Marie O’Brien VP Federal Sales, Sepaton

SEPATON, Inc. announced the appointment of Marie O’Brien to VP of federal sales.

 Marie brings more than 20 years of experience in sales and senior management for high technology companies in the federal government market.

Reporting to Mike Thompson, SEPATON president and CEO, she will lead SEPATON’s federal sales team and oversee all sales activities in the federal market.
 
Marie has a reputation in the industry and a track record of designing and executing sales programs. Her experience in sales management includes high tech companies ranging in size from emerging to multi-national.  
 
"SEPATON has a well-established presence in the federal market where we have the only high performance, scalable data protection systems that can meet their demanding data protection requirements," said Mike Thompson, president and CEO, SEPATON. "This market is ideally suited for the high end performance only SEPATON can provide.  We intend to deepen our penetration in this market through Marie’s capable leadership and demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams that deliver exceptional results."
 
"I am excited to contribute to SEPATON’s successful sales efforts by building on its strong foundation in the federal sector with this powerful and unique technology," said O’Brien. "I am also happy to be leading a team of seasoned sales professionals."
 
As VP of federal sales and support at Sun Microsystems, Marie directed sales and support field teams throughout North America and on U.S. military bases overseas around the world. In this role, she worked with executive leadership to implement aggressive change management and continuous improvement processes that resulted in improvement in sales efficiency.

Prior to joining SEPATON, she founded and managed Clifton Advisors, LLC, a management consulting firm specializing in the information technology and defense industries. In this role, she developed a portfolio of services that addressed the needs within the US Federal Government and private sector markets. Marie has also held senior management positions at a number of organizations serving government agencies and Fortune 500 enterprises, including ClearEdge Power, Inc., VMware, Robbins-Gioia, Epok, Inc. and Sun Microsystems.