SPMB Assists Azul Devices in Main Promoting Officer Lookup

January 27, 2021 – SPMB, an government research organization that allows locate transformative executives throughout Silicon Valley, has assisted in the placement of Andrew Savitz as the new chief advertising officer of Azul Units. Dave Mullarkey led the assignment.

“Andrew has a great sum of practical experience across all facets of internet marketing, and a proven keep track of report of aiding firms efficiently information, push consciousness and qualified prospects, posture merchandise, produce new market types and allow large advancement gross sales,” said Scott Sellers, co-founder, president and CEO of Azul. “Andrew’s been effective throughout distinctive current market and products segments, and with equally classic computer software and SaaS. He’s also a terrific match culturally with his design and intellect.”

Mr. Savitz brings extra than 20 decades of experience main world wide marketing groups at higher-advancement SaaS companies. He joins Azul from BetterCloud exactly where, as main advertising officer, he coined, scoped and released the “SaaSOps” motion. Prior to that, Mr. Savitz was CMO at AppDynamics, where by he had accountability for international internet marketing and its integration into Cisco right after the company’s acquisition and CMO at Aconex where by he played an instrumental function in the company’s IPO, which led to an acquisition by Oracle in 2017. He has also served as vice president of globally marketing at KXEN by way of the company’s acquisition by SAP in 2013, and served lead the advancement of Salesforce.com’s premier products line.

In his new position, Mr. Savitz is liable for setting and executing Azul’s system to dominate the company Java current market and qualified prospects all world promoting initiatives, together with solution internet marketing, product administration, model promoting and positioning, demand from customers generation, digital and social internet marketing, industry marketing, public relations, analyst relations, developer relations, and local community and evangelism.

Azul Methods is focused on Java and the Java Digital Equipment (JVM), providing an open up supply Java business system. Azul’s Java runtimes electricity Microsoft Azure the cloud infrastructure of organizations like Bazaarvoice, Priceline and Workday and the functions and products and solutions of Avaya, BMW, Credit rating Suisse, Deutsche Telekom, LG, Mastercard, Mizuho and Software AG. Azul’s shoppers consist of 27 % of the Fortune 100, 50 per cent of Forbes Best 10 World’s Most Important Brands, and all 10 of the world’s prime 10 fiscal investing providers.

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SPMB has around 40 a long time of expertise in technological innovation government lookup. It is a best-rated search company in Silicon Valley and a person of the nation’s leaders focused on technological know-how. The firm’s tech roots have captivated economical services and personal fairness corporations looking to faucet into innovative tech expertise in Silicon Valley and over and above. SPMB clients in finance and fintech incorporate Funds A person, Coinbase, Credit Karma, Ripple Labs, Stripe and TransUnion. SPMB has also positioned dozens of senior executives at the portfolio firms of major personal equity firm associates such as Blackstone, KKR and TPG.

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SPMB Recruits CEO for Shutterfly
The personal fairness sector is witnessing an explosive bidding war for major leaders as portfolio businesses expand their demands for C-suite expertise. SPMB, an executive lookup agency that aids obtain transformative executives all through Silicon Valley, recently positioned Hilary Schneider as the new CEO of Shutterfly, which was acquired previously this 12 months by private equity business Apollo World wide Management. She succeeds Ryan O’Hara, helpful Jan. 15. Associate Becky Stein led the lookup.

“Hilary is an completed government with considerable electronic field abilities and a focus on innovation and excellent purchaser activities that will aid Shutterfly’s future chapter,” stated Reed Rayman of the Apollo private equity team and a member of Shutterfly’s board of administrators. “We search forward to partnering with Hilary as properly as the Shutterfly administration group and personnel to mature its a few divisions and produce the very best products and solutions and solutions to consumers.”

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Mr. Mullarkey joined the business in 1997 and has played a main leadership part in the firm’s progress. He grew to become a controlling associate in 2003 and has been COO for the past eight years. His purchasers array from higher growth enterprise and PE backed businesses to multi-billion dollar community organizations. Mr. Mullarkey recruits CEOs and senior officer level executives in infrastructure, computer software, and shopper, and has led hundreds of retained lookups. He has served construct the govt groups for quite a few businesses, like Fitbit, Lynda.com, FireEye, AppDynamics, Xero, Blackline, Nutanix and Riverbed, among others.

Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief Dale M. Zupsansky, Taking care of Editor and Stephen Sawicki, Handling Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media