Channel Marketing Leader Strengthens Zift’s Culture of Customer Centricity
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – July 28, 2016
Zift Solutions, a leading provider of Channel Marketing and Management (CMM) solutions, today announced that it has named Steven Capozzi as the company’s new VP of Customer Success. A proven business and portfolio leader who has won industry awards for vision and service, Capozzi brings two decades of product lifecycle, marketing and management expertise in Enterprise, SMB and Global Service Provider markets to his new role at Zift.
“Steve Capozzi is a powerful addition to our executive leadership team,” said Ken Romley, CEO of Zift Solutions. “As Zift continues to grow, we are excited to add his level of expertise, particularly as it relates to the channel, to strengthen our culture of customer centricity and help us provide exceptional value to our expanding customer base.”
As VP of Customer Success, Capozzi will define and optimize Zift’s customer lifecycle, lead the Customer Success team in implementing on-boarding and development programs, and work with executive leadership to drive initiatives centered on customer success.
Recently named 1 of the “50 Channel Marketing Leaders to connect with on Social Media,” Capozzi is a highly experienced executive with a proven track record of analyzing market requirements and creating global product lines that exceed industry growth rates. Prior to joining Zift, Capozzi was Senior Director of Global Alliance/Channel Marketing for CA Technologies, where he created and implemented the CA Partner social business program and was responsible for leading demand generation and pipeline development to drive CA global partner network’s revenue and growth. Capozzi was also Director of Product Management, Marketing & Channel for Digital Hands and Director of Global Product Management for Exinda Networks, which saw unprecedented expansion and became the fastest growing WAN optimization product in the market during his tenure. He also held several leadership positions at Verizon and was responsible for providing strategic direction to its managed services portfolio as a Senior Product Marketing Manager.
“I have a passion for providing transformative customer experiences and I’m excited to influence the future lifetime value of Zift through higher adoption rates, customer satisfaction and overall business growth,” said Capozzi.
As the definitive CMM platform provider with the largest global channel partner community, Zift has exhibited impressive growth over past several years, including a 74 percent increase in revenue in 2015, $14M in Series B Funding, and acquisitions of the SharedVue division of the Channel Company in 2015 and Marketing Advocate in 2014, making it the largest CMM provider in the marketplace today with more partner users worldwide than any other provider.
Visit our Leadership page for more information about Capozzi and the Zift Solutions executive management team.
About Zift Solutions
Zift Solutions increases channel sales and boosts marketing impact with a superior technology platform, a complete channel marketing success framework and global customer care. Leading channel driven organizations around the world leverage Zift Solutions’ cloud-based platform to automate co-branded marketing, empower collaborative selling and measure results with powerful analytics. To learn more join the conversation via the blog Channel Chatter and follow us on Twitter @zift.
