Philip Carty Joins GoodData as Chief Revenue Officer
Formerly of MongoDB and SuccessFactors, Carty to drive strategic growth for SaaS business by leading international sales organization
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodData today announced the addition of sales leadership veteran Philip Carty as Chief Revenue Officer. Carty joins GoodData with over 30 years of experience building and leading competitive sales organizations at top technology companies. In this role, Carty will oversee strategy for GoodData's sales, account management and business development to drive dramatic growth for the business.
Carty joins GoodData from MongoDB, where he served as Worldwide Vice President of Sales. While at MongoDB, he expanded the company's international footprint in EMEA and APAC and established the Global Strategic and Volume businesses. Prior to MongoDB, Carty served as Global Vice President of Sales at SuccessFactors, an SAP company. During Carty's tenure at SuccessFactors, the company announced its initial public offering, ran at an annual growth rate of more than 85 percent and completed an acquisition by SAP for $3.6 billion. Prior to SuccessFactors, Carty led successful teams at ADP, Veritas, Oracle and Red Hat.
"As we enter this next phase of growth for GoodData, Philip is a critical addition to the GoodData leadership team," said GoodData founder and CEO Roman Stanek. "He brings valuable experience perfect for scaling a SaaS business with a global sales organization. His passion, experience and vision will help us expand and gain more traction among the world's largest enterprises. With this addition, we're preparing ourselves, our customers and our partners for a great future."
"Throughout my career, I've always chosen to work at companies that have massive potential for growth and disruption," Carty said. "GoodData is that kind of company. With its leading analytics platform, dedication to customer success and a strong, engaged team, GoodData is in a perfect position to dramatically expand in the market. I'm thrilled to join the GoodData family and look forward to working with our team and customers as we grow."
About GoodData
GoodData, the leader in end-to-end cloud analytics, enables more than 40,000 companies to store, combine, analyze and visualize data to quickly answer business-critical questions. GoodData's mission is to help companies become all data enterprises: organizations that gain a competitive advantage by leveraging all data through analytics. The GoodData Open Analytics Platform helps companies manage and analyze that data in one seamless, interactive environment and create breakthrough applications to empower their customers and users. GoodData is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Growth Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Next World Capital, Tenaya Capital, TOTVS SA, and Windcrest Partners. For more information, read our blog, visit our website and follow @gooddata on Twitter.
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