Karen Steele is responsible for managing all aspects of Xactly's worldwide marketing. Before joining Xactly Corporation, Ms. Steele served as vice president of corporate marketing with Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of data integration software and services. She was responsible for managing Informatica's global marketing operations, including directing the development and execution of corporate marketing strategy, brand strategy and awareness, positioning, analyst relations, public relations, marketing communications, demand creation and field marketing, corporate events, partner marketing and customer programs, including install base up-sell and cross-sell initiatives. Prior to her executive role at Informatica, Ms. Steele served as vice president of global marketing for Currenex, where she successfully introduced and positioned the online global currency exchange as a major, independent force in the world's largest financial market. Previous to this, she was director of corporate marketing for AlphaBlox, where she launched and positioned the company as a leader in the analytical applications software space. Ms. Steele began her career at Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) where she spent 15 years directing worldwide marketing communications and consumer marketing and brand programs. She is the recipient of the 1998 American Marketing Association Sherman Award for Marketing Excellence for the "Best Start-Up Launch" and PRWeek's 2002 "Best Business-to-Business Campaign of the Year." |