Amadesa Appoints Rita Brogley to CEO
1David Efergan assumes role of President and Chief Strategy Officer
CHICAGO, Dec 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amadesa ( www.amadesa.com), a leader in end-to-end Web site testing and personalization, today announced that Rita Brogley has been appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. David Efergan, co-founder of Amadesa, and formerly CEO and president, will continue serving Amadesa as president and also assumes the role of chief strategy officer. In addition, Brogley will join the board of directors of Amadesa.
"Rita’s successful track record and prior experience as a CEO make her an excellent choice to lead Amadesa and ensure its continued growth and success," said Shlomo Dovrat, general partner and co-founder of Carmel Ventures. "Amadesa has grown very rapidly and, therefore, needed an executive who could scale the company to become a world-class category leader. Rita has the vision, experience and skills necessary to accelerate the expansion of Amadesa’s business and provide long-term value for clients."
Brogley joined Amadesa earlier this year as a senior executive, leading marketing and business development and overseeing product management. Brogley brings more than 20 years of sales, marketing, and operations leadership to the CEO role, including a successful role as CEO of Moxi Digital (acquired by Digeo) and in senior management positions at Microsoft, WebTV, Bain and Company, and Hewlett-Packard. Brogley’s educational background includes a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.
"We planned this appointment when Rita joined Amadesa earlier this year, and have been working together to ensure a smooth transition," said Efergan. "Her results-driven leadership will continue to benefit our company and clients, and our complementary skills will strengthen the executive team."
Amadesa’s platform offers marketers a unified solution to run on-site testing, personalize content, and optimize visitor experiences and checkout flows. "Our clients have already achieved substantial increases in revenue and conversion rates by using Amadesa’s software platform," said Brogley. "David has done an excellent job of building Amadesa’s management team and creating our strong market position. I look forward to working closely with David, growing our business, and continuing to broaden our leadership position in Web site testing and personalization."
In addition to Brogley and Efergan, several other industry veterans round out Amadesa’s management team. Other members of the executive management team include Avi Kedmi, co-founder and chief technical officer; Bob Werkema, vice president of sales; Gary Kaufman, chief financial officer; Shlomo Lahav, chief scientist; Dov Yarkoni, vice president of client services; and Pete Olson, vice president of product management.
About Amadesa:
Amadesa delivers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, the Web site Testing and Personalization Platform, which analyzes behaviors to guide user choices and outcomes, grow customer revenues and improve conversion rates. Amadesa Forms and Shopping Cart Optimization, A/B and Multivariate Testing, Product Recommendation, and Dynamic Personalization applications enhance users’ online experiences to drive engagement and increase conversions. Companies turn to Amadesa to test, automate, refine and optimize content delivery and personalization processes, including customized shopping carts, forms, home pages, landing pages, product pages, category pages, and other online pages, advertisements and online content. Learn more at www.amadesa.com or follow Amadesa on Twitter at http://twitter.com/amadesa.
