REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 10, 2009 -- Funambol, the leading provider of open source mobile cloud sync and push email for billions of phones, today announced that Martin (Marty) Enriquez has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. In this capacity, Marty will oversee Funambol sales and customer relationships on a worldwide basis.
Marty brings significant operator expertise to Funambol, including 20+ years of management and operational experience at Vodafone and AT&T. In addition, Marty has worked with numerous other carriers around the globe to introduce many innovative mobile solutions. Marty's experience enables him to understand carrier pressures and priorities, and what they need to successfully introduce revenue-generating services.
Before Funambol, Marty was General Manager and Senior Vice President at Good/Visto, where he significantly increased sales and active users in the Americas. He spent more than a decade at Vodafone, where he held numerous positions including Vice President, Americas Region; Chief Operating Officer, Vodafone Egypt; and Director of International Marketing. Marty also worked at AT&T/Pacific Bell in the U.S. and Airtouch/Proximus in Belgium, providing him with valuable international experience.
"We work with mobile operators around the world who need an open mobile cloud platform," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO. "Marty is a perfect fit for us because he is a world-class carrier executive who brings significant expertise and a great track record. Carriers enjoy working with Marty because he understands them inside and out, and can help them develop major new revenue streams."
"Open source in mobile is red hot and Funambol is the clear leader", said Martin Enriquez, Funambol Senior Vice President of Global Sales. "Having worked with operators for a long time, I understand how they think, and at the same time, I can help them navigate the rapidly changing dynamics of wireless. I look forward to helping our customers generate revenue by providing innovative mobile cloud services."
Funambol is the #1 mobile open source project in the world and the leading provider of open source mobile cloud sync and push email solutions for billions of phones. Our open source software has been downloaded millions of times by 50,000 developers in 200 countries, which helps ensure that our software supports the latest devices most quickly. Our commercial software has been adopted by the top companies in mobile, including many of the largest device manufacturers, operators, service and content providers, software companies and system integrators. For more information, please visit http://www.funambol.com. You can also follow Funambol on Twitter at http://twitter.com/funambol.
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