Jochen Moll appointed as CEO of SVA-BizSphere AG
Former IBM and EMC Corporation Executive will drive the company’s growth strategy
Stuttgart, Jul 19, 2010: SVA-BizSphere AG, one of Germany’s most innovative business software start-ups, is pleased to announce Jochen Moll as their new CEO, effective July 1st 2010. Jochen has more than 20 years of experience in the IT Industry, serving in many different management and executive positions at companies including IBM and EMC. At IBM, Jochen was Vice President (VP) Business Partner Organization Central Region as well as VP of IBM’s software business in the Central Region in Europe (Germany, Austria Switzerland). At EMC Corporation he served as the Managing Director for Germany and until recently helped to jump-start the business as VP of Strategic Alliances for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Jochen’s appointment is a significant milestone for the company’s business and growth strategy. His experience in the software business as well as proven skills to build a powerful partner network, will help the company to drive continuous growth. “The Sales Enablement market is currently growing quickly. We offer a highly innovative Sales Enablement solution,” says Jochen Moll. “We plan to build on that momentum and will continue to expand into international markets.”
Ralph-Peter Quetz, who previously was CEO, will serve BizSphere as COO, effective July 1st. He has successfully set up the company’s strong organizational and financial basis and will ensure day-to-day operations in those areas.
About Sales Enablement
IT Analysts at Forrester Research define Sales Enablement as a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to have a valuable conversation with the right set of clients. According to IDC, more than a third of possible client deals lost could have been won, if the seller had been better informed and had acted more client-oriented – this happens despite the fact that companies, according to Forrester Research, already invest on average US $135,000 in sales support per seller per year. Sales Enablement solutions aim to leverage these investments better or reduce them whilst increasing client satisfaction, sales success rates and the effectiveness of sales people.
About SVA-BizSphere AG
SVA-BizSphere AG has developed a software platform and consulting framework supporting companies in solving their Sales Enablement challenges. The company combines fundamental research in the areas of semantic & social web as well as user interface design with in-depth experience from Sales Enablement projects in large global enterprises and SMBs. This results in ongoing, customer needs oriented innovation, which new and existing clients benefit from. The BizSphere Sales Enablement solution is based on an open IT architecture for Knowledge Management, leverages Enterprise 2.0 technologies and integrates with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems as well as Unified Communications (UC) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms. SVA-BizSphere AG was founded in 2007. The company is globally present with staff in Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Hamburg, Shanghai, Chicago and Toronto.
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