Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Hyper 9 Names Two Execs, Claims Record Revenue Growth

Austin-based Hyper9, the developer of virtualization management software, said today that it has named Bob Quillan as the firm's Chief Marketing Officer, and Greg Barone as the firm's Vice President of Worldwide Sales. In conjunction with the appointments, the privately firm also said it has had "record revenue growth" in Q3, with the firm's best quarter to date. Actual financial results were not announced by the firm. Quillan joins Hyper9 from VMware, where he was in charge of Vmware's vCenter products, and has also served at EMC, nlayers, Packeteer, and Network Physics. Hyper9 said that Barone has 18 years of experience in sales and sales management, including service as VP of Worldwide Sales at Cognio. Hyper9 said it had 400 percent, year-over-year revenue growth, and has doubled its revenues each quarter this year. The firm hasn't released any financials or disclosed what the base for that growth is. Hyper9 is backed by Venrock, Matrix Partners, Silverton Partners and Maples Investments.