy. "His desire to spend more time with family is allowing us to focus his efforts on the Americas, where Rob will undoubtedly continue being a major contributor to LifeSize's future success."
LifeSize offers a fully integrated and interoperable high definition video communications product suite that enables all types of businesses around the globe to more effectively interact and collaborate across distances. Customers include AIC Ventures, Barclays, Blackstone Group, CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, Case Western Reserve University, Goldman Sachs, GrossologyLIVE, House Production & Casting, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Kilpatrick Stockton, Nottingham University Hospitals, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and Salud Family Health Centers.
About LifeSize
LifeSize® is the first company to develop and deliver high definition video communications products. Founded in 2003 by industry veterans, LifeSize's award winning solutions combine exceptional quality, user simplicity and administrator manageability to make video communications a productive, true-to-life experience. LifeSize is headquartered in Austin, TX with subsidiaries in Europe and Asia Pacific, and a network of channel partners in more than 30 countries.
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Bartram to Lead Accretive's Fastest Growing Business Unit
April 17, 2007 - Charlotte, NC - Accretive Commerce, the leading
business process outsourcer of direct-to-customer commerce services, has appointedMichele Bartram as Senior Vice President and General Manager of its eCommerce and Professional Services division. She will lead all aspects of the growth and development of Accretive Commerce's fastest growing business unit.
Bartram will be based at Accretive Commerce's newly designed eCommerce divisional headquarters located in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. This office serves as the hub for the company's site design, development, creative, sales support, online marketing, product imaging, and professional service operations. She assumes leadership of a strong and diverse team of e-commerce experts that led the launch of the new division last year.
Bartram brings an immense amount of e-commerce experience to Accretive Commerce, including having served as Chief Web Officer/ Vice President, eCommerce for Redcats USA (RedcatsUSA.com), a $1.5B specialty cataloger that is part of the PPR Group. Bartram planned and directed e-commerce strategy, branding, marketing, merchandising, design, content, and technology for 14 high-volume consumer retail websites including Chadwicks.com, LernerCatalog.com, LaneBryantCatalog.com, Roamans.com, SearsBigandTall.com, and BrylaneHome.com. During her tenure at Redcats USA, Bartram successfully grew e-commerce business from $40 million to $500 million in sales in just three short years.
Michele is among the top e-commerce leaders operating today and joins us at a very exciting time for our business", said Hank Reeves, Accretive Commerce CEO. "We've added seven new brands to our client list in less than nine months, and Michele's experience will further enable world class execution as we continue this growth trajectory. Her track record of building and growing high profile and high profit websites speaks for itself. We're both delighted and fortunate to have her on our executive team.
I am thrilled to be joining the outstanding team already in place at Accretive," said Bartram. "They have built a great foundation, and we are poised to deliver breakout results for our client partners. With the Accretive Commerce solution, merchants now have a better option for e-commerce - one with market-leading functionality that also keeps them in control of their brand - and one where the sky really is the limit in terms of growth potential. I am focused on quickly evolving our portfolio to build even greater value into our eCommerce and Professional service offerings.
Bartram's background also includes executive and chief e-commerce leadership roles at iVillage (the premier women's network and site), the United States Mint (the award winning USMint.gov), RJI (Reeds.com), and IBM's professional services organization. As a Johnston Scholar, Bartram earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed an Executive MBA/MIS-level marketing and technology master program through IBM.
About Accretive Commerce
Accretive Commerce is a market-leading direct commerce channel provider, accelerating companies' growth through a fully integrated range of outsourced eCommerce, Customer Care, and Fulfillment & Logistics solutions and services. Accretive Commerce has a proven track record serving some of the world's best known brands such as American Eagle Outfitters, Godiva, Restoration Hardware and many others. The company combines market-leading capability, scalability, and flexibility with lean six sigma process excellence to deliver its clients a better brand experience, greater revenues, and lower costs. Accretive Commerce has an unparalleled commitment to customer service and a focus on brand protection that translates into guaranteed results and value creation. For more information, visit www.accretivecommerce.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO - March 20, 2007 - SenSage, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise event data management solutions, today announced the appointments of Rick Schultz as vice president of worldwide sales and Ed Chopskie as vice president of corporate marketing. The addition of these seasoned executives to the SenSage management team strengthens the company's leadership and focus on driving technology innovation to meet the growing need for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions and other compliance offerings that allow companies to efficiently store and quickly find relevant data.
"Rick and Ed bring leadership skills that were acquired through hands-on experience at emerging and large software companies," said Jim Pflaging, president and CEO of SenSage. "They will play key roles as we ramp up global sales, marketing and support initiatives to address the increasing domestic and international opportunities for event data management solutions."
Schultz brings more than 25 years of experience managing global sales teams and executing successful direct and channel sales strategies. Before joining SenSage, he served as vice president of worldwide sales at Fox Technologies, a compliance controls software provider. Prior to that, he served as vice president of worldwide sales at Postini, where he built the enterprise sales team and was responsible for expanding sales growth in all channels.
Schultz has also led major account and alliance sales teams at Cable & Wireless America, and served as vice president for worldwide sales and professional services at Digital Island before it was acquired by Cable & Wireless. He is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago and holds an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.
Chopskie's career spans more than 15 years of experience in worldwide marketing, sales and product development. Before joining SenSage, he served as vice president of marketing for Creekpath, which was acquired by Opsware in August 2006. Prior to Creekpath, Chopskie was vice president of marketing at asset management visionary BDNA Corporation. He was with Peregrine Systems for nine years in marketing and development leadership roles, which led to a successful IPO for the company in 1997.
Chopskie was also with BMC Software as part of the Patrol product line launch team, and gained real-world IT experience from working for transportation conglomerate CSX, which deployed one of the largest computing environments on the East Coast. He holds a B.A. in economics from the University of North Florida, and he has completed graduate-level finance and marketing studies at Stanford Business School and Harvard Business School. Chopskie also holds an ITIL executive-level certification.
About SenSage
SenSage, Inc. offers the only patented solution for enterprise event management for log management, compliance auditing and security information management applications. Over 200 customers have deployed SenSage solutions to reduce the risks associated with insider threats, system downtime and failed audits by providing faster, more granular analysis of privileged user behavior and analyzing anomalies across network, system and application activity. Based in San Francisco, the company markets its solutions directly and through partners, including Cerner, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intec Billing Systems, Lockheed Martin, Network Appliance, Sendmail, and Tokyo Electron.
For more information, please visit www.sensage.com.
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A high-technology industry veteran, Bowman brings more than 19 years of sales leadership experience to EqualLogic. Most notably, as executive vice president of worldwide field operations at VMware, he built a sales organization that leveraged channel partners to dramatically grow company revenue.
"Kirk Bowman has a proven ability to drive high-output sales organizations that leverage large channel partner networks," said Don Bulens, president and CEO of EqualLogic. "Our channel-friendly products and business model have enabled strong sales, establishing EqualLogic as the top iSCSI storage provider. Kirk's expertise and field leadership will help us accelerate revenue growth to take the company to the next stage as a top storage company."
Bowman joined EqualLogic from ModelN, a provider of revenue management software for life science companies, where as chief operating officer he drove all customer facing activities. Prior to ModelN and VMware, Bowman served as senior vice president and general manager of worldwide field operations at Inktomi Corp. He also held the position of senior vice president and general manager at Object Design's ObjectStore division. Bowman started his career at Parametric Technology Corp., where in seven years he rose from sales representative to senior vice president of business development and vice president of Asia Pacific and European operations.
Bowman joined EqualLogic from ModelN, a provider of revenue management software for life science companies, where as chief operating officer he drove all customer facing activities. Prior to ModelN and VMware, Bowman served as senior vice president and general manager of worldwide field operations at Inktomi Corp. He also held the position of senior vice president and general manager at Object Design's ObjectStore division. Bowman started his career at Parametric Technology Corp., where in seven years he rose from sales representative to senior vice president of business development and vice president of Asia Pacific and European operations.
"iSCSI storage networking is at the beginning of a steep growth curve and is heading for mass adoption across the market," said Bowman. "To date, EqualLogic's solutions have led the way, showing the technology's suitability for enterprises of all sizes. I welcome the chance to extend our industry leadership and take advantage of this high-growth business opportunity."
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Daversa Partners Places CEO At Amalgamated Insight
Executive search firm Daversa Partners has recruited Boyd Pearce as the new chief executive officer of Amalgamated Insight. Mr. Pearce was most recently the CEO of ANTS Software. Jason Slattery, a partner at Daversa Partners, completed the search. Amalgamated Insight is the leader in providing zero-latency business intelligence solutions for Fortune 2000 organizations. Daversa Partners, located in Stamford and San Francisco, recruits C-level executives exclusively for venture backed companies in the BPO, enterprise software and consumer spaces.
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Seasoned Software Executive Brings Sales Expertise to Leading Executive Job Search Website
NEW YORK (February 14, 2007) - TheLadders.com, the world's leading $100,000+ jobs website, announced today that Stuart Kerr has joined the company as Vice President, Enterprise Business. In this role, Kerr will be a key contributor to TheLadders.com enterprise business and the driving force behind its sales growth.
Kerr brings 18 years of sales, management and new market penetration expertise to TheLadders.com. A versatile leader, Kerr has experience growing businesses at varying stages of development, ranging from start-ups to established industry leaders such as Oracle, Apple and IBM.
Stu embodies a powerful combination of sales savvy and a keen understanding of the management needs of large corporations, said Marc Cenedella, president and CEO of TheLadders.com. In his years working with some of the world's premier technology innovators, he's continually set himself apart for his ability to tap into new markets. We look forward to Stu's strong contributions as we expand our enterprise product for large employers. We are anticipating more $100k+ jobs, more high-end recruiters using our system and more hires.
Prior to joining TheLadders.com, Kerr was president of ObjectStar International LTD, an integration software firm. While there, he led a company turn-around, ultimately recruiting a new executive team and doubling corporate earnings. Before ObjectStar, Kerr held the Regional Vice President position at Vitria Technology, an integration server software company. Kerr has also held management positions with Apple's NeXT Software, Inc. and the Oracle Corporation. His career in sales began at IBM.
TheLadders.com is simply the most effective web experience I have ever seen for executives seeking to move to the next stage in their careers, said Kerr. The company's vertical focus on seasoned executives makes it the perfect place for hiring firms to seek their new leadership. I look forward to working with the executive team as we penetrate this new market.
Kerr earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science at Washington University School of Business. He resides with his family in Kings Park, N.Y.
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Bit9 bolsters partner program to offer customers complete application control solutions enabling desktop lockdown
01.30.2007 - Cambridge, Mass. - Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of desktop lockdown and application control solutions, today named Doug Cahill as vice president of business development. Cahill brings more than two decades of working with technology companies with partner-centric business models to establish leadership and expand distribution. These companies include AppIQ, HighGround, Shiva, and Progress Software.
Cahill will manage Bit9's strategic partnering initiatives including distribution and licensing programs. The company has worked to bolster its channel programs significantly over the past year and will continue to expand its relationships with resellers, technology partners, and systems integrators under Cahill's leadership.
Cahill comes to Bit9 from Hewlett-Packard, which he joined when the company acquired AppIQ, a storage management vendor, in 2005. At AppIQ, Cahill was the company's vice president of business development and strategy, where he led much of the company's go-to-market activities by executing the company's highly successful OEM distribution model and managing all other facets of AppIQ's partner initiatives . After the acquisition, he retained 100 percent of AppIQ's OEMs, including HP competitors such as EMC.
Previously, he served as Vice President of Product Management at HighGround Systems, which established storage resource management for the open systems market, and which was acquired by Sun Microsystems. He has held senior marketing positions at Shiva Corporation and Progress Software, and holds a double major in economics and communications from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
I am excited for the challenge of taking Bit9's important partner relationships to the next level and growing the company's business development programs, said Cahill. The market for application control hit a critical mass in 2006 and Bit9 can be an even greater player within this market through its many partners.
During 2006, we made significant investments in bringing key executives to Bit9 to build out our sales and marketing team. Now with the addition of Doug Cahill, we are making the same investment in our channel and technology partnership programs, said George Kassabgi, president and CEO of Bit9. Doug's experience leading business development programs with growing vendors will bring tremendous value to Bit9.
About Bit9, Inc
Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of desktop lockdown solutions, centrally controls which applications can and cannot run. Bit9's award-winning, patent-pending technology delivers the easiest and most effective way to achieve application control, enabling IT professionals to realize the highest levels of desktop security and compliance. Founded in 2002 by the founders of Okena (acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)) and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bit9 is a privately held company.
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Bit9 bolsters partner program to offer customers complete application control solutions enabling desktop lockdown
01.30.2007 - Cambridge, Mass. - Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of desktop lockdown and application control solutions, today named Doug Cahill as vice president of business development. Cahill brings more than two decades of working with technology companies with partner-centric business models to establish leadership and expand distribution. These companies include AppIQ, HighGround, Shiva, and Progress Software.
Cahill will manage Bit9's strategic partnering initiatives including distribution and licensing programs. The company has worked to bolster its channel programs significantly over the past year and will continue to expand its relationships with resellers, technology partners, and systems integrators under Cahill's leadership.
Cahill comes to Bit9 from Hewlett-Packard, which he joined when the company acquired AppIQ, a storage management vendor, in 2005. At AppIQ, Cahill was the company's vice president of business development and strategy, where he led much of the company's go-to-market activities by executing the company's highly successful OEM distribution model and managing all other facets of AppIQ's partner initiatives . After the acquisition, he retained 100 percent of AppIQ's OEMs, including HP competitors such as EMC.
Previously, he served as Vice President of Product Management at HighGround Systems, which established storage resource management for the open systems market, and which was acquired by Sun Microsystems. He has held senior marketing positions at Shiva Corporation and Progress Software, and holds a double major in economics and communications from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
I am excited for the challenge of taking Bit9's important partner relationships to the next level and growing the company's business development programs, said Cahill. The market for application control hit a critical mass in 2006 and Bit9 can be an even greater player within this market through its many partners.
During 2006, we made significant investments in bringing key executives to Bit9 to build out our sales and marketing team. Now with the addition of Doug Cahill, we are making the same investment in our channel and technology partnership programs, said George Kassabgi, president and CEO of Bit9. Doug's experience leading business development programs with growing vendors will bring tremendous value to Bit9.
About Bit9, Inc.
Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of desktop lockdown solutions, centrally controls which applications can and cannot run. Bit9's award-winning, patent-pending technology delivers the easiest and most effective way to achieve application control, enabling IT professionals to realize the highest levels of desktop security and compliance. Founded in 2002 by the founders of Okena (acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)) and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bit9 is a privately held company. For more information, http://www.bit9.com.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
Daversa Partners Places Sales Exec At SAP America
Executive search firm Daversa Partners has recruited Tom Cooper as senior vice president of enterprise sales, southwest for SAP America. Mr. Cooper formerly served as senior vice president of International and worldwide channels for JBOSS (acquired by Red Hat in 2006) as well as president of the Americas at i2 Corporation. Jason Slattery, a partner at Daversa Partners completed the search. SAP America is a division of SAP AG, the largest business software maker in the world. Daversa Partners, located in Stamford and San Francisco, recruits C-level executives exclusively for venture backed companies in the BPO, enterprise software and consumer spaces.
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NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-January 3, 2007 - OnForce, the only online marketplace for on-site technology services, rings in 2007 with new leadership and a focus on accelerating the growth of its platform. Peter Cannone joins OnForce as chief executive officer, responsible for the strategic direction of the company, as well as providing leadership and support to the product development, operations, sales and marketing of the company. Cannone joins OnForce from PC Connection, where he was senior vice president of sales operations, responsible for the company's IT solution provider base across a variety of customer sectors including small- to medium-sized business, higher education, government and Fortune 1000. Cannone will focus on building OnForce into the most robust IT service exchange and standard in the industry.
The single greatest need in the IT industry today is service support, said Cannone. OnForce solves this critical need in a way that was previously not possible, allowing IT companies to focus on their strengths. I'm excited to join the organization that is transforming how the entire IT industry operates.
OnForce concluded 2006 with a number of significant business milestones, including the completion of more than 300,000 work orders. Over the course of the last year, OnForce's platform has successfully expanded well beyond core IT services, into areas including consumer electronics, voice over internet protocol (VOIP) and point of sale technologies.
For the first time in the IT industry, OnForce enables greater control and flexibility to both service providers seeking qualified opportunities and buyers seeking expert support, without sacrificing quality, control or the ability to obtain a timely response. Most OnForce work orders are accepted within 20 minutes, and in most cases, they can be fulfilled within 24 hours for more commonly performed services, in virtually any zip code in the U.S.
Peter Cannone brings to OnForce the leadership and channel experience that is vital to the company as it enters this critical growth phase, said David Orfao, board member, OnForce and managing director, General Catalyst Partners. 2007 will be a pivotal year for OnForce as we focus on recruitment and awareness-building for the organization; Peter's track record, leadership and expertise will be invaluable to OnForce's efforts in these important business initiatives.
About OnForce
OnForce is the only Web-based on-demand marketplace for on-site technology services. OnForce allows large and small enterprises to compete more effectively by facilitating pricing and process efficiencies; gaining immediate access to highly qualified technical experts regardless of geographic location; and enabling quick delivery of high-quality technical services to companies and individuals. OnForce's patent-pending platform allows direct buyer control and reduced management costs, while improving service levels and offering faster response times than traditional methods. Since its inception, OnForce has fueled a new generation of service companies who have created online businesses and rely on the marketplace for a steady pipeline of work. The OnForce community encompasses more than 10,000 qualified service providers who serve thousands of national, regional and local businesses nationwide. For more information, visit www.onforce.com.
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John Pierson fills a new role and will be responsible for Global Sales, Professional Services, Customer Care, Partners and all Sales Support Operations. In addition to his customer-facing responsibilities, Pierson will focus on the development and marketing of Global 360's BPM and process intelligence solutions, bringing to the market specialized solutions designed to meet growing customer demands. Leveraging his past experience, Pierson will ensure that Global 360's customer base of more than 2,000 global organizations is well positioned to continue deriving value from their Global 360 BPM and process intelligence solutions.
Pierson comes to Global 360 from Hyperion, where he served as the vice president of the Americas for three years. In this role, he was responsible for driving sales, services and field marketing strategies in the North and Latin American markets. Pierson joined Hyperion in 2001 as vice president of the company's channel organization. In this position, Pierson strengthened Hyperion's partnering strategy and relationships with top global system integrators.
From 1996 to 2001, Pierson held positions at Intermec Technologies, a provider of wireless mobile computing products, including vice president of Global indirect sales, vice president and general manager of North American and Latin American indirect sales and vice president of North American indirect sales. In these positions, Pierson established the company's global channel strategy and international distribution capabilities, created the company's indirect sales program, and managed the company's Latin American subsidiary.
Prior to Intermec Technologies, Pierson held positions at SAP America, including director of global alliances and manager of global alliances and sales. During a period of rapid growth for SAP, Pierson established a global alliance program and managed sales, marketing and alliances groups. Before joining SAP, Pierson held sales and sales management positions at Hewlett-Packard.
Pierson earned a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce and engineering from Drexel University.
"We are pleased to bring someone of John's caliber on board at Global 360," said Michael Crosno, president and CEO of Global 360. "His extensive experience in delivering high-value customer services and support models, building software companies into leaders and enhancing partner networks will further our leadership position in the market. To achieve our goal of $250 million in revenues requires that we expand our leadership team with proven performers in the enterprise software market, and we achieved this goal with John's addition."
About Global 360
Global 360, Inc. is a leading provider of Business Process Management and Optimization solutions for Global 2000 organizations. With over two decades of experience, Global 360 provides organizations with a competitive edge by automating, measuring and improving resource-intensive business processes across different communities, including customers, employees and partners. Building on our strength in financial services, government and insurance, Global 360 empowers sites for more than 2,000 customers in 134 countries. Global 360, Inc. is headquartered in Texas with operations in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. For more information about Global 360's BPM solutions, please call 1-214-520-1660 or visit the company web site at www.global360.com.
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