Biz360
Promotes Amy Guarino
to Vice President
of Global Sales
Guarino recognized for cultivating business-critical partnerships and driving
effective channel
sales
SAN MATEO, Calif. — April 6, 2004 — Biz360® Inc., the leading provider of active
market intelligence
that drives business
performance, today
announced the promotion
of Amy Guarino
to vice president
of
global sales. Ms.
Guarino has served
as vice president
of alliances since
she joined the
company in 2003.
In her new
role, Ms. Guarino
will be responsible
for Biz360's direct
sales strategy
and will manage
the combined
(direct and indirect)
sales team. She
will continue to
drive Biz360's channel
strategy
and participate
in determining
future
markets for Biz360.
"I am pleased to welcome Amy to the helm of Biz360 sales," said Bud Michael,
president and chief
executive officer.
"Amy has played a
critical role in the
company's growth by
forging partnerships
with industry leading
consultants and content
providers, including
StrategyOne, the research
division of Edelman
Public Relations;
The Knowledge Capital
Group (KCG) and LexisNexis.
Her skills have been
invaluable during
the development of
Biz360's market strategy.
We look forward to
Amy's continued leadership."
Prior
to joining Biz360
in 2003, Ms. Guarino
was director of worldwide
channel sales at Latitude
where she grew channel
revenues 58 percent
year over year while
developing the US,
Asia Pacific and European
sales channels. As
the director of corporate
and worldwide channel
sales at iPass, she
built corporate sales
from $50,000 to over
$1 million per month
and attracted high-value
channel partners such
as KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Ms. Guarino also held
executive positions
at AlterEgo Networks
and Silicon Graphics
and spent 13 years
in various sales and
channel positions
at IBM.
Ms.
Guarino received her
bachelor's degree
in government and
international relations
from the University
of Notre Dame. She
serves as a board
member for the Association
of Strategic Alliance
Professionals — Silicon
Valley Chapter and
was recently elected
to the board of the
Notre Dame National
Alumni Association.
Ms. Guarino founded
the Notre Dame Technology
Forum and was the
president of the Notre
Dame Club of the San
Francisco Bay Area
from 1999-2000.
About
Biz360, Inc.
Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business
decision makers,
providing them
with a 360-degree
view of their marketplace.
The company gathers
and analyzes the
vast amount of
traditional and
social media about
an organization,
its brands, its
competitors and
its products to
deliver real-time
insights that help
our clients shape
market perception,
respond to competitive
threats, evaluate
trends and issues
and improve the
return on their
marketing investments.
Our
clients include
industry-leading,
global companies,
such as AAA, Aetna,
AstraZeneca and
Sun Microsystems.
Biz360 can be
reached
at 866.424.9360
or www.biz360.com.
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