Advocate - Cloud & Connectivity Insiders Welcomes Former IBM Rivermine Executive, Christopher Corr, As Global Sales Leader
Christopher Corr joins as the new VP, Sales to accelerate Advocate as a Global Leader in Cloud & Connectivity Consulting and Lifecycle Services.
NORCROSS, Ga., March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Advocate Co-CEO, Tim Wise, announced today that Christopher Corr has joined Advocate Insiders' leadership team as VP, Sales. Corr joins Advocate from IBM where he served as Sales Leader for IBM Rivermine North America & EMEA Sales Teams. As Advocate continues to experience rapid year-over-year growth, Christopher will manage the Sales function, including both direct and channel sales worldwide.
In assuming this role, Corr will focus on developing the go-to-market team to grow revenue and expand reach for Advocate. He will also be responsible for navigating the rapidly evolving enterprise and channel markets, identifying new areas for expansion while owning the sales vision, strategy and team execution to ensure Advocate continues to become an industry leader. He will report to the Co-CEO, Tim Wise.
"Christopher is a true sales professional," comments Wise. "And," he continues, "we're very excited about his decision to join Advocate to lead the sales organization. Christopher's leadership experience will be an asset in our efforts to drive increasing revenue, productivity, and profitability for Advocate Insiders and our partners."
With more than 20 years of technology and business leadership experience, Corr has played a key role scaling the Rivermine business from 6 up to 250 employees, and leading to its successful sale to IBM in 2011. He brings with him an impeccable reputation for building and motivating high-performance sales teams. Prior to joining Rivermine, he worked in the Billing and OSS practice at Accenture.
"Building on a stable of delighted customers, Advocate stands poised to help thousands of organizations navigate the fast-moving transition to cloud infrastructure. I feel lucky to have a chance to help expand that value for our customers, and to grow our operations to meet this enormous opportunity," said Corr.
About Advocate
For over a decade, Advocate Cloud & Connectivity Insiders has helped global enterprises transform and optimize their IT infrastructure. This means driving IT performance, scalability and pricing to best-in-class. In order to accurately assess their infrastructure, identify what's currently best-in-class, and figure out how to get there faster, companies need an insider's perspective. That's exactly what Advocate brings to the table. Connect with Advocate at www.linkedin.com/company/advocate-consulting-llc or visit www.advocateinsiders.com.
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