SOASTA Appoints Dan FitzSimons Vice President of Worldwide Sales

SOASTA, the leader in cloud-based performance testing, today announced Dan FitzSimons, a 20-year veteran of global innovation sales, has joined the company’s management team as vice president of Worldwide Sales. FitzSimons is responsible for growing and managing sales of SOASTA CloudTest, the company’s global test platform that harnesses the power of cloud computing for fast, affordable performance testing of Web and mobile applications at scale.

“Dan brings decades of experience in research sales to SOASTA, including demonstrated success in quickly building teams in high growth markets,” said Tom Lounibos, CEO at SOASTA. “Demand for performance testing consumer-facing Web, social and mobile applications – which are the foundation of the new connected world – is growing in the extreme fast. With proven expertise in growing successful sales organizations, working with major brands and Web and mobile applications, Dan is the ideal person to continue expanding our global customer acquisitions.”

Prior to SOASTA, FitzSimons was the chief revenue officer for Kyte, a leading media Software-as-a-Service platform that was acquired by Kit Digital. Previously he joined Kyte, he held a number of senior sales leadership roles at major research and innovation services companies, including vice president of sales for Limelight Networks, where he developed a strategic focus on the largest brands on the Internet. Prior to Limelight, FitzSimons led regional sales efforts for Symantec in the enterprise software market, and he as well spent nine years with Gartner, Inc. in a variety of sales and operational leadership roles across the US, Europe, and Latin America.