SOURCE: LiveOffice
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March 25, 2008 09:35 ET
LiveOffice Names Seasoned Executives to Sales and Marketing Posts
TORRANCE, CA--(Marketwire - March 25, 2008) - LiveOffice, the leading provider of
hosted
email, archiving, security and compliance solutions, today announced two key executive
appointments. Storage and networking industry veteran Jim O'Hara has joined
the company as vice president of sales and spearheads all sales
initiatives, strategic partnerships and new market development. In
addition, SMB marketing expert Dean Nicolls has been named vice president
of marketing with responsibilities spanning brand awareness, demand
generation, public relations and market strategy for the company's SaaS
(software-as-a-service) solutions.
"This is an exciting time for LiveOffice, and we are pleased to welcome
professionals like Jim and Dean to our executive management team," said
Matt Smith, president of LiveOffice. "They each bring valuable expertise
that is crucial to our growing success as the market leader in the managed
email and archiving industry. Jim's strong execution skills and proven
ability to lead top performing sales teams, coupled with Dean's breadth of
experience in marketing strategy and product management across multiple
industries, are vital assets in creating new market opportunities for
LiveOffice."
Jim brings more than 25 years of strategic sales experience to LiveOffice.
With extensive knowledge in building emerging businesses and penetrating
new markets, Jim has held key sales and business development positions at
several industry-leading technology companies, including Symantec and
Veritas (acquired by Symantec in 2005), where most recently he led the
worldwide service provider sales group for the consumer division.
Previously, Jim served as vice president of business development at
StorageNetworks and held sales management roles at Cisco Systems. Jim holds
a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and
sits on the boards of RFP Depot and the Ogden Raptors.
With more than 20 years of marketing know-how, Dean has a breadth of
experience in demand generation, branding, product management, marketing
analytics and channel marketing. In his post at LiveOffice, he is
responsible for leading marketing initiatives, increasing brand awareness
and driving business strategy for the company's hosted software
solutions. In addition to overseeing direct marketing, public relations,
analyst relations, channel marketing and website analytics, Dean also
supports the overall market, product and channel objectives. Prior to
joining LiveOffice, Dean spent five years at Microsoft, where he was
responsible for direct marketing and product management for a variety of
SMB products and services. He also gained extensive marketing experience
with Starbucks, N2H2 (acquired by Secure Computing) and an IBM value-added
reseller (VAR). Dean holds a Bachelor of Science from Pepperdine University
and an MBA from the University of Washington.
LiveOffice securely manages millions of messages every day for the nation's
largest and most respected companies. With a substantial foothold in
financial services, the company's email
archiving and compliance solutions meet the most complex regulatory and
corporate requirements for businesses of all sizes, in any industry. In
addition, more than 7,500 small businesses trust their email hosting and
management to the experts at LiveOffice.
About LiveOffice
LiveOffice is the leading provider of managed messaging services for
businesses, including email and instant message archiving, compliance and
e-discovery solutions, spam and virus protection, Hosted Exchange 2007 and
Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The company processes and protects
millions of messages each day, while helping organizations streamline
operations and comply with a variety of regulations. Founded in 1998 and
headquartered in Torrance, Calif., LiveOffice serves a premier roster of
clients, including Fortune 100 companies, and has a customer-retention rate
of 99 percent. For more information, call (800) 251.3863 or visit
www.liveoffice.com.
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