Kentico Hires New Global Channel Director John Swanson
NASHUA, N.H., Sept. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kentico Software, a leader in customer experience management, today announced it has hired John Swanson to fill a new executive role created to lead the company's channel partner programs.
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John is now the leader responsible for defining Kentico's overall channel strategy at the global level while overseeing integrated channel marketing program creation, execution, and measurement. He will work in close collaboration with the management team and territory managers to identify and grow strategic alignment between Kentico Software and all global partner alliances.
"John Swanson's experience in channel relationships makes him a natural fit here at Kentico where we are deeply committed to our more than 1,200 partner relationships worldwide," said Petr Palas, Founder and CEO of Kentico Software. "I look forward to working with John as we continue to invest in our partner community to ensure their continued success in using Kentico for all their web content management needs."
A consulting software/IT veteran with more than a decade of sales and client satisfaction experience, John was most recently VP of Business Development at iMedia, Inc. where he worked with clients on achieving their online goals by optimizing their web content management, marketing optimization and social software strategies. Prior to iMedia, John served as Director of Strategic Alliances at web content management systems provider Ektron where he worked with some of the world's top interactive agencies.
"I'm thrilled to be joining the Kentico team, which I've worked with many times in support of prior clients," said Kentico's newly-appointed Global Channel Director John Swanson. "I know Kentico to be extremely customer-centric and deeply committed to the success of its partners, and I'm looking forward to helping both Kentico and its partners reach new heights."
About Kentico CMS
Kentico CMS is an enterprise Web Content Management System and Customer Experience Management solution that provides a complete set of features for building websites, intranets, community sites and e-commerce solutions on the Microsoft ASP.NET platform, on premise or in the cloud. It supports mobile websites, SEO, document management, online marketing tools, multilingual websites, and multisite management, and comes out of the box with 70 ready-to-use modules, 400 configurable Web parts, and source code available by request.
Kentico CMS customers can expect a highly flexible platform with a uniquely easy-to-use user interface. It's currently used by more than 16,000 websites in 90 countries. Clients include Microsoft, Guinness, Chiquita, Vodafone, O2, Orange, Brussels Airlines, Mazda, Ford, Subaru, Isuzu, Samsung, Gibson, ESPN, DKNY, Abbott Labs, Medibank, Ireland.ie and many others.
About Kentico Software
Kentico provides an affordable, award-winning Integrated marketing solution that is easy-to-use but also highly customizable for powerful real-time customer-centric marketing across multiple channels on-premise or in the Cloud. Founded in 2004, Kentico is headquartered in the Czech Republic with offices in the US, UK, and Australia. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with 1,200 digital agency partners, Kentico powers more than 16,000 websites in 90 countries. Customers include Bacardi; Great British Chefs; Mighty River Power; Run and Become.
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