Veeva Systems Hires Respected Industry Veteran as New Vice President of Sales, North America

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--John Dawley joins Veeva Systems as Vice President of Sales for North America after spending more than 15 years in the life sciences industry. Early in his career, Dawley spent nearly a decade at Dendrite International, where he held multiple management positions, ranging from running international sales to managing large deployment teams to running acquired business units. Since that time, John has led a variety of sales organizations within companies selling into the global life sciences industry.

Veeva’s CEO, Peter Gassner, welcomes Dawley to his rapidly growing team. “John is experienced and knows both the life sciences industry and CRM – a perfect combination for our organization. He’s a smart, assertive sales professional who has already demonstrated his commitment to helping Veeva continue to grow its business in this region.”

“Veeva has had such incredible success in a short period of time…it’s very exciting,” said Dawley. “I’ve never seen a company in this space gain market share leadership as quickly as Veeva. And, I believe in the product – it’s precisely the type of flexible solution that life sciences companies need right now to succeed.”

About Veeva CRM

The Veeva CRM suite of applications, comprised of VBioPharma™, VMobile™, and VInsights™, is the life sciences industry’s top multi-tenant SaaS-based CRM solution. As the foundation, VBioPharma offers multiple editions in one CRM product to accommodate the unique needs of various life sciences commercial teams. It is also the only Pharma CRM application to come pre-validated for PDMA and 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. The complete Veeva CRM suite gives customers the mobility and reporting solutions needed to drive user adoption and sales effectiveness.

About Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems is the leader in multi-tenant SaaS-based solutions for the global life sciences industry. Veeva has dozens of customers ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies with thousands of users to emerging biotechs commercializing their first products. Veeva customers achieve the fastest time to value through the deployment of fully functional applications that are flexible, simple to deploy, inexpensive to operate, and provide a superior user experience. Veeva is a privately-held company headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. For more information, visit www.veevasystems.com.