MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sococo, the Social Communications Company, today announced two new additions to its senior leadership team and named an executive to lead its new SMB initiative. Mark Fisher joins as Chief Marketing Officer and will be responsible for global marketing; Chris Wong joins as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and will lead all global sales activities. Finally, Kent Libbey has been selected to lead a new business initiative as General Manager, Small/Medium Business.
"Mark Fisher brings over 20 years of marketing and business development experience in telecom, Internet services, and cloud computing and has an exceptional background in enterprise, channel and corporate marketing. Chris Wong has a solid track record of building and leading successful sales organizations in telecom, cloud services, and enterprise computing companies," said Chris Wheeler, Sococo president. "Meanwhile, Sococo will capitalize on a vast small and medium business (SMB) marketing opportunity by appointing Kent Libbey as SMB General Manager, to drive our strategy and distribution in these segments."
"Sococo delivers Enterprise and SMB IP communications services that reduce cost and improve productivity. Our innovations are a disruptive solution in the communications industry. Our expanded leadership team will help us continue to delight and amaze customers in these two business segments." said David Van Wie, Sococo CEO.
About Mark Fisher
"Sococo has created a disruptive enterprise IP communications service which combines an intuitive user interface, rich contextual information, and multi-channel connectivity to drive employee engagement and adoption," said Mark Fisher, Sococo's new Chief Marketing Officer. "I am thrilled to join the team and eager to continue building marketing momentum for Sococo."
Previously, Mark was EVP of Marketing and Business Development at Jasper Wireless, a cloud computing M2M service platform. Prior to Jasper, he was SVP of Marketing and Business Development at Danger, a developer of cloud-based software services and mobile device software; Danger was acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Mark has also held executive roles at Concentric Network Corporation (acquired by XO Communications in 2000) and Pacific Bell (acquired by SBC/ATT). Mark has a BS in Engineering from the US Naval Academy and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business.
About Chris Wong
"Companies of all sizes are looking for ways to get and keep their teams in sync as their workforce becomes increasingly distributed," said Chris Wong, Sococo's new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. "Sococo addresses the needs of business leaders by focusing on unifying people – not just services – to deliver a shared sense of belonging that drives growth in ways that directory-based communication services cannot."
Previously, Chris Wong was Vice President of Sales for the Americas and EMEA for CDNetworks, which was acquired by KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications company. Prior to CDNetworks' successful acquisition, he was Director of Web Acceleration Solutions at Limelight, overseeing the sales strategy for the company's first generation web acceleration services. Chris also held strategic executive roles architecting and managing enterprise sales organizations for cloud technology companies such as Cotendo/Akamai, CDNetworks, Panther Express, and UltraDNS. In total, he has successfully exited companies with a combined value of $700 million. Chris holds a B.S. in marketing and finance from California State University in Hayward.
About Sococo
Sococo, the Social Communications Company, is changing the way people interact through online networks. Sococo's flagship product, Team Space, addresses a fundamental challenge facing business leaders in the 21st century: keeping their teams in sync and engaged as work becomes more dynamic and distributed. Team Space unifies coworkers, no matter where they are located, in virtual spaces that facilitate rich and spontaneous engagement. Team Space is available on a subscription basis. For more information, visit www.sococo.com or call +1 650-265-7013.
Founded in 2007, Sococo is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, CA. Sococo has been named a Gartner Group Cool Vendor, 2011, a TiE50 Award Winner, 2011, a Start Up to Watch by CIO Magazine, 2010, a Top Ten Hot Emerging Vendors by CRN, October 2010, and an Emerging Technology Award Winner by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, 2010.
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