Salsa Labs Taps Veteran Software Industry Leader as President

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Apr 21, 2011, 01:12 ET

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Salsa Labs, the leading provider of online organizing solutions to associations, nonprofits, and campaigns, today announced that veteran software industry executive William Donnelly will join the company's management team as President. Mr. Donnelly brings more than 20 years experience building successful software companies, including Vocus, CareerBuilder, and Best Software, Inc. 

"I am very excited to announce that Bill will be joining us as our President," said Chris Lundberg, Co-Founder and CEO. "His expertise and experience in scaling successful SaaS companies make him a perfect fit to join us at this pivotal moment in our growth."

Prior to joining Salsa Labs, Donnelly served as President and COO of Fishbowl, a leading provider of web-based software solutions to the Restaurant Industry. He has served as a senior vice president for Vocus, a SaaS provider that launched its successful initial public offering (IPO) in 2005. Prior to Vocus, he was vice president of Sales and Customer Care at CareerBuilder, where he led a team of 275 and helped direct the company to an industry leading position as the fastest growing internet-based recruiting service. Before CareerBuilder, he was senior vice president of sales and business development for Best Software, where he helped guide the company through several years of sustained sales growth, a successful IPO in 1997, and its acquisition in 2000 by Sage Group.

"Salsa Labs is an industry leader and true Software-as-a-Service innovator and I'm thrilled to be joining the executive team as their new President," said Donnelly. "My goal is to focus our efforts on continued growth and expansion, while providing our customers with the best on-demand software solutions at the lowest price to all organizations, large and small. We want to help everyone organize and energize their people."

About Salsa Labs 

Salsa Labs is the creator of the leading online platform for organizing and engaging people.  In one easy-to-use, integrated, and flexible platform, groups of all sizes can manage their supporters, communicate, fundraise, advocate, host events, and much more.  Organizations can create their own unique recipe for organizing by choosing from the dozens of available software tools as well as by plugging in dozens of other applications produced by 3rd parties in the Salsa Market. Salsa's software and services suite currently support over 2,000 user groups' relationships with over 40 million supporters, members, donors, activists, and fans all around the world.

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