Avokia Expands Executive Team with Hiring of Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer; High Technology Veteran Pete Sprukulis Joins Company In Leadership Role; Will Drive Product Management and Go-to-Market Efforts.TORONTO -- Avokia Inc. - whose software makes fast 24/7 business a reality for businesses and customers by enabling the continuous availability of database information - today announced the company has hired Pete Sprukulis as vice president and chief marketing officer. Sprukulis has over 20 years of management experience in the technology industry, having begun his career with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) in 1985, and culminating with the position of vice president and CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). at Avokia. In this role he will be responsible for all go-to-market efforts, including product management. "We are thrilled to bring aboard such a talented executive to the Avokia management team," said Alan McMillan, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Avokia. "As we continue to build on the momentum created from a successful product launch, we are confident that Pete has the experience, leadership skills and determination to drive our growth over the coming years. As we work to transform the idea of continuous database availability from a myth into reality, he will play a critical role in making sure the name Avokia means 'Always On.'" Sprukulis is a seasoned executive with sales and marketing experience ranging from large organizations to emerging start-ups. He spent three years as the vice president of international field marketing with Oracle, and 11 years with IBM in a variety of sales and marketing roles based in Canada. Sprukulis held the position of senior vice president of sales, marketing, and business development for Bid.Com International Inc., where he ran the global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. of the B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business division with offices in Europe, Asia and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . He was also vice president of global marketing for the Business Intelligence Division of Hummingbird hummingbird, common name for members of the family Trochilidae, small, strictly New World birds, related to the swifts, and found chiefly in the mountains of South America. Hummingbirds vary in size from a 2 1-4-in. Communications, and spent a number of years on the client side of one of the largest energy companies in North America as vice president of marketing. Most recently, Sprukulis led a number of start-up organizations to develop go-to-market plans and determine how best to execute them for success. He earned an M.B.A. from the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, , and an Honors B.A. in Economics from Victoria College at the University of Toronto. "Avokia is positioned to make a major impact on the database virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. market by actually eliminating downtime for critical applications and making fast, 24/7 business a reality," said Sprukulis. "Customers no longer need to count the number of nines in their SLA's - they really can achieve 100% uptime. I look forward to leading Avokia's marketing efforts to build momentum as the company continues to deliver an unparalleled value proposition and a truly unique capability for database availability and performance." About Avokia Avokia is the only provider of patented database middleware software that ensures the continuous availability of business applications at the highest level of performance. Its products are designed for high volume enterprise applications where speed is critical and downtime is not an option. Avokia provides the next generation of availability and performance products with industry leading technology that effectively virtualizes and simplifies the database layer. They lower hardware and support cost by enabling horizontal scalability on a more efficient and manageable computing platform See platform. . Avokia breaks through distance limitations enabling multiple active data centers, even across the country, for the highest level of system utilization and disaster avoidance currently possible. For more information please see www.avokia.com. |
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