Zilliant Attracts Former Siebel GM and Partnerware CEO to Executive Team; Strategic Pricing Leader Names Eric Hills Vice President of Marketing.AUSTIN, Texas -- Zilliant, the leading provider of strategic pricing solutions, today named Eric Hills vice president of marketing. Hills will be responsible for all Zilliant product and marketing strategies and activities worldwide. "In talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to enterprise application companies, it's common to hear them tout the next 'killer' CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. application, but I've never seen software that delivers on its promise like the Zilliant Pricing Suite," said Hills. "We have customers who are finding millions of dollars in revenue and incremental margin just by making smarter pricing decisions and analyzing their customers and data. I'm excited about the promise and opportunity offered by Zilliant and to work with a seasoned team of pricing professionals." "The addition of Eric Hills to our executive team brings strategic leadership and CRM expertise that will add immense value as we continue to educate the market and our customers on pricing," said Greg Peters, 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. , Zilliant. "Eric brings us the best of both worlds -- a skilled and seasoned executive with a strong enterprise background who maintains an aggressive entrepreneurial spirit -- qualities that are essential to both our company and our customers." Hills brings to Zilliant more than 14 years experience at start-up and well-established enterprise software companies. He most recently served as general manager at Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. , where he was responsible for overseeing all marketing strategies for the Partner Relationship Management and Incentive Compensation Management business units. Prior to Siebel Systems, Hills founded Austin-based Partnerware Inc. and served as president, CEO and chairman. While at Partnerware, Hills pioneered the front-office application space for indirect channel management. He also worked for Chevron Chemical Company and was an officer in the United States Navy United States Navy Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. . He holds a BS from Clemson University Clemson University, at Clemson, S.C.; coeducational; land-grant; state supported; opened in 1893 as a college, gained university status in 1964. The university includes programs in textile and computer research, wildlife biology, and aquaculture and maintains and a Master's degree in Business Administration from University of Texas where he won the prestigious global MOOT CORP competition. About Zilliant: Zilliant, the leader in strategic pricing solutions, provides world-class enterprise software and services that enable companies to gain control over their pricing for improved financial results. Fortune 500 companies, including leading manufacturing, distribution, media and transportation businesses, are reporting annual revenue and margin improvements of 10 percent or more with the Zilliant Pricing Suite (ZPS ZPS Zone di Protezione Speciale ZPS Zhangde Primary School (Singapore) ZPS Zhenghua Primary School (Singapore) ZPS Zero Phase Sequence ZPS Zero-Prebreathe Spacesuit ZPS Zero Preload Suspension ). By implementing the ZPS applications along with Zilliant's best practices around pricing discipline and customer segmentation, organizations succeed in aligning pricing decisions with core business goals. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Zilliant is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . Investors include JP Morgan Partners, Austin Ventures, Cardinal Venture Capital and Trellis 1. Trellis - An object-oriented language from the University of Karlsruhe(?) with static type-checking and encapsulation. 2. Trellis - An object-oriented application development system from DEC, based on the Trellis language. (Formerly named Owl). Partners. Zilliant is a registered trademark of Zilliant, Inc. For more information, contact Zilliant toll free at 877-893-1085 or visit www.zilliant.com. |
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