Clickatell Appoints New Vice President For European Sales
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Spencer Young to head up London office of leading mobile messaging provider
London, UK, 05 June 2007 - Leading mobile messaging provider Clickatell has appointed Spencer Young as its Vice President for European Sales. In his new role, Spencer will spearhead Clickatell's continued expansion into Europe as the leading provider of enterprise-standard mobile messaging solutions, with a particular focus on the burgeoning financial and healthcare sectors.
Based in Clickatell's London offices, Spencer will also assume the role of UK Country Manager, where he will be responsible for managing Clickatell's portfolio of UK-based customers, which include some of the largest banks and broadcasting companies in Europe, as well as the NHS and European Union.
"I'm very excited to join Clickatell, as it goes from strength to strength in working with organizations of every size to provide innovative solutions that meet all of their messaging needs," said Spencer. "We have a thriving European business, working with a number of blue-chip clients to fulfill their mobile messaging requirements, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of building upon this solid foundation and contributing to Clickatell's continued growth and success in Europe."
Spencer has nearly 20 years of field sales and management experience in enterprise technology, and joins Clickatell from enterprise search and retrieval company FAST. During his time as Regional VP for Western Europe at FAST, he delivered 65% year-on-year revenue growth, including a record number of new business wins across the region.
Prior to joining FAST, as General Manager for the UK, Nordics and South Africa of enterprise search software developer Verity inc, he restored double digit revenue growth and profitability to the region.
Other roles have included a two-and-a-half year stint at enterprise content management software company Interwoven, where he was a member of the European sales and management team which restored the company to profitability and revenue growth. Previously, Young held senior sales and business management positions at IBM and Xerox.
Commenting on the appointment, Tad Bogdan, Clickatell EVP Sales and Business Development said, "We're delighted to welcome Spencer to Clickatell's European team at such an exciting and dynamic time in Clickatell's history. Clickatell is committed to developing and delivering new messaging solutions that not only help organizations communicate better, but also achieve their business objectives. With Spencer heading up our European operations - and the experience and proven track record for achieving results - we are in an excellent position to grow our business further in this important region.
About Clickatell, Inc.
Clickatell has been a leader in global mobile messaging since 2000.
Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, the company serves over 8,000 small medium and larger enterprises worldwide. Its global coverage of 600+ mobile networks in almost 200 countries and unique delivery infrastructure makes Clickatell unlike any other SMS messaging provider.
Clickatell enables any business to better connect and communicate with their customers, employees and suppliers no matter where they are, with any message, across any communication device. Its multimodal mobile messaging capability, combining voice, email, SMS, IM and fax delivery channels, ensures the delivery of mission critical information with confirmation.
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