Ridgeline Technology Appoints Jan O’Hara as Senior Vice President of Sales

AUBURN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ridgeline Technology (Ridgeline), a premier provider of rugged, mobile technology solutions, is pleased to announce Jan O’Hara as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales. In this position, O’Hara will set the direction for the team strengthening relationships in the US Department of Defense, Federal and State and Local markets. As Ridgeline continues to expand its rugged solutions for long-term and new customers, O’Hara’s proven leadership will contribute to solving clients’ technology requirements.

“I am excited about joining Ridgeline as they have been successful selling rugged solutions to the government and are well positioned for increased business in the coming years”

For the past five years, O’Hara was Vice President of Federal Sales at General Dynamics Itronix—instrumental in landing multi-million dollar accounts with agencies such as US Navy and Marine Corps, US Army, US Air Force, US Department of Justice and US Department of Homeland Security achieving exceptional delivery, satisfaction and performance.

Prior to this, O’Hara was Senior Director of Sales leading the Panasonic Toughbook Federal Sector to a $220M business—significantly changing customer efficiencies and productivity critical to the environmental operations of field users such as soldiers, Seals, pilots, mission planners, and first responders. Further, her five years at Toshiba, building a successful GSA channel sales program, will contribute to future enhancements to Ridgeline’s contract offering.

“The appointment of O’Hara, as our Senior Vice President of Sales, serves as an indicator in our commitment to growing Ridgeline Technology in key markets. Working with someone of O’Hara’s caliber, with her wealth of experience and comprehensive industry knowledge, is a strategic benefit to our organization and, most importantly, our valued customers.” – Susie Nettleton, CEO

As Ridgeline continues to look ahead and work closely with its client base, supporting the transition from laptop to tablets as well as producing enhanced storage and power capabilities for overall solutions, they have grown to rely on Ridgeline in this area. An example, Ridgeline’s strong relationship with Special Operations Command (SOCOM) led to addressing a weak link in their flyaway kits—Ridgeline solved this problem, teaming with N2 Group, manufacturing a Rugged, Tactical RAID solution (Model N2TRS-4). Not only did this benefit SOCOM but currently supports other users such as state and local first responders and other military and federal agents. O’Hara will bring another level to the Ridgeline team strengthening its long-term customer relationships as well as attracting new customers into the fold to experience the same value.

“I am excited about joining Ridgeline as they have been successful selling rugged solutions to the government and are well positioned for increased business in the coming years,” said O’Hara.

About Ridgeline Technology

Ridgeline is a premier provider of rugged, mobile technology solutions. Key partnerships: Exclusive reseller and distributor of DAP Technologies rugged tablets and N2 Group’s ruggedized external hard drives, Tactical RAID and multi-bay battery chargers; Award winning reseller of General Dynamics/Itronix as well as Panasonic Toughbook. Ridgeline was built on customer relationships and strives to be the trusted advisor—a core value combining personal touch with unrivalled customer service. Ridgeline Technology is a woman-owned, small business holding GSA, CMAS and other teaming contracts.

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