ClearSlide Expands Executive Team to Support Rapid Growth

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - February 28, 2013

With strong market adoption and customer demand for its leading sales engagement platform, ClearSlide today announced the appointment of three top executives: Carlos Delatorre, Senior Vice-President, Enterprise Sales, Carol Carpenter, Chief Marketing Officer, and Carmela Krantz, Vice-President, Talent and Human Resources. With years of industry experience at leading companies including DynamicOps, Trend Micro, and Ariat International, these executives are joining ClearSlide to lead the company in its rapid growth.

“In the past year, ClearSlide has experienced explosive growth. We're continuing to attract strong talent and have more than tripled our employee base to meet current and future demand for ClearSlide's sales engagement platform,” said Al Lieb, CEO, ClearSlide. “From product development to sales to customer service, we strive for excellence in everything we do. We are pleased to welcome these proven executives to the ClearSlide team to drive our business forward.”

Carlos Delatorre, Senior Vice-President, Enterprise Sales

As Senior Vice-President, Worldwide Enterprise Sales, Carlos will oversee ClearSlide's Enterprise Sales team, developing the team's overall strategy and attracting large enterprise clients. Carlos brings 20 years of enterprise sales experience to ClearSlide. Prior to ClearSlide, Carlos was Senior Vice-President of Sales for DynamicOps, a VWMare, Inc. company, where his team led the company to a leadership position in Enterprise Cloud Automation by delivering 300% growth in 2011 and 2012. A software industry veteran, Carlos has years of experience in building sales teams at pre-acquisition start-ups including his roles at BMC Software, BladeLogic, IMlogic, and Oblix.

Carol Carpenter, Chief Marketing Officer, ClearSlide

As a key member of the ClearSlide executive team, Carol will be responsible for growing ClearSlide's marketing team and will oversee all marketing strategy and initiatives at ClearSlide. Before joining ClearSlide, Carol was General Manager of Consumer and Small Business for Trend Micro. In that role, Carol led and managed global strategy, sales, development, marketing, and alliances, resulting in 300% business growth. A technology industry veteran, Carol has held previous marketing leadership roles at startups like Keynote Systems, Enviz, and Tumbleweed and established leaders like Apple.

Carmela Krantz, Vice-President, Talent and Human Resources, ClearSlide

As Vice-President, Talent and Human Resources at ClearSlide, Carmela will lead the Human Resources team, partnering with ClearSlide's leadership team to build an inspired culture and implement strategic and tactical HR initiatives focused on achieving business objectives. With goals to attract and retain top talent from across industries, Carmela will be instrumental in meeting ClearSlide's aggressive goals to double the number of employees every year.

Carmela Krantz joins ClearSlide after over six years as the Vice-President of Human Resources at Ariat International, a global company that creates advanced performance footwear and apparel for top equestrian athletes worldwide. Carmela has more than 20 years of experience serving as Vice-President of Human Resources at a number of other top Bay Area companies, including Design Within Reach, Reactivity, Linuxcare, Sydran Services, Sesame Street Retail Stores, and Gymboree.

About ClearSlide

ClearSlide is the leading sales engagement platform that empowers sales teams with the confidence to engage customers and close more business. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., ClearSlide serves thousands of customers, including Rackspace, The Wall Street Journal, LinkedIn, and CA Technologies.