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SugarCRM Appoints George Wright Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Business Wire, May 28, 2008
Veteran of Epiphany, SAP and Netscape to Lead SugarCRM's Global Sales Force
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- SugarCRM Inc., the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced that George Wright has been named vice president of worldwide sales. Wright brings over 25 years of sales and management experience in the high-tech sector to SugarCRM. In this role, Wright will be responsible for the management and expansion of SugarCRM's global sales force as the company continues to grow to meet the demand for its commercial open source CRM solutions.
"George is a tremendous sales leader who will be instrumental in ensuring that SugarCRM meets our growth objectives," said John Roberts, CEO of SugarCRM. "His deep experience managing large sales organizations for software leaders is a perfect fit for the ambitions of our expanding company."
Wright was senior vice president and general manager of World Wide Field Operations for Epiphany Inc., a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software solutions where he oversaw day-to-day operations of sales, renewals, professional services and education. After joining Epiphany in 1998, Wright helped grow revenue from zero to $230 million in three years. Additionally, Wright led Epiphany to its first profitable quarter and IPO in 1999.
Wright has also served as senior vice president and general manager at SAP America, Inc. and is a veteran of both Oracle Corporation and Netscape Communications Corporation. Wright earned a bachelor's degree in business from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh.
"SugarCRM is a company in the right place at the right time," said Wright. "SugarCRM combines the most modern On-Demand CRM technology with the largest open source CRM community on the Web. I am thrilled to be joining such a terrific team of people and am looking forward to helping them continue to build a great company."
About SugarCRM
SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. SugarCRM easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications. SugarCRM's open source architecture allows companies to more easily customize and integrate customer-facing business processes in order to build and maintain more profitable relationships. SugarCRM offers several deployment options, including on-demand, on-premise and appliance-based solutions to suit customers' security, integration and configuration needs.
For more information, call (408) 454-6900 or 1 877 SUGARCRM tollfree in the US, email contact@sugarcrm.com, or visit http://www.sugarcrm.com.
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