CollabraSpace Appoints Director, Public Sector Sales; Former Sybase Executive, George Holland, to Head Government Sales Team

CollabraSpace Appoints Director, Public Sector Sales; Former Sybase Executive, George Holland, to Head Government Sales Team

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- CollabraSpace, a leading provider of web-based collaboration solutions for government and commercial organizations, today announced the appointment of George Holland as sales director for the public sector.

Holland, formerly with Bell Atlantic, Northrop Grumman, Qwest Communications and Sybase, brings more than 27 years of public and private sector information technology experience to his new role. In this position, Holland manages all business development, sales and customer satisfaction for the company's public sector accounts.

"George is an excellent addition to our senior management team," stated Ray Schwemmer, CollabraSpace president and CEO. "His experience leading innovative technology and services sales and delivery teams for high profile government contractors such as Sybase, as well as his entrepreneurial insight, make him an asset to the company. I look forward to watching our government team grow under his guidance."

As a member of the senior leadership team, Holland helps set the direction for CollabraSpace's products and services. He is also involved with building and maintaining the company's strategic alliances, distribution channels and partnerships.

"I'm excited about this opportunity with CollabraSpace," said Holland. "The company is well-positioned to lead the collaboration marketplace, and the government arena is ripe for the solutions CollabraSpace offers. I'm confident our products and services will be well received in the public sector space."

After 18 years as a Defense Department Russian linguist, intelligence analyst and technical advisor, Mr. Holland established successful records in a wide range of leadership positions, including vice president of sales and innovation at Xspeedium.com, an Internet start-up, strategic programs manager for Qwest Federal and, most recently, as C4I regional sales manager for Sybase. He holds a B.A. in Russian Language and History from the University of Maryland.

CollabraSpace also recently announced the company's certification for Department of Defense collaboration solutions, successfully passing the test for the Joint Interoperability Test Command's defense collaboration tool suite (DCTS), as well as their release of CollabraSuite version 3.4, with enhanced desktop capabilities and improved security features.

About CollabraSpace

Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, CollabraSpace is an authority on web-based collaboration solutions for a wide variety of customers that have dispersed workforces. These customers include large government organizations such as NSA, NGA and Defense Department elements, as well as large commercial accounts. The company develops and provides secure web-based collaboration software and platforms that include audio/video sharing, document sharing and storage, whiteboarding and instant messaging, as well as a J2EE application development platform. More information about CollabraSpace can be found at http://www.collabraspace.com/.


Source: CollabraSpace

CONTACT: Pam Miles, APR, +1-703-892-1114 or pam@milescommunications.com,
or Cameron Barry of Planit, +1-410-962-8500 ext. 132 or ceb@planitagency.com,
both for CollabraSpace

Web site: http://www.collabraspace.com/


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