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CloudShare Names Steven McDermott as Vice President of Global Sales
1 June, 2010
Oft-Cited Cloud Computing Company Adds Silicon Valley Sales Veteran to Leadership Team
PALO ALTO, Calif. – June 1, 2010 – CloudShare today announced the appointment of Steven McDermott as Vice President of Global Sales. In his new role, Mr. McDermott will be focused on new client acquisitions and driving significant growth in both platform license sales and services revenue.
“Steve’s impressive track record of results and solid technology experience is what made him a match for CloudShare, and we fully anticipate he’ll continue to accelerate our sales growth,” said Zvi Guterman, CEO of CloudShare. “We are fortunate to have someone of Steve’s background and caliber to lead our sales initiatives going forward.”
Steve joins CloudShare from Panasas, where he was responsible for the company's double-digit sales growth. Prior to Panasas, Steve served as VP of Sales for Topio, leading the sales organization through the company’s acquisition by Network Appliance, Inc. Previously, Steve held numerous VP and other sales leadership roles at Invio (Veritas), Marimba, Legato and other leading Silicon Valley startups.
“Organizations of all sizes struggle with optimizing their sales cycle and waste valuable time and money in the process. The ability to quickly deploy and share IT environments into the Cloud translates directly into bottom line business results,” said McDermott. “CloudShare enables companies to reduce time spent on operational tasks and focus on creating value. I am excited to be a part of this dynamic, growing company.”
For more information about CloudShare, please visit us online at www.cloudshare.com.
About CloudShare
CloudShare is a quick and easy way to share copies of your complex IT environments, online, so you can collaborate with customers, partners, and colleagues – for demos, proofs-of-concept, training, or other enterprise applications. Going beyond webinar and “virtual lab” offerings, CloudShare enables users’ extended interaction in dedicated “hands on” production-grade replicas of their IT, delivered as SaaS. Cisco, VMware, SAP, and other technology leaders have adopted CloudShare to extend access to their virtual infrastructure from the enterprise to the cloud. CloudShare is backed by Gemini, Sequoia Capital, and Charles River Ventures. For more information, visit www.CloudShare.com.
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Kelly Indrieri
Kulesa Faul Inc. for CloudShare
Office: 650.340.1983
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