Chordiant Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHRD), the leading provider of Customer Experience (Cx) software and services, today announced that David Cunningham has joined the Chordiant executive team as Vice President, Worldwide Sales.
In this newly created role, David will be responsible for the development and execution of Chordiant's aggressive expansion into additional global markets, while increasing the company's existing customer successes in both North America and Europe.
"We are extremely pleased to have David join the Chordiant team," said Steven R. Springsteel, chairman, president and CEO of Chordiant Software. "David's extensive experience in successfully leading global enterprise sales for companies like IBM and Symantec, and his background working with leading brand customers in our key vertical markets is a perfect fit for Chordiant. Further, his distinguished track record in international markets and all he's achieved in his broad and successful sales career, make him the right person to now lead our worldwide expansion."
"I am delighted to join the Chordiant team," said Cunningham. "Today we serve some of the world's leading consumer brands, and I look forward to adding to Chordiant's historical success, working closely with our worldwide field team, our customers, and our system integrators in developing a true partnership-level orientation."
Cunningham joins Chordiant from Symantec, where as Vice President of Vertical and Large Account Sales he most recently was responsible for defining and expanding Symantec's sales capabilities into both the telco and financial services markets. Prior to joining Symantec, David served at IBM as Vice President, Global New Business and Competitive Sales, where he was responsible for delivering market share gains in software, services and hardware across key markets and brands. In previous North American and European-based global sales roles with IBM, David exceeded sales targets in total contract wins, consistently winning large accounts from key competitors and exceeding quotas.