Equilar Adds Niranjan Samant as Vice President of Sales and Client Services

Equilar, a leading information services firm which tracks executive compensation, today announced that Niranjan Samant has joined the company as Vice President of Sales and Client Services. At Equilar, Samant will be responsible for developing new strategies to accelerate revenue growth, bringing the company's products to new markets, enhancing the client experience and leading the Sales and Client Services organization.

Redwood Shores, CA (PRWEB) May 26, 2009 -- Equilar, a leading information services firm which tracks executive compensation, today announced that Niranjan Samant has joined the company as Vice President of Sales and Client Services. At Equilar, Samant will be responsible for developing new strategies to accelerate revenue growth, bringing the company's products to new markets, enhancing the client experience and leading the Sales and Client Services organization. He reports to Equilar CEO David Chun.

"We are very excited to add Niranjan to our team," said Chun. "Niranjan joins Equilar from a fellow Deloitte Fast 50 Company and brings the right mix of energy and experience to take our sales and client services activities to the next level. Through Niranjan's contributions, we look forward to expanding our market leadership while delivering the superior service that our clients have come to expect."

Prior to joining Equilar, Samant was the Vice President of Sales at Serus Corparation, where he led the company's sales organization and developed the firm's overall sales strategy. During his eight years at Serus, the company consistently exceeded its corporate objectives and enjoyed recognition as one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley.

"Joining Equilar at this time is a thrilling opportunity because of its solid revenue model and fully developed product suite," said Samant. "I look forward to working with David and the entire company to deliver much needed products and services to clients at a moment in history when executive compensation is a leading concern in the business world."

Samant holds a master of business administration degree from San Francisco State University, a master of commerce degree from Mumbai University and bachelors degrees in accounting and economics from Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.

About Equilar Inc. (www.equilar.com):
Equilar is a leading information services firm with products focused on analyzing and benchmarking executive and director compensation. Equilar's award-winning suite of online databases, search tools, and custom research services empower informed compensation decisions through direct access to trusted data. These offerings enable corporations, human capital consulting firms, law firms, investors, individual executives, and members of the media to accurately compare pay packages across thousands of public companies using SEC and survey data. Equilar's research is featured frequently in Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, Reuters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other leading media publications. Equilar (Redwood Shores, CA) was recognized recently as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Deloitte, Inc. magazine, and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

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