BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM:DWCH) today announced
that Ken Tacelli has been appointed chief operating officer.
Reporting to CEO Michael Morrison, Tacelli is responsible for
global sales and marketing, and aligning each discipline with
corporate initiatives for 2017 and beyond.
Tacelli joined Datawatch in May 2016 and was
previously the senior vice president of worldwide sales. In
addition to his global sales responsibilities, Tacelli is now also
spearheading marketing efforts to properly position Datawatch in
the analytics market, expand awareness and generate leads for the
company's market-leading data preparation solutions.
"In the relatively short period of time that Ken
has been with Datawatch, he has been instrumental in accelerating
Datawatch's top-line revenue growth," said Morrison. "He's
demonstrated a tremendous ability to focus our go-to-market
strategy on activities that will drive short-term revenue while
simultaneously executing on our long-term vision and strategy to
enable organizations and individuals to 'analyze everything.' Ken
has instilled a 'customer first' attitude throughout our
organization, and his sales and marketing expertise, as well as his
strong leadership qualities, have brought positive change to the
company. I am confident he is the right leader to move Datawatch
forward at this important time in our development."
Prior to joining Datawatch, Tacelli was senior
vice president of worldwide sales for Skillsoft, a global leader in
eLearning, online training and talent solutions. Previously, he
served as senior vice president of worldwide sales for enterprise
information management company OpenText. Tacelli has also held
senior leadership positions at CA Technologies, IBM, Metatomix and
EMC. He began his business career after serving the country as an
infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps. Tacelli earned
a B.S. from Westfield State University and an MBA from Northeastern
University.
"Datawatch redefined data preparation with the
Monarch self-service platform, which empowers any data user with
the ability to unlock information from virtually any source and
rapidly make it analytics-ready," said Tacelli. "And Datawatch is
once again leading the industry with its vision for data
socialization. The company's innovative technology and superior
customer service make it the ideal answer to nagging data
preparation challenges. I look forward to applying my experience at
high-performing sales organizations to help Datawatch further
identify and capitalize on its unique market opportunity, boost
global product adoption, and drive revenue growth in 2017 and for
years to come."
To learn more about Datawatch, please
visit: www.datawatch.com. For more information on Datawatch
Monarch, go
to: http://www.datawatch.com/our-platform/monarch/.
About Datawatch
Corporation
Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM:DWCH) enables ordinary users
to achieve extraordinary results with their data. Only
Datawatch can unlock data from the widest variety of sources and
prepare it for use in visualization and analytics tools, or for
other business processes. When real-time visibility into
rapidly changing data is critical, Datawatch also enables users to
analyze streaming data, even in the most demanding environments,
such as capital markets. Organizations of all sizes in more than
100 countries worldwide use Datawatch products, including 93 of the
Fortune 100. The company is headquartered in Bedford,
Massachusetts, with offices in New York, London, Frankfurt,
Stockholm, Singapore and Manila. To learn more about Datawatch
or download a free version of its enterprise software, please
visit: www.datawatch.com.
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