Apptix Announces New CEO and Key Additions to its Senior Management Team
New Executives Bring Over 40 Years of Professional
Experience and Will Help Drive the Company's Growth
Strategy and Operational Execution
Herndon, Va., Jan. 16, 2008
Apptix (OSE:APP), the
premier provider of on-demand business communications
services for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs),
today announced several key changes and additions to its
executive team. David Ehrhardt has been promoted to
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) and Chris Mack joins the company as CFO,
replacing Ehrhardt. Lesley Soltys has joined the company
as Controller and Chris Damvakaris has been promoted to
the role of Vice President of Sales and Business
Development.
The new additions to the Apptix leadership team bring
substantial operational insight and experience that will
help Apptix continue to grow its market leadership
position as the premier provider of Hosted business
communications services for SMBs. The team will focus on
business growth and the delivery of premium quality
Business Communications services to its SMB customers.
David Ehrhardt Takes the Helm of Premier Hosted Business
Communications Solutions Provider to Drive Growth and
Quality of Service
David Ehrhardt, who recently served as CFO, has been
promoted to the role of CEO at Apptix and will direct
the company's strategy, operations and performance. Mr.
Ehrhardt is tasked with ensuring that Apptix continues
to build on its market leadership position and
undertakes appropriate investments across the business
to enable growth and the delivery of superior quality of
service to its customers. He joined Apptix in November
of 2006 as the CFO and in this capacity was responsible
for establishing a financing strategy for the business,
integrating all accounting, budgeting, financial
planning, reporting and analysis, treasury, facilities
management and risk management functions within the
company, and managing the Finance, Accounting and Human
Resources functions for Apptix.
Prior to joining Apptix, Ehrhardt served as the Chief
Operating Officer (COO) of Spheris, a $210 million
revenue company providing technology solutions to the
healthcare market. While at Spheris, he raised $125M in
public company debt to finance M&A activities and
significantly scaled its support and services functions
to enable its ongoing growth. Prior to Spheris, Ehrhardt
was at HealthScribe, where he held positions of
President and CFO; CompuCare, where he served as CFO;
and spent several years at Ernst & Young in various
senior positions.
New CFO and Controller Hired to Drive Operational
Excellence and Business Growth
Chris Mack joins Apptix as CFO from Anystream, where he
served as their CFO. While at Anystream, Mr. Mack played
a key role in the restructuring of the business
operations and the company's fundraising efforts. Prior
to that, he held the positions of CFO and Senior Vice
President of Operations for Spheris and President and
CFO of ITC Learning Corporation. Mr. Mack is a Certified
Public Accountant and brings significant expertise to
his role at Apptix, including extensive experience
managing the finances and operations of public
companies.
Lesley Soltys joined Apptix as Controller in November of
2007. Initially, Ms. Soltys focused her efforts on an
evaluation of the company's future financial systems
needs and supporting the consolidation of Apptix's
multiple billing systems, obtained through the company's
acquisitions over that past two years. As Controller,
she has assumed responsibility for all accounting,
financial management reporting, and treasury functions
and will report to Mr. Mack. Prior to joining Apptix,
Ms. Soltys served as the Controller at Anystream and
HealthScribe, as well as senior accountant positions at
Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Chris Damvakaris Assumes Sales Leadership Role
Chris Damvakaris has been promoted to the role of Vice
President of Sales and Business Development for Apptix.
Mr. Damvakaris joined Apptix in March of 2007 as the
Director of Business Development. In his new role, Mr.
Damvakaris will be responsible for Apptix' sales
strategy across all brands, focused on both direct sales
and channel development. Prior to joining Apptix, Mr.
Damvakaris was the Vice President of Business
Development and Product Marketing at Spryance, where he
led sales, marketing and business development. He has
also held leadership positions in sales and business
development at NaviMedix, HealthScribe, Honeywell-POMS
and CompuCare.
