SOFTSERVE APPOINTS ROBERT GELINAS VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES
SoftServe Inc., Fort Myers, Florida, Monday, Dec 15, 2008
FORT MYERS, FL - SoftServe Inc. announced the assignment of Robert E. Gelinas, a professional with over 20 years of high tech, sales and executive managerial experience, as Vice President of Sales.
Robert E. Gelinas has been appointed Vice President of Sales for SoftServe, Inc., a leading global software development and consulting company. SoftServe’s newly appointed executive is coming on board with over 20 years of executive managerial experience of successful sales, business development and consulting in advanced IT, information security and networking technologies.
Previously, Mr. Gelinas held the positions of President & CEO of iCrypt, Inc., an Incubator Funded Start-Up; Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Operations of CyberGuard Corporation; Director of Strategic Accounts for WholeSecurity, a VC Funded Start-Up; Business Development Manager in SAIC/Global Integrity, Southeast Regional Sales Manager in AXENT Technologies.
Among his most significant achievements has been the development of successful sales teams which produced over $100 million in revenue within 8 years, all of which were in early‐stage, start‐up, or new regions/divisions, plus executed a successful turnaround of a failing public company.
"Robert Gelinas is a welcome addition to our senior management team. He brings a wealth of business experience, industry knowledge and relationships to SoftServe," said Taras Vervega, SoftServe’s EVP, Business Development, “With his extensive know-how and drive, Robert is the right person to help us continue with our mission to help achieve a quantifiable contribution to the client’s success helping them to enhance their competitive capabilities.”
Robert E. Gelinas holds a degree in Electronic Systems Technology from the CCAF, University of Texas at San Antonio, and University of Maryland (Heidelberg, GE), and received training in numerous formal technical courses, corporate sponsored business management courses, sales and negotiation trainings.
At SoftServe Robert will be responsible for driving the company's global sales activities while implementing new strategic initiatives and driving customer growth.
ABOUT SOFTSERVE
SoftServe, Inc. is an independent multinational software development and consulting company that helps global organizations enhance their customer's competitive capabilities by providing the technology and processes that achieve strategic results.
With Europe headquarters in Lviv, Ukraine and U.S. headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida, SoftServe has its development facilities located throughout Ukraine. Since 1993, SoftServe has been partnering with over hundred companies worldwide offering superior level of capability in technical skills and project leadership.
SoftServe's state of the art infrastructure, ISO- and CMMI-certified processes and unrivaled talent ensure our promise of excellence in even the most complex of projects. For more information please visit our site at http://www.softservecom.com/. Contact: Yuliya Kovalyova, ykoval@softservecom.com.
SoftServe is a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Washington, D.C., www.usubc.org.
