GoldenGate Software Names Patrick Quirk SVP of Worldwide Sales
Leader in Transactional Data Management Fuels Growth Plans and Strengthens Position with Addition of Key Executive
San Francisco, CA - June 18, 2007 - GoldenGate Software Inc., the leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions, today announced that Patrick Quirk has joined the company's management team as senior vice president of worldwide sales. An accomplished sales executive and leader, Quirk has a strong history of rapidly growing sales and building strategic alliances with key industry leaders. Quirk combines more than two decades of sales and management experience in the enterprise software market, with proven expertise in broadening the customer base, while increasing revenue and maximizing profitability.
"With a solid history of building and maintaining outstanding customer relationships, Quirk is a valuable addition to the GoldenGate executive team," said Ali Kutay , president and CEO of GoldenGate Software. "Quirk's talent and leadership, coupled with his extensive experience, will contribute significantly to GoldenGate's sales and market presence as we execute our growth plans worldwide."
Most recently, Quirk was executive vice president of worldwide operations at Keynote Systems where he increased international revenues by 50 percent. Prior to joining Keynote Systems, Quirk managed a 500-person sales and business development team at PeopleSoft. During his tenure at PeopleSoft, Quirk led the evaluation and acquisition of JD Edwards for $1.7 billion, the largest software acquisition in ERP and PeopleSoft's history. Previously, Quirk spent time at Aspect Development where he grew the company's revenue from $22 to $89 million within a two-year period and continued to serve as vice president through its acquisition by i2 Technologies. Prior to his time at i2 Technologies, he spent several years as a leading sales manager for various software application companies, including Oracle. Quirk holds a bachelor of science in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where he graduated Cum Laude.
"GoldenGate is established as the premier solution for Fortune 500 companies looking to create the highest level of availability for their mission critical applications as well as providing access to the most up to date information about the business," said Quirk. "I am excited to be a part of this team and look forward to leveraging GoldenGate's strong product and market intellectual property as well as their global customer successes to grow our sales team and expand our footprint in the market."
About GoldenGate Software
GoldenGate Software Inc. is the leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions for improving the availability, accessibility and performance of critical data across enterprise systems. GoldenGate's technology offerings enable businesses to capture, route, transform, deliver, and verify transactional data in real time across heterogeneous IT environments. With more than 300 customers worldwide, GoldenGate is used to drive solutions for critical initiatives in high availability, disaster tolerance, and real-time data integration. Customers include Visa, Bank of America, US Bank, UBS, Sabre Holdings, DirecTV, Comcast, Federated Investors, Mayo Foundation and Overstock.com. GoldenGate broadens its global market reach through key relationships with leading application and hardware vendors including ACI Worldwide, Business Objects, Eclipsys, GE Healthcare HP, IBM, Ingres, Oracle, Teradata, and others. A private company, GoldenGate is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the Web at www.goldengate.com .
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Contact:
Kelly Indrieri
Kulesa PR for GoldenGate
Kelly@kulesapr.com
(650) 340-1983
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