IDION Technology Holdings` subsidiary Vision Solutions, a leading worldwide managed availability solutions provider, yesterday announced the appointment of Stephen Massey as executive vice-president of Worldwide Sales.
Massey has more than 30 years of experience in sales, management and business development. Fourteen of those years were in senior sales-management positions; five in senior-executive positions at competitive high-availability solution providers.
"I am very pleased to welcome Steve on board at Vision Solutions. His strong global sales-management and business-development experience, as well as his deep knowledge of the high-availability marketplace, make him a valuable addition to our team," said Alan Arnold, president and chief operating officer of Vision Solutions. "Steve`s track record of increasing sales and creating ancillary sources of revenue through corporate alliances and OEM agreements promises to be a great asset for our organisation."
Massey began his career at Star Data Systems where he specialised in sales and sales training on IBM hardware. He then moved to Sirius Computer Solutions where, under his supervision, the hardware division grew from $4.5 million to $175 million and became IBM`s largest midrange solution provider in North America. During his eight-and-a-half years at Sirius, Massey progressed from vice-president of sales to executive vice-president and then chief operating officer. During this time, average sales per representative increased over 300% and margins increased 31%.
Prior to joining Vision Solutions, Massey served as vice-president of worldwide sales for Lakeview Technology. In this position, he was responsible for sales in the three worldwide geographic areas, driving increases year on year. During his tenure at Lakeview, Massey also served as vice-president of business development. In this role, Massey orchestrated the development of Lakeview`s ISV alliances and the expansion of its IBM relationships.
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Vision Solutions is headquartered in Irvine, California, and provides solutions for assuring the availability of a company`s mission-critical applications and data. With more than 1 850 customers and 10 000 licences in 70 countries, the company is a leading managed availability vendor for the IBM eServer iSeries.
Through its worldwide network of channel partners, the company supports virtually every industry with its world-class solutions: Visualize, Vision Suite, ORION and Symbiator. Vision Solutions is an IBM Premier Business Partner and an IBM High Availability Business Partner. Vision Solutions is a member of the publicly traded IDION group of companies (JSE: IDI). For more information on Vision Solutions, please visit the company`s Web site at www.visionsolutions.com.
IDION Technology Holdings
IDION Technology Holdings ("IDION") is an investment holding company listed on the main board of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE: IDI). Through its subsidiary, Vision Solutions, it provides solutions for assuring the availability of a company`s mission-critical applications and data. For more information on IDION, please visit the company`s Web site at www.idion.com.
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