SAN FRANCISCO, CA, December 10, 2008 – Aravo Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand Supplier Information Management (SIM) software and services, today announced that it has hired Paige O'Neill as the company's vice president of marketing. With more than 17 years of marketing experience, O'Neill will lead all of Aravo's marketing efforts, including marketing strategy, product marketing, communications, and branding. She will also join the company's executive management team.
"With her extensive experience in the software as a service (SaaS) market and background in sustainable technologies, Paige is a perfect fit for our executive team," said Tim Albinson, Aravo's CEO. "Her diverse marketing experience and strategic insights will be extremely valuable as we continue our rapid growth and expand our presence in the marketplace."
O'Neill is a marketing industry veteran, and has led marketing departments for both venture-backed startups and global technology firms. Prior to joining Aravo, she was senior vice president of marketing at GreenRoad Technologies, where she successfully repositioned the company as a green technology leader. She also served as senior vice president of marketing and product development at PHH Arval (NYSE: PHH), where she revitalized their brand in a commoditized marketplace. Previously she spent more than a decade at Oracle Corporation, leading a variety of marketing initiatives, including Oracle's first SaaS offerings which she helped build into Oracle's fastest growing business. O'Neill started her career in PR, managing global database PR for Oracle and helping launch the IBM Internet Division and its first electronic commerce and Internet payment products.
"Aravo pioneered the Supplier Information Management (SIM) category, which is gaining significant traction with customers such as GE and other Fortune 500 companies," O'Neill said. "I am excited about the opportunity to help further define Aravo's marketing strategy, increase brand awareness, and bring new products to market."
Paige holds Master of Arts (ABD) and Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science from the University of Kentucky, and spent a year in New York University's Media Ecology Ph.D. program studying how technology affects culture.
About Aravo
Founded in 2000, Aravo provides on-demand solutions that remove the cost and complexity of enabling and managing supplier information. Aravo's flagship product, Aravo SIM™, defines the supplier information management (SIM) category and gives enterprises real-time global views that make efficient supplier engagement more cost effective and strategic. From supply management to sustainability to risk management and compliance, Aravo SIM was purpose-built to solve today's most demanding supplier information management challenges while delivering the flexibility to meet tomorrow's emerging needs. The world's largest and most complex organizations trust Aravo to manage their global supplier information. For more information, visit www.aravo.com.
