BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartSense by Digi,
part of Digi International®, (NASDAQ: DGII) (www.digi.com), a
leading global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity
products and services, today announced the appointment of
Jeffrey Melvin as Vice President of
Global Sales, effective October 7,
2019.
Most recently, Melvin served as Vice President of Sales and
Business Development at TenFour out of Morristown, NJ. Previously, he ran Enterprise
Sales for two Bain Capital-owned companies, Turbonomic and SevOne.
Melvin has also served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide
Sales & Services at Axeda Corporation and was instrumental in
leading the successful sale of Axeda to Parametric Technology Corp
(PTC) in 2013. Melvin graduated from Bates
College in Lewiston, Maine,
where he received his bachelor's degree in Economics.
"We are excited to have Jeff join our growing leadership team.
He has extensive leadership experience focused on global sales and
we look forward to leveraging his knowledge to further drive
SmartSense's growth," said Kevin C.
Riley, President of SmartSense by Digi. "Jeff will play a
critical role in ensuring we are equipping customers across the
globe with the tools needed to tackle compliance and safety in an
efficient and effective manner. Jeff's background in SaaS and
technology companies make him the perfect fit to lead our global
sales initiative and we couldn't be happier to have him join our
team." Melvin will manage all global sales functions and report to
Riley.
"I am delighted to join a company that prides itself in
providing customers with highly-scalable IoT solutions to improve
their productivity," said Melvin. "Now more than ever,
organizations need the tools and data to make informed business
decisions to remain competitive and push their business forward and
SmartSense by Digi is helping thousands of organizations achieve
just that. I look forward to creating and implementing sales
strategies that will help us increase our global footprint and
continue to add customer value in both domestic and international
markets."
For more information visit: https://www.smartsense.co/
About Digi International
Digi International is a
leading global provider of business and mission-critical Internet
of Things (IoT) connectivity products and solutions. We help our
customers create next-generation connected products and solutions
to deploy, monitor and manage critical communications
infrastructures and compliance standards in demanding
environments with high levels of security, relentless reliability
and bulletproof performance. Founded in 1985, we've helped our
customers connect over 100 million things, and growing.
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