Aria Systems Appoints James D’Arcangelo
PHILADELPHIA, PA - July 8, 2008 — Aria Systems, the leading provider of on-demand billing and customer lifecycle management solutions, announced today the appointment of James D'Arcangelo as vice president of marketing.
In his new role, Mr. D'Arcangelo will be responsible for marketing strategy, communications and branding, and product marketing. Mr. D'Arcangelo is a member of the Aria Systems management team and reports directly to Edward Sullivan, president and CEO.
"Jim brings several unique skill sets that will help our marketing efforts, as well as our customers, as we look to accelerate our already significant growth trajectory for 2008," said Mr. Sullivan. "He combines Software-as-a-service (SaaS) expertise with the ability to devise marketing strategies and tactics that drive remarkable results quickly and has had great success building marketing teams at many successful technology start-ups. We are excited to have him on board to help us move smartly into the next exciting stage for Aria Systems."
Prior to joining Aria Systems, Mr. D'Arcangelo was the vice president of marketing at Synygy, the leading SaaS-based provider in the sales performance management space. Prior to that he was vice president of strategic marketing and communications, and indirect channel head, at Global Crossing, helping the company navigate out of its bankruptcy phase and attain profitability. He previously led the marketing organizations at successful start-ups Traffic.com and Media Metrix, and spent nearly ten years in increasingly senior marketing positions and direct and indirect sales leadership roles at Verizon.
Mr. D'Arcangelo is a graduate of Princeton University and holds a Master of Science in Marketing from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters of Business Administration from George Washington University where he also conducted doctoral work.
About Aria Systems
Aria Systems is the leading provider of on-demand and subscription billing solutions encompassing the full spectrum of Billing and Customer Lifecycle Management services. The A+ Billing Platform offers clients the industry's most secure, flexible, and scalable tool for accelerating revenue capture, optimizing cash flow, and enabling actionable market intelligence while significantly reducing operating costs throughout each phase of the customer lifecycle.
Aria is the SaaS billing leader in terms of experience, execution, and reliability. The company has handled over one million accounts, and managed more than one billion transactions, since its inception in 2003. Additionally, Aria leads the market in security and compliance having achieved both end-to-end level one PCI Compliance and SAS70 compliance.
Aria's executive team has over 80 years combined experience in billing and 50 combined in SaaS, and is backed by investments from Hummer Winblad Partners, Venrock, and Dave Labuda, former CEO of Portal Software (acquired by Oracle). The company is headquartered in Media, Pa. (metropolitan Philadelphia), and has offices in the San Francisco bay area.
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