Axcient Expands Executive Leadership Team
Axcient Expands Executive Leadership Team
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., February 17, 2010 Axcient Inc., provider of the Axcient complete data protection and business continuity platform, purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT administrators to serve their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, today announced that the company is broadening and enhancing its leadership and advisory team by adding three new members. Axcient has named Thomas van Overbeek to the board of directors, Paul Dippell to the board of advisors, and Chris Sterbenc as vice president of sales. These three will be responsible for guiding and executing Axcient's channel-focused business model, and for ensuring Axcient's continued growth as a leading provider of data protection and business continuity services to the SMB market.
"We are very excited about the addition of Thomas van Overbeek, Paul Dippell, and Chris Sterbenc to Axient's team. We have assembled a group of extremely talented people with strong track records of success in the channel, service and SMB markets. These latest additions to our growing team, combined with our disruptive technology, position us well to emerge as a market leader in a rapidly changing industry," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "We've spent the past couple of years building the first fully integrated and easy-to-use platform for delivering data protection, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the SMB market, and now we're very much focused on growth."
Thomas T. van Overbeek
For nearly 25 years, Tom van Overbeek has led early-stage advanced technology companies to successful investor outcomes by leveraging his strong channel expertise and execution. As CEO of Shoretel (NASDAQ: SHOR), he led the turnaround team that built the foundation for the company's growth; as CEO of WavTrace, he led a company turnaround with an eventual sale to Harris in 2000 for $175M. Van Overbeek was the CEO of Cornerstone Imaging from its startup phase through its IPO in 1993. Cornerstone was later purchased by EMC in 2001.
Paul C. Dippell
Paul Dippell has more than 25 years of experience building, running, acquiring, and integrating IT solutions companies and is often a featured speaker at IT solutions industry events on the topics of successful channel business model strategy and operations, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Dippell is founder and CEO of Service Leadership, Inc., a leading solution provider channel consultancy and publisher of the Service Leadership Index of Solution Provider performance. Additionally, Service Leadership advises leading global IT manufacturers on channel and SMB customer product and services strategies.
Chris Sterbenc
Chris Sterbenc is a seasoned sales executive with more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Most recently, he architected the MSP and reseller channels for Untangle, Inc., a provider of network security solutions for SMBs. Prior to Untangle, Sterbenc was vice president of sales at NCompass Labs, which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. At Microsoft, he held the position of general manager, content management solutions and managed Microsoft's significant revenue growth from sales of its content management system software. Additionally, before NCompass, Sterbenc served as vice president of sales at the launch of Rainmaker Systems, a leading business process outsourcing company in the Silicon Valley.
About Axcient
Axcient provides a complete data protection solution, purpose-built as a platform for managed service providers (MSPs) to serve their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. The company delivers a hybrid on-premise appliance with backup and business continuity capabilities combined with its cloud-based disaster recovery service, all managed through the Web. The pay-as-you-grow service features zero infrastructure, license, or software costs, thereby eliminating capital expenditures and minimizing operating expenses for both the MSPs and their customers. Axcient protects organizations in a wide range of industries, including legal, financial services, healthcare, design and creative industries, retail, credit card services, Web-based companies, and education. The Axcient service is available exclusively through a nationwide network of IT solution providers. For more information, visitwww.axcient.com.
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