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Marketo: Citrix Systems CMO Wes Wasson Joins Marketo Board of Directors

^{Published on 2009-09-22 13:21:33 - Market Wire}
 

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - September 22, 2009) - [ www.marketo.com ] - Marketo, the revenue- focused marketing automation company, today announced that Wes Wasson has joined the Marketo board of directors. Mr. Wasson is senior vice president and CMO at Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ CTXS ]), an industry leader in virtualization, networking and cloud computing, and one of the world's top five SaaS players. Prior to Citrix, Wasson held executive marketing positions at Network Associates and Sun Microsystems, where he helped achieve a number one market share position across several industry segments.

Mr. Wasson joins the Marketo board on the same day Marketo announced the close of a Series C financing that significantly increased the company's valuation.

"Marketo is attractive for several reasons," said Wasson. "To begin with, I'm a huge believer in cloud computing and SaaS as the future of software. More importantly, I believe Marketo's unique focus on revenue has the potential to elevate lead management to an entirely new level. While there are plenty of marketing tools out there that automate existing processes, Marketo offers a solution that actually drives revenue, and in so doing gives marketers a highly credible voice at the executive table."

Wasson also emphasized that Marketo's momentum attracted him to the board. "Marketo has already established itself as one of the fastest growing software companies in the industry with a long list of enthusiastic customers. This early success is clear validation that the company's vision, message and product are truly resonating with enterprise and mid- market companies alike," said Wasson. "By changing the conversation from operational efficiency to revenue attainment, I believe lead management could emerge as one of the next big SaaS categories - potentially even bigger than CRM, and as least as important to revenue generation. The chance to be a part of that story with a clear category leader is an opportunity I couldn't pass up."

"Adding Wes to the board was an easy call," said Phil Fernandez, president CEO at Marketo. "We've long looked for the right marketing executive to join, and Wes brings both world-class enterprise marketing experience and a shared vision of marketing's ability to drive dramatic growth in revenue. The entire team looks forward to sharing his wisdom and experience as we build the next great cloud computing company."

About Marketo

Marketo is the revenue-focused marketing automation company, revolutionizing how marketing and sales teams of all sizes sell and succeed at every stage of the revenue cycle. Delivered in the Marketing Cloud, Marketo's powerful and easy solutions provide the fastest time to value and ignite explosive revenue growth from the earliest stages of demand generation and lead management to the pursuit of revenue and customer loyalty.

Marketo Lead Management helps Marketers acquire, nurture and qualify more high quality sales leads with less effort, while Marketo Sales Insight helps Sales understand, prioritize and interact with the hottest leads and opportunities to close business faster. Known for providing breakthrough innovation and the utmost in usability, Marketo was voted 'Best Marketing Automation Application' by Salesforce customers on the Force.com AppExchange. As of September 2009, more than 250 enterprise and mid-market clients in ten countries have selected Marketo.