Host Analytics Appoints Andrew Ross as Vice President of Alliances

Cloud Computing Veteran Joins Cloud-Based Enterprise Performance Management Leader


REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 19, 2013) - Host Analytics, the leader in cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM), today announced the appointment of Andrew Ross as Vice President of Alliances. Andrew brings over a decade of experience in cloud computing and partnerships to Host Analytics as the company continues to expand its ecosystem of partners.

Andrew Ross started his career at Salesforce.com, where he spent seven years in Sales roles helping the company grow from $5M in annual revenues to nearly $500M, successfully executing an Initial Public Offering in 2003. Most recently, Andrew led Alliances for the Informatica Cloud division of Informatica. Under his leadership, the company grew partner contributions to new business from less than 10% to more than 50% of sales as the company developed productive partnerships with large and small systems integrators, international distributors, and complementary technology providers.

"The Cloud is the inevitable future of the EPM market," said Andy Ross, Vice President of Alliances at Host Analytics. "As the clear leader in cloud-based EPM, Host Analytics presents a huge opportunity for partners who provide complementary services, technology, and expertise. I'm excited to evolve the Host Analytics partner program to help our partners maximize their revenues while delivering success for our joint customers."

"Customer choice is a fundamental ingredient of long-term customer success and partners make that possible," said Gary Hanna, Vice President of Sales at Host Analytics. "Andy's background in cloud computing and developing productive partnerships is a tremendous asset to us and our partners as we enable the large and growing movement of Finance to the Cloud."

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About Host Analytics
Host Analytics is the leader in cloud-based financial applications for planning, consolidation, reporting and analytics. Host Analytics enterprise performance management (EPM) customers benefit from improved business agility, improved security, and lower overall cost compared to legacy on-premises alternatives. World-class companies like NEC, Burlington Coat Factory, and Tesla Motors trust Host Analytics to power their strategic financial processes. Host Analytics is a fast-growing, private company backed by leading venture capitalists and is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices around the globe.

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