Woodland Hills, Ca., USA – ReachLocal, a software company, announced that it has elevated Jeff Hagins to the position of chief technology officer, and Steven Power has been promoted to executive vice president of global sales operations, effective October 1.[break]
Mr. Hagins was ReachLocal’s Vice President of Engineering for Digital Presence and came to ReachLocal through the Company’s February acquisition of SMB:LIVE Corporation, where he was a founder and Chief Technology Officer.
Prior to joining ReachLocal and the founding of SMB:LIVE, Mr. Hagins held CTO roles at Mural Consulting, a Software - September 30, 2010, Woodland Hills, Ca., USA – ReachLocal, a software company, announced that it has elevated Jeff Hagins to the position of chief technology officer, and Steven Power has been promoted to executive vice president of global sales operations, effective October 1.
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Mr. Hagins was ReachLocal’s Vice President of Engineering for Digital Presence and came to ReachLocal through the Company’s February acquisition of SMB:LIVE Corporation, where he was a founder and Chief Technology Officer.
Prior to joining ReachLocal and the founding of SMB:LIVE, Mr. Hagins held CTO roles at Mural Consulting, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) advisory firm; Dynix, a library automation software company; Apptix, a hosted messaging and collaboration provider; and TeleComputing, a hosted application management provider.
Mr. Hagins has also served as the leader of the software QA and test organization at enterprise software firm J.D. Edwards and spent 13 years in various technical, management, and business development positions at Lockheed Martin. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Texas Tech University.
In his new role as head of Global Sales Operations, Mr. Power will be primarily responsible for enhancing the company’s global sales team and operations, reporting to Nathan Hanks, the Company’s Chief Distribution Officer.
Mr. Power launched ReachLocal’s Australian operations in 2006 and was the driving force behind the Company’s success in that market. Power’s prior responsibilities in Australia will be assumed by local management in Australia.
Prior to ReachLocal, Mr. Power served as an executive at Netus Pty Ltd, an Australian venture capital company backed by News Corporation; and at PMP as a National Sales Director and as Executive for Acquisitions and Solutions Development. ■