LONDON and BOULDER, Colorado, February 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Software testing industry
leader hires experienced global VP
to support worldwide growth
plans
TestPlant, a world leader in digital service assurance
and software test automation, today announced it has appointed
Dru Jacobs to the role of
Chief Marketing Officer. Based in the company's US headquarters in
Boulder Colorado, Jacobs joins
TestPlant's executive board, and assumes responsibility for the
company's worldwide marketing initiatives.
A veteran of the enterprise software industry, Jacobs has more
than 20 years' experience building and implementing global
marketing strategies for fast-growth technology companies. He
previously held the role, VP worldwide product marketing, at CA
Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) where he built and led an agile marketing
team responsible for the go-to-market strategy at CA's Agile
Management business unit.
Prior to its acquisition by CA, Jacobs was head of revenue
marketing at Rally Software, where he helped drive revenue growth
across sales channels and global markets. Delivering customer
acquisition, expansion and retention marketing programs and
supporting a worldwide sales team, he helped increase awareness of
Rally's leadership in the Agile Lifecycle Management market.
"We are delighted to welcome Dru to the team at TestPlant as we
continue to scale up our global expansion," said TestPlant CEO,
George Mackintosh. "His
significant experience in marketing enterprise solutions to the
Global 1000 makes him a perfect fit to accelerate our growth.
Furthermore, the technology agnostic eggPlant product suite is
ideally suited to the fast-paced Agile and DevOps development
environments needed to support the continuous delivery of customer
value. Dru's pedigree in building go-to-market strategies for
transformative enterprise solutions in this area is
unsurpassed."
TestPlant's user surveys have shown that Agile and DevOps
methodologies are now being used in the vast majority of enterprise
software development teams, and the company's latest release of
eggPlant Functional caters directly to the demands of these
environments.
"I am thrilled to join the TestPlant team at such an exciting
time in our market," said Jacobs. "Organizations of all
sizes are being disrupted and must respond by delivering a superior
customer experience. TestPlant's solutions help enterprises deliver
high quality applications quickly and consistently, significantly
accelerating the delivery of customer value. Furthermore, the
eggPlant products directly support the agile DevOps approaches that
world class product development organizations adopt to deliver
innovative digital experiences to their customers. I look forward
to working with the exceptional TestPlant team to continue scaling
our revenue engine, and helping our customers realize the benefits
of faster delivery and higher product quality."
About TestPlant
TestPlant is an international software business based in
London. It has development centers
in the USA and the UK with sales
and support centers in the USA,
the UK, Germany, China and Japan as well as an extensive network of
business partners. TestPlant's products are used in over 40
countries by well over 350 enterprise customers in sectors which
include Financial Services, Automotive, Healthcare and Life
Sciences, Media and Entertainment, Retail and Defense and
Aerospace. The eggPlant range is a set of tools which supports the
design, development, test and management of software applications
for mainframe, desktop and mobile use in any technology platform
environment. The tools are relevant in agile, mobile, web and
DevOps deployments. eggPlant use improves and reports on the
quality and responsiveness of software systems, reduces time to
market and lowers costs by introducing process automation. The
eggPlant tools have been granted patents in the USA and in Europe. TestPlant is a Red Herring Global Top
100 company, a Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 and EMEA 500
business, a member of the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 and is
the recipient of three Queen's Awards for Enterprise. The Carlyle
Group is a major investor in the company. www.testplant.com
Photo of Dru Jacobs:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/swtcmc5b98nsrp4/AACRtNDr6FFP93uWkMjR4Ehqa?dl=0
SOURCE TestPlant