New Relic Announces John Siebert as Executive Vice President Sales, Americas

Experienced sales leader joins New Relic to drive next phase of growth

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Relic, Inc. (NYSE: NEWR), the observability platform company, today announced that John Siebert will join as executive vice president, sales for the Americas region on August 31, 2020. Reporting to President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Christenson, Siebert will be responsible for driving customer success in the Americas.

Siebert brings more than 20 years of experience leading high performance sales organizations, most recently as vice president of the Americas at Forter, a leader in ecommerce fraud protection. Previously, he was senior vice president of east sales at MongoDB, chief sales officer at 24/7, and held a variety of sales leadership positions at CA Technologies.

“John brings a proven track record of sales leadership and a commitment to customer success that will help lead New Relic to our next phase of growth,” stated Michael Christenson, president and chief operating officer, New Relic.

“Observability is now a requirement for any company who wants to compete in today’s digital economy. That’s why I’m honored to join New Relic, and accelerate their mission of helping customers create more perfect software, experiences, and businesses,” said John Siebert, executive vice president, sales, New Relic.

Last week, New Relic unveiled a reimagined New Relic One, with a clear, intuitive user experience, powerful new capabilities, and simple pricing and packaging. Engineering teams around the world rely on New Relic One to improve uptime and performance, achieve greater scale and efficiency, and accelerate time to market.

Forward-Looking Statements

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About New Relic

The world’s best engineering teams rely on New Relic to visualize, analyze and troubleshoot their software. New Relic One is the most powerful cloud-based observability platform built to help companies create more perfect software. Learn why customers trust New Relic for improved uptime and performance, greater scale and efficiency, and accelerated time to market at newrelic.com.