iTKO Continues Aggressive Growth with New Sales Appointment
Leading SOA Testing Company Hires New Global Sales Executive
Dallas, TX, July 18, 2007 - iTKO, a leader in SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) testing products and solutions, today announced the expansion of its sales team with the addition of Howard Sewell, an experienced industry veteran with a proven track record of growing revenue.
In his new role as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Howard Sewell will lead worldwide iTKO LISA sales activities. A successful sales principal at several software companies, Sewell brings over ten years of sales management experience to iTKO, along with a reputation for generating quota-exceeding revenue numbers. Most recently, Sewell held the position of Regional Sales Director at Mercury (now HP Software), where he was responsible for recruiting and managing the sales team for the South Central region of the United States and was consistently ranked as a top sales manager.
"I am extremely excited at the opportunity to be a part of iTKO's global expansion," said Sewell. "The company's solid reputation as a leading SOA testing solutions provider in North America will be a key contributor toward our efforts for international growth. Additionally, given my experience in this market and the passion that iTKO exudes, our coming together is a great combination for iTKO's continued growth."
This new appointment along with iTKO's recent Series B Funding announcement signifies the company's momentum in the SOA testing space and will assist iTKO's mission to continue the rapid development of the LISA SOA testing suite.
"ITKO's continued success in the SOA Quality Governance space is a testament to the company's commitment to provide innovative and reliable testing solutions," said Shridhar Mittal, President and CEO, iTKO. "The addition of Howard Sewell will support iTKO as we continue our global expansion."
About iTKO
iTKO, Inc. offers the most complete software suite for testing Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), allowing multiple business technology layers to be exercised within a single test case. iTKO's mission is to allow everyone involved in IT to own Complete, Collaborative, and Continuous(tm) software quality, from development, to QA and business analysts. iTKO LISA Complete SOA Testing Platform system performs unit, functional, regression, load and performance tests, without requiring test coding or script maintenance, saving up to 80% of the cost of testing over the course of six months. For dynamic web applications, web services, J2EE, .NET, Java objects, JMS/messaging, databases, and many more technologies, LISA provides live interaction with every layer, and gives everyone the "Freedom-to-Test" applications exactly as they will be deployed. Founded in 1999, the Dallas-based company's customers include Sun, Capgemini, Cardinal Health, AMD, TIBCO and i2.
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