O4 beefs up executive, management teams in growth phase

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 23 September 2009 15:17

IT People - People

Australian mobile sales force automation solutions vendor, O4 Corporation, has beefed up its APAC regional and global management team with the appointment of five new executives plus new marketing, sales, support, training and finance staff.

O4 CEO, Desmond Miller, said the additions to the executive and management teams reflected the company’s rapid growth in client acquisition and its strategy to use its “recent funding to ensure we build, market and deliver valuable next-generation field force optimisation solutions to customers worldwide.”

O4 announced in May the investment of $15 million by ABS Capital to accelerate development efforts, increase the global reach of customer support services and expand the sales organisation, and Miller said the company planned to nearly double its overall headcount in the coming year.

“Our solutions enable consumer products companies to achieve immediate ROI and win at retail, and consequently we continue to experience rapid growth.”

Miller announced the appointment to regional executive positions of Alex Roche, as professional services director, APAC, John Howick, as chief operating officer, EMEA.

Appointments to global roles include Jamie Stannard, as global support manager, Eric Barlin, as vice president, strategy development, and Ian Oxman, to the position of vice president, global marketing.

O4’s managing director, Asia Pacific, Angela Lovegrove, said  that “even in a good economy, achieving rapid customer growth and securing expansion capital is a challenge,”  and she added, “however, in this most difficult economy, our success in securing new customers and capital speaks loudly to the value and industry reputation that O4 is building.”