Jim and Erik join the PHG team at a time of accelerated growth, driven by strong customer demand and a transformation in how enterprises manage their online performance marketing partnerships.
San Francisco (PRWEB) February 10, 2014
Performance Horizon Group (PHG), the leading provider of partnership performance marketing solutions for enterprises, today announced the hiring of Jim Robinson as Vice President of Sales, North America, and Erik Hom as Vice President of Business Development to further drive the company’s rapid expansion. PHG operates a world-class platform that enables large brands and other consumer-facing enterprises to manage all of their online performance marketing partnerships, including seamless on boarding, real-time data capture and optimization, and settlement in virtually all currencies around the world.
“Jim and Erik join the PHG team at a time of accelerated growth, driven by strong customer demand and a transformation in how enterprises manage their online performance marketing partnerships,” said Malcolm Cowley, CEO of Performance Horizon Group. “Both Jim and Erik bring with them a wealth of market knowledge and operating experience that will prove invaluable to our customers as we help them exceed their online performance marketing goals.”
As Vice President of Sales for North America, Jim Robinson will be building an enterprise sales force from PHG’s new Chicago office. Robinson joins PHG with extensive experience in selling and supporting marketing technology solutions to Fortune 500 customers. Robinson was most recently Head of Sales and Operations for Google’s affiliate network, where he oversaw new advertiser sales and account management teams.
“Having worked for one of the largest companies in the performance marketing space, it was very easy for me to understand the enormous value that PHG’s SaaS performance marketing platform brings to major brands and other enterprises looking to optimize their online partner networks,” said Robinson. “I have been truly impressed by the robust functionality of the platform, including real-time data capture and reporting and settlement to partners across virtually every country around the world.”
Erik Hom will work out of PHG’s San Francisco office and will develop partnerships, which leverage the PHG platform. Hom brings more than 17 years of experience in online partner referral marketing both as an affiliate and merchant. Most recently, Hom was Senior Director of Business Development for WizeCommerce (Nextag), where he was responsible for partnerships, the affiliate program, and new business development. Hom previously developed performance-marketing platforms and consulted for start-ups such as Reel.com, as well as large traditional brands such as Ticketmaster, Williams-Sonoma and Gap.
“Having been a customer of PHG at Nextag, I saw first hand how brands can benefit from using PHG’s solutions. PHG has a huge opportunity to build out the platform, and I look forward to being a part of shaping this strategic direction,” said Hom.
About Performance Horizon Group
Performance Horizon Group (PHG) provides the first global platform for enterprises to manage all of their performance marketing partnerships in house. With offices in the U.S., U.K., and AUS, PHG supports global 500 client's performance marketing strategy in over 90 countries. For further information visit http://www.performancehorizon.com, follow us @tweetphg and connect with us on Linkedin at http://www.linkedin.com/company/performance-horizon-group.