Aconex Names Andrew Savitz Chief Marketing Officer

SAN BRUNO, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 19, 2014) -  Aconex, provider of the world's most widely used construction project management software, today announced the appointment of Andrew Savitz as chief marketing officer. Savitz is responsible for the company's global marketing strategy and operations, including product marketing, demand generation, online marketing, and communications. He reports to Aconex CEO Leigh Jasper.

Savitz brings to Aconex more than 20 years of management experience with enterprise software and cloud solutions. Most recently, he was vice president of worldwide marketing at KXEN, a provider of predictive analytics software and cloud-based applications for big data which was acquired by SAP. Before KXEN, Savitz was at salesforce.com, where he led marketing efforts for the Service Cloud, the company's customer service and support solution and its second-largest and fastest growing product.

"Andrew Savitz is an important addition to our executive management team," said Jasper. "His outstanding track record in bringing cloud-based applications to market will help drive the next phase of our company's growth and visibility as a global market leader in construction management software."

Prior to salesforce.com, Savitz worked at leading enterprise software vendors such as PeopleSoft, webMethods and Edge Dynamics. He was also an equity research analyst focused on customer relationship management (CRM) software companies at Goldman Sachs and Robertson Stephens. He began his career as a consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where he was a key contributor to Siebel Systems' first CRM implementation and helped launched its CRM solutions practice.

"Aconex has experienced incredible growth since its inception, and I'm amazed at what the team has accomplished," said Savitz. "I'm excited to work with the company's thousands of clients worldwide to ensure that customer success remains our highest priority and to build on our momentum in the market." 

Savitz holds an M.B.A. degree with an emphasis in Finance and High Tech Strategy from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S. in Mathematics with a specialization in Computing from the same university. 

About Aconex
Aconex provides the world's most widely used Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for managing information and processes between companies throughout the lifecycle of construction and engineering projects. The Aconex suite of solutions -- secure, neutral and centralized -- enables owners, developers, contractors, and project managers to reduce the cost and risk inherent in capital projects of all sizes and improve efficiency, productivity and accountability for all project participants. Aconex has served projects valued at more than US$880 billion, with over 480,000 users. Clients include nine of the top ten engineering, procurement and construction (EPC/EPCM) firms, 23 of the 25 largest global design firms, and nearly all Fortune 500 construction and engineering companies. For more information and examples of Aconex in action, see http://www.aconex.com. Follow Aconex on Twitter at @aconex and on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/aconex.