Passenger Expands Sales Team with Global Growth in Mind
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 05, 2014 -- Passenger, a leader in the online community technology and services industry, committed to helping the world’s leading brands connect with their customers to glean insights and foster innovation, today announced the addition of two members to the sales team. Diane Gerold and Bob Ferro join the Passenger team as part of the company’s continuous growth strategy in the expansion of their global footprint.
Diane Gerold joins Passenger from the global market research firm TNS Global, where she held the position of Senior Vice President - Client Team leader. Diane has deep rooted experience in developing and executing global research programs for clients that focused on brand and communication, innovation and product development, and voice of the customer initiatives. Her extensive research and client relationship skills will be an asset as she partners with clients to build communities that will deliver valuable insights for driving growth in their business.
Bob Ferro joins Passenger from SSI, a leader in full service data collection where he was the Vice President of Global Business Development and from Dapresy, a leader in technology for dashboards and online data visualization. Bob began his career at Apple and has extensive experience in the market research industry. He will be helping Passenger develop the reseller channel with agencies that want to use the Passenger platform to build communities for their clients.
“We are excited to continue accelerating Passenger’s growth as well as expand into new markets and global territories,” says Jodie Brinkerhoff, SVP Sales & Client Service. “Diane and Bob are excellent additions to our already successful sales team and each will play a critical role in forming valuable relationships with new customers.”
About Passenger
Passenger communities enable the world’s leading brands to connect, create and communicate with key stakeholders online, on mobile and on social networks. Passenger combines industry-leading technology with expert community management and engagement services to allow your brand to connect in real-time with your community to inform research, product development, and marketing decisions. In addition, all of the data collected from the social brand intelligence platform is warehoused in a single database with robust analytic capabilities, which provides a holistic view of your social brand community, and actionable, member-driven insights. For more information visit http://www.thinkpassenger.com/.
Kelly Maltman, Passenger, http://thinkpassenger.com, +1 (646) 695-7022, [email protected]
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