Proven tech industry leaders join leading
digital-first conversations company to accelerate
go-to-market and partner ecosystem
NEW
YORK, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LivePerson
(Nasdaq: LPSN), the enterprise leader in digital-first customer
conversations, today announced the appointments of Richard Halkett as Senior Vice President,
Americas Sales and Rich Steeves as
Senior Vice President, Partnerships. The addition of these two
accomplished leaders supports LivePerson's strategy to accelerate
the business, build its go-to-market capabilities and partner
ecosystem, and deliver greater value to its world-class enterprise
customers.
"Richard and Rich bring an extraordinary wealth of experience
and proven success in scaling both sales and partner ecosystems,"
said Sandy Hogan, Chief Revenue
Officer at LivePerson. "Bringing them on board underscores our
commitment to the key areas that we believe will drive LivePerson's
business forward, including scaling our enterprise customer base,
building a focused mid-market sales engine, and accelerating a
partner-always motion across our entire best-in-class customer
engagement model."
Richard Halkett, a seasoned sales
executive, will oversee LivePerson's North America enterprise, mid-market, and
Latin America sales teams. He
joins from SambaNova Systems, the chips-to-models AI unicorn, where
he served as Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to that, Halkett held
leadership positions at Amazon Web Services and Cisco, where he
built and led large global specialized sales teams. With proven
success across the technology industry, the public and private
sectors, and companies ranging from startups to large scale
enterprises, Halkett will focus on investing in and scaling
LivePerson's enterprise base and building a targeted mid-market
engine.
"We live in a digital-first world where people expect
high-quality customer experience across all channels. This presents
huge opportunities for our customers and their end-customers, and
LivePerson is uniquely suited to help deliver on them," said
Halkett. "I'm thrilled to join LivePerson's team of experts and
contribute to its mission of putting meaningful customer
conversations at the center of business."
Rich Steeves joins LivePerson
with an accomplished track record of building high-value
partnerships at the world's leading technology companies. Most
recently, he served as Vice President of Joint Platform Solutions
and Technology Alliances Sales at Equinix, where he developed
industry-leading AI and multi/hybrid cloud solutions with strategic
partners including Nvidia, Dell, HPE, and Cisco. Steeves will focus
on accelerating LivePerson's partner-first motion, creating
strategic alliances to deliver customer-centric solutions while
scaling the company's ecosystem across key industries.
"Combining and scaling LivePerson's capabilities with those of
our partners is fundamental to our success and how we drive even
more value for our customers. LivePerson's commitment to strong
partnerships aligns perfectly with my experience driving growth
through collaboration," said Steeves. "I look forward to working
with the team to uplevel our partner ecosystem and accelerate
business outcomes for our joint customers."
To learn more about LivePerson's solutions for digital-first
customer conversations, visit liveperson.com.
About LivePerson, Inc.
LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN)
is the enterprise leader in digital-first customer conversations.
The world's leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin
Media — use our award-winning Conversational Cloud platform to
connect with millions of consumers. We power nearly a billion
conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich
data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Conversational AI
for better business outcomes. Fast Company named us the #1 Most
Innovative AI Company in the world. To talk with us or our AI,
please visit liveperson.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press
release regarding LivePerson that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements and are being made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties, and actual events or results may differ materially
from our expectations. Some of the factors that could cause events
or results to differ from our expectations include, without
limitation, our ability to execute on and deliver our current
business, sales, go-to-market and product plans and goals, and the
other factors described in the "Risk Factors" sections of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on
March 4, 2024, our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2024, filed with the SEC on May 10,
2024, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2024, filed with the
SEC on August 7, 2024. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of their dates.
Media Contact:
Mike Tague
mtague@liveperson.com
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