BigMachines Appoints Industry Veteran David Bonnette as President
Successful Executive and 18 Year Technology Veteran Joins BigMachines
Chicago IL -- May 24, 2011 -- BigMachines, Inc., the leader in product configuration, pricing and quoting, proposal generator and B2B ecommerce, announced today it has hired David Bonnette into the newly created position of President. As President of BigMachines, Bonnette will direct all of BigMachines' customer-facing operations, including sales, services and support, bringing a cohesive operating strategy across all touch-points for BigMachines' rapidly growing customer base that includes over 250 of the world's leading companies.
Bonnette brings his deep business and technology experience to support BigMachines' growth. As the momentum in cloud computing and improving sales productivity continues to grow, BigMachines has grown by licensing its enterprise strength software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to more than 150,000 users. BigMachines continues to grow its staff and its customer base, in addition to growing its revenue over 50 percent per year. BigMachines has seen a combined revenue growth of 321 percent over the past three years.
"We are excited to be able to attract someone of David's caliber and believe his unique combination of leadership experience, familiarity with complex sales processes and a focus on world-class execution are an excellent fit with the needs of our business," said Godard Abel, Co-Founder and CEO of BigMachines. "Our growing customer base will benefit from the focus and experience that David brings to our team."
Prior to joining Big Machines, Bonnette spent 15 years at Oracle Corporation. His most recent role was Group Vice President of North America Consulting Sales, a group responsible for a significant portion of over $1.3 billion in annual revenue for Oracle. Prior to this position he held various customer-facing leadership roles during his tenure at Oracle including Group Vice President, North America CRM Sales where he was responsible for the entire CRM portfolio including Oracle CRM On Demand.
According to Alan Cline, a Principal with Vista Equity Partners and a member of the Board of Directors for BigMachines, "David brings to BigMachines a strong track record of customer-facing leadership, world-class execution and an innate understanding of the needs of our marketplace. He has demonstrated the ability to be successful through a powerful combination of business and technology expertise, energetic leadership and a proven ability to drive growth."
"I'm excited to be joining BigMachines at this point in the company's growth," said David Bonnette, President of BigMachines. "The company has delivered over 50 percent compound annual growth on the strength of its market leading SaaS selling platform, exceptionally talented employees and strong, blue-chip customer base. I look forward to working with this exceptional team and our customers to further accelerate the growth and success of our business."
About BigMachines
BigMachines is the global leader in enabling B2B sales, helping companies sell more and sell faster. BigMachines' award-winning on-demand configurator, pricing and quoting, proposal generator, and B2B eCommerce software solutions empower sales across customers' channels by streamlining their sales processes from opportunity to order. Using BigMachines software, sales teams and channels can quickly configure products, generate quotes and proposals, manage complex pricing, generate legal contracts, and manage orders. BigMachines offers extensive reporting capabilities and easily integrates to leading CRM and ERP systems, including those from salesforce.com, Oracle, Microsoft and SAP. BigMachines' rapidly growing customer base includes global leaders such as Kodak's GCG, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, and NTT Communications, as well as innovative growth companies such as Acme Packet. For more information, visit www.bigmachines.com.
