XANT Hires Senior VP of Human Resources
SILICON SLOPES, Utah – March 19, 2014– XANT, the global leader in cloud-based sales acceleration technologies and solutions, today announced a new executive to its rapidly growing company. Todd Riesterer has accepted the position of senior vice president of human resources. Riesterer’s main focus is to recruit top talent for the expanding XANT hiring needs, while focusing on various human resource disciplines including innovation and maximum strategic business impact. “Todd’s dynamic global leadership and mentoring will greatly assist us in reaching company goals,” said David Elkington, CEO and founder of XANT. “As a proven business leader in the high-tech industry, Todd will directly impact the entire company and complement our growth strategies. We are pleased with Todd’s decision to join XANT as we continue to define and revolutionize sales acceleration technology and the entire sales industry.” Riesterer joins a growing roster of senior talent at XANT successfully recruited from some of the world’s top tech companies. Most recently, Riesterer drove international human resource growth strategies for VMware’s Global Customer and Business Operations organizations, which included more than 9,000 employees. Riesterer also previously led global HR Business Leaders at McAfee, Business Objects and Cadence Design Systems. During his career, Riesterer has directed global teams from all human resource disciplines of up to 200 employees. Riesterer’s years of senior leadership include extensive international experience, significant experience with high-tech companies during periods of up to 40% hyper-growth, including scaling a business from $15 million to $500 million. As a proven business leader and key human resource industry player, Riesterer will help XANT to accelerate its growth through strategic talent acquisition and development. See how XANT accelerates sales through science in this video:
About XANT, Inc.
XANT offers cutting-edge sales acceleration technology. The company provides the sales industry’s first comprehensive sales acceleration platform that creates high-performance sales teams with breakthrough technology including communications for immediate response, gamification for sales motivation, predictive analytics for lead prioritization, and data visualization for an immersive experience with sales data. The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) recognized XANT as the SaaS provider of the year for 2013. The company has been listed among the fastest growing companies by Inc. and Deloitte and as one of the top 100 private companies by AlwaysOn. XANT ranks No. 5 in the nation for jobs created in the software industry and No. 72 in the nation for jobs created in all industries by Inc. XANT has published leading research in the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. The company has been issued 5 U.S. patents and has 11 patents pending. XANT enterprise customers include ADP, Dell, Gannett Local, Inc., Marketo, Re/Max Cornerstone, Microsoft, Groupon and more. To try the technology, visit XANT.