BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartBear Software, the choice of more than two million software professionals for building and delivering the world’s best applications, has named Michael McGuinness as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. With the company experiencing significant growth in 2014, the appointment was made to support SmartBear’s rapid global expansion. To support this, the company required a senior executive with public company experience to scale global operations quickly. Throughout his career, Michael McGuinness has excelled at building and scaling global sales organizations for software companies and was a logical choice for the company.
From 1987-1998, Michael served Parametric Technology Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately running worldwide sales and field operations, responsible for over $800 million in revenue. Other senior roles included SVP, Worldwide Sales at Bromium®, Inc., a pioneer in endpoint security using micro-virtualization. He also served as Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for Sophos, a leading enterprise security firm, growing sales from $210 million to $410 million in four years. He has been the CEO of two successful start-up software companies, NuGenesis and PanGo, both acquired by leaders in their industries. Michael has a bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University where he also served on the board of trustees from 2000 to 2012.
“I am excited to have Mike join SmartBear,” said Doug McNary, CEO. “It is an exciting time at the company as API readiness, end user performance monitoring and mobile testing are fueling growth in the software quality management market. Hiring a sales executive of his caliber was critical as we expand globally to keep up with demand for our award winning products.”
“Software development occupies an ever expanding place in the critical path for all types of product development,” said McGuinness. “Engineers are hungry for affordable, best-in-class tools to help them deliver high quality products with faster release cycles. SmartBear is at the center of this massive market with an ‘easy-to-try, easy-to-buy, easy-to-use’ approach. I am thrilled to be part of the team.”
About SmartBear Software
SmartBear is the choice of more than two million software professionals and over 25,000 organizations in 90 countries that use its products to build and deliver the world’s best software applications. The company’s quality management software supports the key application delivery processes of development, testing, API readiness and end user experience monitoring across desktop, Web and mobile platforms. With millions of developers, testers and operations teams already using its products, SmartBear is profitable, growing and global. Get started on the path to building and delivering the planet’s next great application at www.smartbear.com.
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