John Emard joins cloud application services provider to accelerate growth
St. Louis – September 18, 2018 – Contegix, a leading cloud application services provider, hired John Emard as the company’s new chief revenue officer (CRO). Emard is responsible for all elements of the customer lifecycle related to revenue operations, including sales and solutions architects, marketing and alliance programs. He will drive revenue growth and streamline revenue management.
Emard most recently served as vice president of sales at Matrix Integration where he led all revenue generation, business development, sales operations and alliance partner programs. John is an accomplished global information technology industry executive with 25 years of experience in direct sales, channel sales and distribution. In addition, he has run a startup solution provider, led global sales teams and managed global revenue operations and alliance programs.
“I am proud of the foundation we’ve built, and I’m excited about John’s prospective contribution to our future growth,” said David Turner, CEO of Contegix. “John’s values-centric leadership and experience will enable us to strengthen our revenue generating operations and delight our customers. He is a great asset to the team, and we’re thrilled to have him on board.”
Before joining Matrix, John spent a decade at Symantec in various leadership roles, culminating in his final project where he led a global cross-functional team responsible for the operational separation of Veritas as part of a global divestiture to private equity. Prior to that, John held positions at Computer Associates, Data Return and Arrow Electronics.