Savvis Fills Two Key Sales Positions
By Savvis Inc., PRNEThursday, March 11, 2010
Company enhances sales and marketing efforts, as it continues to focus on geographic, vertical and product expansion in 2010
ST. LOUIS, March 12, 2010 - SAVVIS, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and
hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that it has filled two
key sales positions with the appointment of Jim Mori as senior vice president
of U.S. sales and the addition of George Bacon as vice president of
consulting services. This announcement complements the recent appointment of
Jim Ousley as chief executive officer, who also brings strong sales and
marketing experience to the company.
Savvis is currently in the midst of enhancing its sales efforts on a
vertical basis, including the areas of financial, media and
software-as-a-service (SaaS). In addition, the company is refining its cloud
services sales execution, as this offering is expected to show continued
strong growth.
Jim Mori has been with Savvis since 1999. Most recently, he had
responsibility for customer service and sales enablement and support, where
he focused on maximizing both the client experience and Savvis profitability
through asset optimization. He also previously served as managing director of
U.S. sales and has held a variety of sales leadership and operational roles
at the company. Prior to joining Savvis, Jim served in various sales roles at
Digital Equipment Corporation, Southwestern Bell and AT&T Information
Systems. He also spent 13 years in sales at Sprint.
"We're very pleased to have Jim move back into a sales role here at
Savvis," said Bill Fathers, senior vice president and global head of sales
and marketing. "For the past two years, Jim has been dedicated to client care
and to improving our client satisfaction and loyalty scores. We look forward
to seeing continued great results from him, as he shifts his focus to
strengthening our sales function and to expanding our efforts on both a
geographic and vertical basis."
"Another critical area for Savvis in 2010 is to build and grow our
consulting services practice, and George Bacon is a great addition to the
Savvis team focused on this effort," continued Bill Fathers. "George's
background includes an extensive professional services career, including both
consulting and managed services, and his experience is expected to benefit
Savvis, as he leads the consulting services team."
Prior to joining Savvis, George Bacon served as chief executive officer
of iSmart Panache, a professional services organization. He also worked for
Tata Consultancy Services as senior vice president of its global consulting
practice, at Computer Sciences Corporation as senior vice president of
outsourcing, and as an associate partner at Andersen Consulting.
About Savvis
Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) is a global leader in cloud infrastructure
and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. More than 2,500 unique customers,
including 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to
reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest
advances in cloud computing. For more information, please visit savvis.net.
Savvis Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may
differ materially from Savvis' expectations. Certain factors that could
affect actual results are set forth as risk factors in Savvis' SEC reports
and filings, including its annual report on Form 10-K and all subsequent
filings, as well as the risk that expected positive results for sales and
consulting services, as well as geographic and vertical expansion, may not be
realized. Savvis assumes no obligation to update or supplement
forward-looking statements.
Investors, Peggy Reilly Tharp, +1-314-628-7491, peggy.tharp at savvis.net, or, Media, Carter Cromley, +1-703-667-6110, carter.cromley at savvis.net, both of Savvis, Inc.
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