Ektron Appoints Mark Willson as Vice President of Enterprise Solutions
Former iCrossing Executive brings more than 20 years experience, will focus on increasing Ektron’s reach into the Fortune 500
NASHUA, NH April 21, 2009 – Ektron Inc., a technology and market leader in Web content management software, today announced that former iCrossing vice president of technology, Mark Willson has joined the Ektron executive team. Effective immediately, Willson will serve as the vice president of enterprise solutions.
“We are thrilled that Mark has joined the Ektron team,” stated Bill Rogers, chief executive officer at Ektron. “Ektron has sustained a strong growth rate despite the economic climate and continues to lead the industry in the development of Web content management technology. Given Mark’s deep experience working with Fortune 500 clients in the Web solutions industry, he will play a critical role in the continuing growth of the enterprise market segment to further expand Ektron’s market leadership.”
As the vice president of enterprise solutions, Willson will lead the development of Ektron’s enterprise market strategy and will be responsible for supporting enterprise sales, managing the delivery of high profile client projects, building strategic business partnerships and shaping the functional requirements and product enhancements contributing to future product road maps.
“There are tremendous growth opportunities ahead for Ektron in the enterprise WCM market segment,” stated Willson. “I have worked with many WCM vendors and Ektron has uniquely positioned itself to excel in this market. I am very excited that I am going to be a part of the company’s future success.”
Willson brings to the role more than 20 years of leadership experience directing Web development and delivery strategies for some of the world’s largest digital marketing agencies. Most recently Willson served as the vice president of technology for iCrossing, ranked as one of the top five digital agencies by AdvertisingAge. During his time at iCrossing, Willson managed client projects for Dolby, GMAC, Chrysler Financial and Nike as well as directed the Technical Architecture group and the Web Application Development team.
Prior to joining iCrossing Willson was a founding member and chief executive officer for Mission Air, LLC . He also held the position of chief technology officer at CIBER, Inc., leading business development initiatives and establishing the strategic direction of application development for clients including Ford Motor Company, Fujitsu and Alcoa.
About Ektron
Founded in 1998, Ektron is committed to providing revolutionary, scalable Web content management and authoring solutions. Ektron CMS400.NET empowers developers and non-technical business users alike: developers can take advantage of built-in Server Controls to deploy a Web site out of the box or customize the deployment using CMS400.NET’s well-documented API, and business users benefit from an intuitive user interface for managing their Web site’s content and messaging. From enterprise level deployments to single sites, CMS400.NET ships with a wide array of functionality, including social networking, Web 2.0, SEO and synchronization tools. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., Ektron has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including LG, Sony, and Johnson & Johnson. For more information, visit: http://www.ektron.com.