Waltham, MA (January 6, 2010) – NetProspex Inc., provider of verified, crowd-sourced business contact information, has hired Michael C. Bird as Chief Revenue Officer.
Michael has over twenty years experience igniting revenue growth and managing business expansion for leading online and social media companies. For the last three years, Michael has been the Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development, for BzzAgent, a leading word-of-mouth marketing and social media network. Under his leadership, the company more than doubled its annual bookings, implemented over 250 campaigns for clients such as P&G, SC Johnson, Unilever and Pepsi Co and expanded into the UK and Canada.
Prior to BzzAgent, Michael spent nearly six years with CNET Networks where he lead international network sales as the Vice President of Global Solutions. He also served as the Vice President of Sales and Research for CNET’s Business Media Network, which included brands such as ZDNet, TechRepublic and BNET. Michael was also a partner in the early stage technology venture capital firm, Stonepath Group.
Previously, Michael spent 13 years in various management and sales roles at Ziff-Davis Publishing, including 2 years as the Associate Publisher, Integrated Media for Smart Business and 4 years of service as the Director of Corporate Sales.
“Mike’s global revenue and business development experience, a proven track record of success, and his enthusiasm for innovation will be key to NetProspex’s growth,” said Gary Halliwell, CEO and co-founder of NetProspex. Michael's specialties also include building high performance field sales organizations, strategic planning, training and entrepreneurial leadership.About NetProspex
NetProspex's mission is to build the fastest growing and most accurate resource for business contact information. The company was founded in 2006 by Gary Halliwell and Jeff Clewley, two veterans of the electronic financial information market. NetProspex understands that effective sales and marketing efforts require the most in-depth and accurate prospect data. The core product line overlays crowd-sourced, user-contributed contact information with proprietary verification technology to produce an entirely unique and highly effective sales and marketing contact database. With over 9 million accurate business contacts, NetProspex is a fast-growing and extremely accurate new source of B2B prospects - including difficult-to-find mid-management decision makers across North American businesses. For more information or a free membership, visit www.netprospex.com.
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