Stacy Sakellariou Joins Meridian Knowledge Solutions as Vice President of Marketing

HERNDON, VA--(Marketwired - Nov 18, 2014) - Meridian Knowledge Solutions, a leading learning and performance technology provider, today announced the appointment of Stacy Sakellariou, as Vice President of Marketing. This appointment further strengthens Meridian's management team as Sakellariou brings over 20 years of industry marketing experience.

"Having strong strategic marketing leadership is key to building on Meridian's reputation as a leading innovator of learning management solutions and taking the company to the next level," said Jonna Ward, CEO. "Stacy is an accomplished and recognized marketing leader who brings a track record of innovation and results to Meridian."

"From day one, it became clear to me that Meridian is on the cusp of an incredible breakout," said Sakellariou. "Meridian is dedicated to providing its customers with solutions that revolutionize the learning experience by extending learning management systems beyond traditional job training tools into true business drivers. With Meridian, customers are able to optimize and transform how people learn to fuel optimal enterprise wide success. I am thrilled to join the team."

As Vice President of Marketing, Sakellariou is responsible for all aspects of Meridian's marketing strategy, overseeing strategic positioning, brand awareness and communications, go-to-market strategy, demand generation, and management of all marketing functions. Sakellariou brings extensive experience driving global marketing and product strategies that have propelled impressive growth for a number of market leading enterprise technology companies. She has more than a decade of learning industry marketing leadership, having served most recently as Vice President of Worldwide Field Marketing for SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft company. Prior to that, she held marketing leadership roles with Plateau Systems, now SuccessFactors, A SAP Company. Sakellariou received her Bachelor of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, and Masters of Science in Marketing from the Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School.

About Meridian Knowledge Solutions:

Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC, is the leading provider of enterprise, web-based learning management software. Meridian's powerful yet easy-to-use solutions are leveraged by organizations dedicated to building world-class learning enterprises inspired and focused on delivering exceptional results. With over 10 million users worldwide, Meridian offers a flexible, best-of-breed learning management system that gives organizations and users alike a seamless, integrated experience, all while strengthening the bottom line. Recognized as a leading learning management system by top industry analysts, Meridian's software is being used by some of the world's largest, most successful organizations, including Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Meridian believes learning is first, learning is yours, and learning is without limits. The company is headquartered in Herndon, VA. For additional information about Meridian Knowledge Solutions, visit www.meridianks.com. Visit the Meridian Blog and follow @MerdianKS on Twitter for more learning insights and perspectives.