Glenn Cross EVP WW Sales and Marketing, Aptare

APTARE, Inc., in storage intelligence software, announced several additions to its U.S. and European team to meet the demand for its storage chargeback and backup compliance solutions.

This announcement coincides with a recent company milestone whereby 33% of Fortune 100 companies are relying on APTARE solutions to increase the efficiency of large, multi-vendor storage environments. These companies are not only able to ensure regulatory compliance, but also reduce storage costs by reclaiming idle storage assets.

“With data growing at 30-50% each year, business models shifting towards a service provider model, and increasing urgency of regulatory compliance, businesses must maintain an accurate view of their total storage capacity and consumption across large, heterogeneous datacenters,” said Rick Clark, president and CEO, APTARE. “The addition of these proven leaders to APTARE’s global field operations will help major brands and government organizations realize significant cost savings by providing new insights and visibility into their storage environments.”

New additions to APTARE include:

Glenn Cross, EVP sales and marketing
With more than 30 years of experience building and leading global sales, marketing and operations organizations, he is responsible for driving worldwide customer intimacy and revenue growth. His previous experience includes leadership roles at large and small technology companies such as Sun Microsystems, McAfee, Oracle, Adobe Systems, SugarCRM, Palm, Xsigo Systems (aquired by Oracle), Nuance Comunications, Surfcontrol, Meru Networks, and Lotus Development.

Cindy Sauvignon, GM service providers
She is leading APTARE’s global service provider business unit. She joined from xMatters, where she was VP alliances. Previous experience includes senior channel sales roles at ParAccel, Meru Networks, Nuance Communications, Trend Micro, and Sun Microsystems. She was a recipient of the CRN Channel Chief Award.

Georgina Hurst, regional sales manager, EMEA
A multilingual sales leader with 22 years of experience in building and accelerating sales across EMEA, she joins APTARE in the UK to lead its business across Europe. She has held senior sales positions in EMEA at VMTurbo, Dell Software Group, AppAssure, HP and Symantec.

Eng Yew Lee, senior director of professional services
With more than 20 years of experience in customer support, technical services, and renewals sales, he from Zynga, a popular social game developer. Previously, he was VP of customer support at Nuance and held senior management roles leading customer support at Oracle Corporation.