Ektron Continues Momentum in APAC With ATO Customer Win

Ektron Continues Momentum in APAC With ATO Customer Win, Adds New Executive Leadership

NASHUA, N.H., Mar. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Ektron, a provider of web content management, social software and marketing optimization solutions, today announced the promotion of Chris Rogers to vice president, Ektron Asia-Pacific Region. The appointment follows a period of strong performance in the region, where Ektron has added new customers and increased sales by more than 30 percent year-over-year in 2010.

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"Chris Rogers' appointment comes at a time when Ektron's APAC Region is performing better than ever," said Chris Crombie, Ektron's vice president of global sales operations. "We see a great opportunity for Ektron's solutions in this high-growth region, and we look forward to leveraging Chris's skills driving our business forward."

Customer success
Ektron customers in the region include the Australian Water Association (AWA), Australia's leading water sector body; Navman, a New Zealand-based manufacturer of marine electronics and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology; the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Sydney Opera House -- which will be the site for the Ektron 2011 Australian Local User Group Meeting on May 16th -- and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

"The Australian Taxation Office has entered into a new web content management service with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services which enables the ATO to develop sites using Ektron," said Bill Gibson, Australian Taxation Office CIO. "We are replacing a legacy web content management solution which was custom built in-house more than 10 years ago with Ektron, which will enable us to focus on delivering improved client service on our website."

New regional leader
Rogers will be responsible for driving the company's sales and marketing strategy as Ektron continues to deepen its investment in the APAC region. Rogers joined Ektron in 2002. He previously held the position of Ektron's vice president of vertical strategies, where he was responsible for aligning Ektron's solutions to the specific needs of organizations across multiple vertical markets. Prior to his role at Ektron, Chris served as a program manager at Enterasys Networks. His career has included tenures as senior solutions architect for Global Network Technology Services and as CEO of Brac Solutions, a security consulting company that Rogers co-founded.

"I'm very excited to be making this move since APAC represents an area of significant growth for Ektron," said Rogers. "My objective is to expand our marketing efforts across the region to take advantage of the growing demand we see for our web content management solution and to accelerate Ektron's success and momentum in the Asia-Pacific region."

About Ektron
By integrating web content management (WCM), marketing optimization and social software, Ektron's software and solutions improve operational efficiency, drive revenue growth and build customer loyalty. Ektron empowers marketers to create, publish and optimize web content that engages, converts and retains customers. Developers benefit from Ektron's extensibility andcommitment to the Microsoft .NET framework. Headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, with offices in Australia, Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom, Ektron has more than 8,000 customers worldwide including Carnegie Hall, Diageo, Home Depot, International Chamber of Commerce, Kodak, Microsoft, NASDAQ, National Health Services UK, Saint-Gobain, The Law Society and the University of Notre Dame. For more information, please visit http://www.ektron.com, http://www.ektron.co.uk or http://www.ektron.com.au.

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