Respected Industry Veteran Tapped to Run North American Sales Organization for Emerging SaaS Market Leader
PLEASANTON, Calif.--Kristen Lingner, one of the most respected sales professionals in the pharmaceutical and technology industries, has joined Verticals onDemand as Vice President of Sales. Kristen brings more than 20 years of software sales success to the company’s management team and will be responsible for revenue growth and customer satisfaction in North America.
"Kristen’s stellar reputation in the industry is very well deserved. It is rare to find someone who can drive so much revenue growth while being loved by customers and revered by peers," said Matt Wallach, vice president of sales & marketing at Verticals onDemand. "With our outstanding CRM application and outstanding new team, we are stacking the deck to ensure our success in bringing SaaS to the pharmaceutical industry."
Most recently, Kristen was Director of Customer Relationship Management at SAP America, where she focused on sales and strategy for major accounts. Previously, Kristen made her mark as the top sales professional globally in Siebel Systems’ pharmaceutical division. She was a key part of the team that made Siebel Pharma the global standard for the industry.
According to Peter Gassner, president & CEO of Verticals onDemand, “As we set out to change the pharmaceutical industry’s perception of successful CRM, we need to staff our team with the most dedicated and talented people in the industry. Kristen certainly fits that description and we are excited for our customers who will benefit from working with her.”
Lingner added, “I couldn’t be more excited to be joining Verticals onDemand right now. We have already established ourselves as the only viable option to antiquated client-server applications and I look forward to helping customers succeed with the next generation of Pharma CRM.”
About Verticals onDemand
Verticals onDemand is the emerging Software as a Service (SaaS) market leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for specific industry segments. Founded by software industry veterans, the company combines deep industry domain expertise, CRM deployment experience, and SaaS operations savvy with the Salesforce Platform, the world’s first multitenant, on-demand platform. With an initial focus on the life sciences industry, Verticals onDemand customers will achieve the fastest time to value through the deployment of fully functional CRM applications that are simple to deploy, inexpensive to operate, and provide a superior user experience.
Verticals onDemand is a privately-held company headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. For more information, visit www.verticalsondemand.com.
