WebEx Announces Promotion of David Berman to President, Worldwide Sales and Services, and Gary Griffiths to President, Products
March 01 2007 - 8:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
David Berman and Gary Griffiths Assume Strategic Roles at Leading
On-Demand Company SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebEx (NASDAQ:WEBX), the leading provider
of on-demand collaborative business services, today announced that
David Berman has been promoted to the position of president,
worldwide sales and services, and Gary Griffiths has been promoted
to the position of president, products and operations. Berman and
Griffiths will continue to report to Subrah Iyar, WebEx CEO. As
president of worldwide sales and services, David Berman will direct
the company's global sales organization including sales of new
partner applications from the WebEx Connect ecosystem. A seven-year
WebEx veteran, Berman was formerly vice president of worldwide
sales and is responsible for the creation and leadership of the
company's very successful web-touch sales organization. As
president of products and operations, Gary Griffiths will oversee
the development and delivery of all WebEx on-demand applications
including the new WebEx Connect platform, the first collaborative
on-demand platform. Before joining WebEx in December 2005,
Griffiths was the CEO of on-demand application company Everdream,
the company that developed the technology used in the WebEx System
Management service. He was also the CEO and co-founder of digital
entertainment company SegaSoft Networks and held senior management
positions with IBM. "David's highly effective sales methodology and
leadership skills have played a key role in the success of WebEx,"
said Subrah Iyar, CEO, WebEx. "Gary's focused efforts on product
delivery and operations have created exciting new opportunities for
WebEx. David and Gary's executive leadership will help accelerate
our strategy to go deeper and wider with our web collaboration
services and new WebEx Connect applications and partner ecosystem."
WebEx provides on-demand collaboration applications to individuals,
small businesses and enterprise organizations. WebEx applications
combine both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration
capabilities and enable businesses to leverage the web as an
efficient channel for interaction with customers, partners and
co-workers. WebEx Connect, the first collaborative on-demand
platform, enables developers and customers to integrate multiple
applications to create powerful collaborative business "mashup"
solutions from web-based, on-premises and desktop applications.
WebEx Connect brings together people, process and data in a
collaborative workspace designed for the way businesses work today
About WebEx With 2.2 million registered users, WebEx is the global
leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the
web. These applications enhance high-touch business processes, such
as sales and training, with efficient web- touch interactions. As
an on-demand provider, WebEx is able to facilitate both internal
and external collaboration. WebEx delivers its range of
applications over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a global network
specifically designed for the secure delivery of on-demand
applications. WebEx applications support multipoint
videoconferencing, web conferencing and application remote control.
WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional
headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free
877-509-3239 or visit http://www.webex.com/ for more information.
NOTE: MediaTone is a trademark of WebEx Communications, Inc.
DATASOURCE: WebEx CONTACT: Colin Smith of WebEx, +1-408-566-5694,
or Web site: http://www.webex.com/
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