PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smarsh®, the leading provider of hosted archiving and compliance solutions for email and electronic communications, today announced that Kerry Lynn Lambert has been named senior vice president of global sales and field operations. Lambert oversees the entire sales organization and is responsible for strategic planning and the implementation of revenue-generating initiatives to advance growth across all markets.
With nearly 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles with Fortune 500 technology companies, Lambert is well positioned to further Smarsh momentum and scale the organization’s continued global growth. Most recently she served as senior vice president of sales for the Americas Services for Cisco Systems, where she led the multifaceted, international $7 billion dollar organization and was responsible for driving a significant sales force cultural transformation.
“We are delighted to welcome a proven executive from the technology industry like Kerry Lynn Lambert to the Smarsh team,” said Stephen Marsh, CEO and founder of Smarsh. “Kerry Lynn’s impressive experience in global enterprise technology, strategic operational development, and most importantly, delivering longstanding relationships and value to her customers, will play a significant role in moving our organization forward and aligning our businesses to deliver the highest value across our customer base.”
In addition to Cisco Systems, Lambert has held executive positions at Hewlett Packard and Oracle, where she has a successful record for creating growth and profitability through strategic and operational changes. She also led the Worldwide Siebel and CRM Practice at Arthur Andersen where she was ultimately the youngest female to be nominated to the partnership in firm history.
“I am more than excited to work with the very talented Smarsh team during this time of fast growth and great market opportunity,” said Lambert. “Smarsh has unique insight and knowledge to drive business growth, the agility to keep up with changing demand and a scalable, cost-efficient technology foundation that brings new and innovative value to our customers.”
The executive hire comes shortly after Smarsh announced a major partnership with NASDAQ OMX and was named one of the fastest growing private 100 companies in Oregon and SW Washington by the Portland Business Journal for the sixth consecutive year.
About Smarsh
Smarsh delivers cloud-based solutions for archiving an expanding list of today’s digital communication mediums – including email, instant messaging, public and enterprise social media, mobile messaging, and the Web. Founded in 2001, Smarsh is the trusted archiving and compliance provider for a growing base of over 20,000 companies that rely on it to help meet regulatory compliance, e-discovery and record retention requirements. The company is headquartered in Portland, Ore. with offices in New York City, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.smarsh.com, follow @SmarshInc on Twitter or like Smarsh on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SmarshInc.
