PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) today announced industry veteran
Alan Mateo
will join the company in mid-April as executive vice president of global
sales. Mateo will lead Veeva’s worldwide sales force at a time when the
company is growing globally and rapidly expanding its customer
relationships. He will report to Veeva CEO,
Peter Gassner
.
Mateo brings more than 30 years of experience in enterprise software.
His career is marked by directing high-performing sales teams and
forging strategic relationships with leading companies. Mateo spent the
last 10 years selling clinical cloud solutions in life sciences while
head of worldwide field operations at Medidata Solutions, working
closely with the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and leading contract
research organizations. At Medidata, he consistently delivered annual
growth and helped build the company to global market leadership in
clinical.
“The power of Veeva’s industry cloud solutions is driven by our deep
understanding of what customers need to succeed,” said Gassner. “Alan’s
life sciences expertise, decades of software sales leadership
experience, and proven track record of delivering customer success make
him a tremendous addition to Veeva.”
Prior to Medidata, Mateo worked in various sales positions at top
software companies, including PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and
Red Pepper
Software. At PeopleSoft, Mateo headed up the product sales organization,
helping to drive PeopleSoft’s transition to a billion dollar company
with multiple product lines. He also led the successful integration of
the JD Edwards and PeopleSoft sales organizations with combined revenue
of more than $2.5 billion.
“Veeva is a pioneer of the industry cloud and is fast becoming one of
the most strategic providers to life sciences, with solutions spanning
R&D, medical, and commercial,” said Mateo. “This is an incredible
opportunity to join a stellar team and help further propel the
industry’s transition from legacy systems to the most innovative cloud
technology for the life sciences industry.”
About Veeva Systems
Veeva Systems Inc. is a leader in cloud-based software for the global
life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and
customer success, Veeva has more than 275 customers, ranging from the
world's largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. Veeva is
headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Europe,
Asia, and Latin America. For more information, visit www.veeva.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including the future
impact of the hiring of Mr. Mateo, demand for Veeva’s solutions, and
general business conditions. Any forward-looking statements contained in
this press release are based upon Veeva's historical performance and its
current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation
that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These
forward-looking statements represent Veeva's expectations as of the date
of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these
expectations to change, and Veeva disclaims any obligation to update the
forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that
may cause actual results to differ materially. Additional risks and
uncertainties that could affect Veeva’s financial results are included
under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in the
company’s filing on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2014,
which is available on the company’s web site at www.veeva.com
under the Investors section and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Further information on potential risks that could affect actual results
will be included in other filings Veeva makes with the SEC from time to
time.
Source: Veeva Systems Inc.