Jeff Revoy Named Chief Executive Officer Of Viralheat

SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Viralheat, a rapidly growing leader in enterprise social media management software, announced today that Jeff Revoy, a seasoned Internet and technology executive, joined the company as Chief Executive Officer.  As CEO of Viralheat, Jeff brings a wealth of executive leadership experience and a proven track record in leading high growth early stage companies.

Revoy comes to Viralheat with more than 20 years of experience in Internet, Search and Social at both early-stage and Fortune 500 companies.  Jeff brings an impressive executive and operational track record most recently as CRO of ChooChee (acquired by Deutche Telekom/T-Mobile), and previously CMO/CPO of iContact, where he led revenue, marketing, product, and strategy from impressive growth to a successful acquisition (acquired by Vocus in 2012).  In addition, Revoy has also served as an executive in multiple public companies, including Vice President of Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Answers and President and General Manager of Interactive Services at Embarq, a Fortune 250 company (acquired by CenturyLink in 2010).

"Viralheat is poised for tremendous growth, and I can't think of a better leader to fuel that growth than Jeff," said Raj Kadam, Co-Founder of Viralheat.  "Jeff's significant strategic leadership experience with both early-stage and established technology companies makes him an excellent choice to scale the company to the next level."

Revoy holds a bachelor degree in Business Management from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School at the University of Virginia.  He also served on the Board of Directors for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society from 2009 – 2012.

"Viralheat offers a unique value proposition to enterprise business customers, with easy-to-navigate monitoring and analytics tools that help large businesses succeed in a rapidly changing digital communications environment," Revoy remarked.  "I'm excited about working with Viralheat's talented team to expand the ways we harness emerging social tools to build a product that helps brands create and manage a successful social media presence."

About Viralheat

Viralheat is a social management platform that empowers enterprise businesses to listen and learn about customers in order to build meaningful, deep, and relevant business connections across multiple social networks.   Developed to provide a comprehensive and unified set of social marketing and management capabilities, Viralheat is the only software platform an enterprise needs to monitor, create, publish, or analyze its social activities.  Founded and developed by two Silicon Valley engineers with deep experience in the security and network industry, Viralheat offers the most powerful technology available in the social industry while providing the compliance and scalability to drive successful business results across marketing, sales, support or any functional organizations.     

Founded in 2009, Viralheat is headquartered in the Silicon Valley and serves thousands of businesses worldwide. Visit www.viralheat.com @viralheat #viralheat

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