E2open Appoints Robert Godfrey as Vice President of European Sales
Monday, June 07, 2010Foster City, Calif., June 07, 2010 – E2open, the leading provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions, today announced that Robert Godfrey has been appointed Vice President of European Sales. Godfrey is a senior and seasoned Sales executive with over 20 years of experience building and growing Sales organizations in the business applications sector. The bulk of Godfrey’s career has been spent in the supply chain space, and he brings with him both the creativity and know-how needed to help today’s companies more effectively manage their inventories and business processes. In his new role, Godfrey will be responsible for expanding the E2open presence in Europe and supporting the growth of the company into new, strategic markets.
“E2open has experienced accelerated growth over the past several quarters, and we are now looking to significantly expand our footprint in the European marketplace,” said Mark Woodward, President and CEO of E2open. “We are confident that Robert’s ingenuity and depth of expertise in the supply chain space will enable him to strategically position E2open as we expand our reach into new markets. We also look forward to his addition to the management team, where we anticipate his continued success as an innovative, dynamic, results-driven leader.”
Prior to joining E2open, Godfrey served as COO and CEO for Wesupply, where he helped to grow the company from £1 million to £3.8 million over a two-year period. Godfrey also led all go-to-market initiatives and helped to develop a number of new strategic partnerships with Sainsbury’s and IBM, among others. Before Wesupply, Godfrey served as VP of Global Sales at i2 Technologies, where he was brought in to restructure the sales and pre-sales teams and return the company to profitability. After assuming his new role, Godfrey led the Sales organization to its best quarter in over three years, exceeding both revenue and margin targets. Godfrey also served in a variety of executive-level Sales positions at Agile Software, Manugistics, and Dun & Bradstreet Software.
“Many of today’s international manufacturers have supply chains that are effectively becoming virtual enterprises involving a complex network of partners. A new breed of multi-enterprise supply chain solutions are required to deliver true strategic value—E2open is a pioneer and demonstrated leader in this exciting space, and I look forward to continuing to grow the business with them,” said Godfrey. “I look forward to beginning my new role at E2open, and continuing to develop an outstanding roster of industry-leading customers like Vodafone, Philips, Dell, IBM, Cisco, Avon, and Panasonic.”
About E2open
E2open is a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise supply chain management solutions. The company provides software and services that enable visibility, collaboration, and control across large trading partner networks. Brand owners and global manufacturers with complex supply chains use the company’s B2B integration services and supply chain business process management solutions to maintain optimal alignment of supply and demand for lower costs and better service. By enabling complete transparency and performance management across the extended network, E2open also ensures that trading partners comply with both quality and environmental regulations. E2open customers include The Boeing Company, Celestica, Cisco, Dell, Hitachi, IBM, LSI Corporation, Motorola, Panasonic, Seagate Technology, and Vodafone. Headquartered in Foster City, California with operations worldwide, E2open is recognized by Gartner Research as a leader among SaaS integration service providers.
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