Press Release
Jigsaw Creates New Positions to Support Its Rapidly Growing Community and Serve Worldwide Customer Demand
Jigsaw Names Co-founder Garth Moulton as VP of Community and Kevin Akeroyd as VP of Global Sales and Business Development
San Mateo, CA - September 25, 2007 - Jigsaw, the online directory of business contact and company information built by and for its global membership, today announced the addition of two new key positions in the company's management team. Jigsaw co-founder Garth Moulton will helm all activities and outreach serving Jigsaw's community of more than 300,000 members. Internet industry veteran Kevin Akeroyd joins as vice president of global sales and business development to expand the adoption of Jigsaw around the world and lead sales of the company's newest enterprise solutions including the recently announced, Jigsaw Clean for CRM systems and Jigsaw Team for sales, marketing and recruiting teams.
"Thanks to the overwhelming contributions of our community members, Jigsaw is a goldmine of contact information for sales, marketing and recruiting pros, and there's no better person than my co-founder Garth-who knows Jigsaw's community inside and out-to expand our program of services to these much-valued members," said Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw. "Kevin is a seasoned sales and business development professional with years of proven experience in growing revenues. Throughout his career, he and his teams have exceeded all revenue and profitability goals, most notably as president and CEO of The Loan Page, Inc. where he tripled the company's revenue in just one year. With these two industry pros in place, Jigsaw is primed for another leap forward in its growth."
Garth Moulton - Jigsaw vice president of community
Jigsaw co-founder and formerly director of business development for the company moves into the new position of vice president of community, tasked with supporting and growing Jigsaw's community of users and contributors. Prior to co-founding Jigsaw in 2005 with Jigsaw CEO Jim Fowler, Moulton worked in sales at Digital Impact (DIGI), Sawyer Media, Open Environment Corporation and Cambridge Information Network (CIN) where he was responsible for developing and managing a wide range of accounts from mid-sized businesses to high profile Fortune 500 enterprises. Moulton graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in history.
"Garth's focused efforts in building our Jigsaw community in his role as director of business development have been instrumental in making Jigsaw into what it is today," said Jigsaw CEO Jim Fowler. "Not only does he have a strong understanding of the Jigsaw brand-after all he did help develop it-but he has personal knowledge from his own experience in sales about the needs and interests of our community members. He's the ideal person to lead this new position."
Kevin Akeroyd - Jigsaw vice president of global sales and business development
Kevin Akeroyd joins Jigsaw as vice president of global sales and business development following extensive experience in the Internet, information technology and database marketing industries. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Gallery Player, Inc., a leading provider of ambient content for multimedia. Prior to that, he was senior vice president at Acxiom Digital (NASDAQ: ACXM) (previously Digital Impact, Inc.) where he was responsible for transforming the organization from a software ASP to the leading online database marketing and interactive agency in the industry. As president & CEO of The Loan Page, Inc., he more than tripled revenue in one year before being acquired by House Values (NASDAQ: SOLD). While at RR Donnelley & Sons, he held several leadership positions including vice president of global sales and marketing for the PreMedia business unit. Akeroyd is an alumnus of Stanford Graduate School of Business's Executive Program for Strategy and Organization and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from University of Washington.
"Jigsaw has had great success in developing key relationships with companies and individuals across a number of industries, and the company is now in a position to rapidly and efficiently scale," said Kevin Akeroyd, new Jigsaw vice president of global sales and business development. "I look forward to advancing Jigsaw's stronghold as the leading innovator and provider in business data acquisition and management."
About Jigsaw Data Corporation
Jigsaw ( http://www.jigsaw.com ) is an online directory for business contact and company information built by and for its global membership. Jigsaw provides low-cost and easy access to high-value business information that can be used to identify key decision makers and people for purposes such as sales, marketing, customer service, and recruiting. Jigsaw members, who have contributed more than 6.5 million business contacts from over 500,000 companies since the database's launch in 2004, use Jigsaw to increase efficiency when searching for the business contact and company information they need to grow their business. Jigsaw is located in San Mateo, Calif., and is funded by Austin Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.
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Company Contact: Susan Chenoweth Jigsaw Data Corporation 650.235.8331 susan@jigsaw.com |
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