Datawatch Appoints Ken Tacelli Chief Operating Officer
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17-year industry veteran tasked with leading global sales and marketing efforts
to drive revenue growth of the company's data preparation solutions
BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-
CM:DWCH) today announced that Ken Tacelli has been appointed chief operating
officer. Reporting to CEO Michael Morrison, Tacelli is responsible for global
sales and marketing, and aligning each discipline with corporate initiatives for
2017 and beyond.
Tacelli joined Datawatch in May 2016 and was previously the senior vice
president of worldwide sales. In addition to his global sales responsibilities,
Tacelli is now also spearheading marketing efforts to properly position
Datawatch in the analytics market, expand awareness and generate leads for the
company's market-leading data preparation solutions.
"In the relatively short period of time that Ken has been with Datawatch, he has
been instrumental in accelerating Datawatch's top-line revenue growth," said
Morrison. "He's demonstrated a tremendous ability to focus our go-to-market
strategy on activities that will drive short-term revenue while simultaneously
executing on our long-term vision and strategy to enable organizations and
individuals to 'analyze everything.' Ken has instilled a 'customer first'
attitude throughout our organization, and his sales and marketing expertise, as
well as his strong leadership qualities, have brought positive change to the
company. I am confident he is the right leader to move Datawatch forward at this
important time in our development."
Prior to joining Datawatch, Tacelli was senior vice president of worldwide sales
for Skillsoft, a global leader in eLearning, online training and talent
solutions. Previously, he served as senior vice president of worldwide sales for
enterprise information management company OpenText. Tacelli has also held senior
leadership positions at CA Technologies, IBM, Metatomix and EMC. He began his
business career after serving the country as an infantry officer in the United
States Marine Corps. Tacelli earned a B.S. from Westfield State University and
an MBA from Northeastern University.
"Datawatch redefined data preparation with the Monarch self-service platform,
which empowers any data user with the ability to unlock information from
virtually any source and rapidly make it analytics-ready," said Tacelli. "And
Datawatch is once again leading the industry with its vision for data
socialization. The company's innovative technology and superior customer service
make it the ideal answer to nagging data preparation challenges. I look forward
to applying my experience at high-performing sales organizations to help
Datawatch further identify and capitalize on its unique market opportunity,
boost global product adoption, and drive revenue growth in 2017 and for years to
come."
To learn more about Datawatch, please visit: www.datawatch.com. For more
information on Datawatch Monarch, go to: http://www.datawatch.com/our-
platform/monarch/.
About Datawatch Corporation
Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM:DWCH) enables ordinary users to achieve
extraordinary results with their data. Only Datawatch can unlock data from the
widest variety of sources and prepare it for use in visualization and analytics
tools, or for other business processes. When real-time visibility into rapidly
changing data is critical, Datawatch also enables users to analyze streaming
data, even in the most demanding environments, such as capital markets.
Organizations of all sizes in more than 100 countries worldwide use Datawatch
products, including 93 of the Fortune 100. The company is headquartered in
Bedford, Massachusetts, with offices in New York, London, Frankfurt, Stockholm,
Singapore and Manila. To learn more about Datawatch or download a free version
of its enterprise software, please visit: www.datawatch.com.
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Source: Datawatch
Media Contact:
Amanda Beaupre
Marketing Communications Manager, Datawatch Corporation
amanda_beaupre(at)datawatch.com
978-275-8387
Twitter: (at)datawatch
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