Enterprise social software vendor NewsGator Technologies has announced the appointment of Steven Baker as Senior Sales Executive for Australia and New Zealand, based in Sydney. 

Baker has more than 13 years of experience in the IT industry specialising in new business acquisition as well as account and project management.  He has been with NewsGator in the US since 2000 spending the last three years driving sales within medium-sized business organisations in the country’s mid-west. 

Prior, Baker was Senior Sales Consultant within the Microsoft Practice at Attain Technologies based in Denver, Colorado.

He also held senior sales consulting and regional account management positions at Camisa Technologies and at ESS as well as account executive positions at Active Education, C2 Media and Digital Commerce Corporation.

“Steven’s move to Sydney to manage business development across Australia and New Zealand comes at a time of transformational growth for the company in this region,” said Cuneyt Uysal, Director of Business Development, Asia Pacific, NewsGator Technologies. “His experience and track record in driving sales success is an essential element of our strategy for the region and we are delighted he has taken up this opportunity to expand our business and market presence.”

NewsGator customers in Australia and New Zealand include: Coca Cola, NIB Holdings, NPS, Simplot, Sanitarium, Stockland, AMP and Bank of New Zealand.