Everbridge announced that Robert Hughes joins the company in the newly created position of President, and Javier Colado becomes Everbridge’s first SVP, International Sales.
Hughes most recently served as President, Worldwide Operations for Akamai Technologies. He is a seasoned enterprise technology executive and visionary, having worked at Akamai, PictureTel and Boston Scientific. At Akamai, he spent 17 years scaling and expanding the company’s global operations and services from pre-IPO to over $2 billion in annual revenues. Hughes served on the company’s executive leadership team for more than a decade. As President, he oversaw day-to-day global operations and all aspects of the customer experience, with responsibilities including global sales, services, marketing, support and go-to-market strategy. Prior to this role, he served in numerous cross-functional leadership positions at Akamai focused on global expansion, driving increased revenues and regional market share, channels, product management and human resources transformation.
At Everbridge, Hughes will be responsible for the company’s global go-to-market operations, including sales, marketing, professional services and customer success efforts. He will report to the CEO, Jaime Ellertson, will join the company’s senior management team and is expected to join the Board of Directors, where he will participate in the development of the company’s strategic direction as well as focus on scaling business operations and growth in pursuit of Everbridge’s continued global leadership in Critical Event Management.
“Bob is a proven strategic executive with an amazing track record of scaling operations from a few million dollars to more than a billion dollars in revenue, while simultaneously delivering a superior customer experience,” said Jaime Ellertson, CEO of Everbridge. “I am very excited to have Bob join our team and share his leadership experience as we drive our business through the next major growth phase.”
Javier Colado, new SVP, International Sales. will lead international sales and operations and serve as a member of the senior management team reporting to Hughes. Over the course of his career, Colado has led international growth in EMEA and Asia Pacific at organizations such as Intralinks, SAP, Novell and McAfee. Most recently, he served as SVP, EMEA at Intralinks. Previous roles include leadership positions such as Head of Global Sales at Novell, where he had direct responsibility for over $1 billion in annual revenues. Colado will be based out of the company’s EMEA headquarters in London.
“Javier is a very experienced international enterprise sales executive who will bring extensive scaling expertise to Everbridge as we continue to grow our international operations,” said Ellertson. “The combination of Bob and Javier will significantly deepen the skills and experience of our executive team and help us prepare for the continued expansion of our business.”
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