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Allegiance Strengthens Executive Team With Key Hires
| Quelle: Allegiance, Inc.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 14, 2007 -- Allegiance, Inc., the premier provider
of Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) solutions, today announced that it
has added three key members to its executive staff. The company has hired
J.D. Jeppson as vice president (VP) of sales, Terence Fugazzi as VP of
demand marketing and Chris Cottle as VP of corporate marketing. The three
executives bring to Allegiance
significant entrepreneur, technology and senior-level management experience
working with leading technology organizations. Driven by the growing demand
for its EFM solutions, Allegiance has grown its staff from 10 employees at
the beginning of 2006 to more than 55 at the beginning of May 2007.
"We're continually looking for people who will add strength and expertise
to our management team as we ramp up to meet the EFM needs of
customer-centered organizations," said Adam Edmunds, president and chief
executive officer of Allegiance.
"We have carefully selected individuals that bring deep business experience
and proven track records in growing successful companies. These key
executives will help lead our efforts to continue to develop and deliver
the best employee and customer feedback solutions on the market. J.D.,
Terence and Chris bring a personal style and energy that add a great deal
to our company, and we look forward to their ongoing contributions to the
success of Allegiance."
Jeppson brings more than 14 years of experience in sales, business
development and management to Allegiance. Most recently, he served
as the director of regional sales for SurfControl, a provider of global
on-demand, network and endpoint IT security solutions. Prior to
SurfControl, Jeppson was the director of sales and manager of global
partnerships and alliances for Nuance Communications, a global provider of
enterprise software speech and imaging solutions for business and
consumers. Previously, he helped build and direct sales organizations at
Siebel Systems, Voice Systems Research and Callware Technologies. Jeppson
earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young
University in Provo, Utah.
Fugazzi joins Allegiance after
serving as the director of online marketing for Studeo, a Salt Lake
City-based interactive and direct marketing agency. Prior to Studeo, he
spent five years at Altiris, Inc. in management roles such as director of
e-business and director of corporate marketing. Fugazzi's has an extensive
background in B2B and B2C marketing with an emphasis on lead generation and
acquisition marketing. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science
from California State University, Northridge.
Cottle comes to Allegiance from
Tandberg Data, a $200 million data backup hardware manufacturer, where he
served as vice president of U.S. marketing. Cottle started his career in
1990 marketing large technology brands for companies such as Iomega,
Infocus, and Adaptec at Dahlin Smith White. He left DSW to start his own
marketing company, Oxygen Studios, which was later sold to Caldera (now
SCO). Cottle helped Caldera go public, acquire SCO and grow to over 600
employees. He left SCO to launch a health publishing company which was
acquired in 2003. Cottle brings extensive experience in technology brand
building, and B2B, B2C and general marketing.
About Allegiance
Allegiance, Inc. is the premier provider of on-demand Enterprise Feedback
Management (EFM) solutions that drive growth and profitability through
improved customer and employee loyalty. The Allegiance Active Listening
System (ALS) is a suite of Web and phone-based solutions that allows
organizations to collect real-time feedback from all points of customer and
employee interaction. Each component of the ALS can be customized to fit
individual corporate needs and serves as a case management solution by
tracking feedback from submission to resolution. As a result of the
flexibility and power of the ALS, Allegiance serves customers of all sizes
across a variety of industries. Allegiance is a privately owned company
based in South Jordan, Utah. For more information about Allegiance, visit
http://www.allegiance.com .