Former SVP of QLogic Joins Cloud Testing Leader SOASTA
Accomplished Industry Executive To Lead SOASTA’s Global Sales Organization
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,—January 26, 2010—SOASTA, the leader in cloud testing, today announced that Mark Edwards, an accomplished industry executive, has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
“I am delighted to welcome Mark to SOASTA to lead the global expansion of our sales team. Mark has extensive experience transforming early stage technology companies into large global enterprises. Being able to add someone as qualified as Mark Edwards to our already experienced management team is a thrill for all of us,” said Tom Lounibos, CEO, SOASTA.
Prior to joining SOASTA, Mark served as an operating partner for No. 8 Ventures, the leading early stage investor in New Zealand, which has invested in a broad range of technology companies with a strong software component.
Mark was also the Senior Vice President at QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) where he was responsible for Sales and Marketing, IT, M&A and was General Manager of the HBA and Switch business units. During his tenure at QLogic the company enjoyed significant growth and shareholder value creation. He was key in increasing sales from $50 million to more than $450 million per year and the market capitalization of the company grew from under $100 million to more than $3 billion.
Prior to QLogic Mark was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the $400 million Storage Systems Division of Unisys. Before that, he held a number of senior sales and marketing roles in the United States and Europe for Unisys, Zitel and DEC. Mark has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Business Studies from the Cass Business School at the City University, London.
Mark brings a wealth of strategic and hands-on experience in global sales, marketing, customer engagement, channel and enterprise management to SOASTA. As Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, he will play an important role in defining and delivering SOASTA’s sales direction and growth path and will be responsible for a worldwide network of channel partners including ISVs, SIs and technology alliances.
“I am very excited to join Tom and the SOASTA team,” said Edwards. “SOASTA’s innovative technology, solid customer base and new sales opportunities provide a strong foundation upon which the company will continue to drive innovative and robust growth. I look forward to contributing to that success and being part of this first-rate organization.”
About SOASTA
SOASTA’s mission is to ensure that today’s websites and applications are highly reliable and scalable. The company’s product, SOASTA CloudTest®, delivers performance intelligence by capturing data about all the elements that impact a website and immediately turning it into actionable information. Leveraging a unique, real-time analytic engine built exclusively for testing web and mobile applications, SOASTA CloudTest enables quality assurance and development teams to test and monitor their websites under both typical and extreme traffic conditions, at an affordable price. SOASTA CloudTest is available on-demand or as an appliance. SOASTA is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information about SOASTA, please visit www.soasta.com.
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