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CiRBA names Technology Veteran James MacDonald Vice President of Sales
Former Compuware SVP Joins CiRBA’s Executive Team to Lead Global Sales
Toronto, Ontario – August 27, 2008 – “We are very excited to have a talented technology evangelist and seasoned industry professional like Jim join our organization,” said Gerry Smith, President and CEO of CiRBA. “He is recognized in the industry for his ability to quickly establish leadership in new markets, consistently exceed revenue goals and build lasting client relationships. His wealth of experience and knowledge of sales, marketing, and operations will be instrumental in expanding the availability of our dynamic capacity management solutions for virtualized infrastructure.”
With more than 15 years of performance-driven sales and marketing experience, MacDonald joins CiRBA from Compuware, where he served as senior vice president of Compuware’s North East Geography. Previously, he was executive vice president of sales at Changepoint Corporation, where he aggressively grew the global sales organization and achieved dramatic product revenue growth of Changepoint solutions within Compuware. Additionally, he served as vice president of business development for Platform Computing Inc., an independent provider of grid software, and held sales leadership roles at Solect Technology Group (which was later acquired by Amdocs), and Digital Equipment. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, MacDonald holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science.
“I am delighted to be joining CiRBA at such an exciting point in the company's evolution,” said MacDonald. “
About CiRBA Inc.
CiRBA is a leading provider of Placement Intelligence
Technology. CiRBA software enables IT organizations to operate the most cost effective virtualized data center possible. Only CiRBA’s Placement Intelligence Technology™ continually captures and analyzes technical, business, and resource constraints to safely guide workloads to the right physical or virtual infrastructure. For more information, visit www.cirba.com.