Open-Xchange Adds SVP Sales and General Manager

Company has turned its sights on expansion in the U.S. by hiring a Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager Americas.

Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, yesterday announced that it has turned its sights on expansion in the U.S. by hiring a Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager Americas.

According to the company, Bob Pacheco was Area Vice President (AVP), Broadband and Wireless at Openwave since 2007 and joins it immediately based in San Francisco. He has a Bachelors in Engineering degree from Pratt Institute in New York. The company also plans to open an office in the greater San Francisco Bay area as part of their focus on the U.S. telecommunications market. The company has grown to more than 40 million users worldwide in 2011 - an increase of nearly 70 percent year-over-year.

It mentions that Open-Xchange integrates email, calendar and contact functionality - with advanced document management capabilities - into a single, intuitive interface. Unique Social OX features give users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts right within the application. Users can automatically add contact details from social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn into a single Open-Xchange contact book and even manage their information anywhere and with virtually any device via Open-Xchange's mobility solution.

"Bob brings to Open-Xchange a wealth of knowledge of the multiple system operator (MSO) market and more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry," said Frank Hoberg, Founder and Executive Vice President Sales, Open-Xchange. "Bringing a strong leader into our sales organization is part of our plan for organic growth and a foundation for additional expansion activities."