Cobent expands its team in the USA

Jan. 11, 2008 - PRLog -- Erik Smith has become Senior VP of Sales, US, for Cobent - the ‘compliance’ software vendor, specialising in the manufacturing and life sciences sectors. Cobent is a leading solutions provider for e-learning, training and compliance-led process management across the entire range of international blue-chip companies, fast-growth start-ups, and public sector organisations on both sides of the Atlantic.

Erik, who is based in California, brings to Cobent over 15 years experience in channel sales and sales management.

His focus over recent years has been within the heavily regulated life science sector, where he helped numerous leading and mid-tier pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device organisations with the rapid deployment of industry leading content, quality and learning compliance solutions.

Erik will be responsible for developing and maintaining strategic software alliances, as well as driving channel and direct sales in the United States.

According to Howard Sears, CEO of Cobent Group: “We’re delighted that Erik has joined Cobent. In focusing his efforts across multiple market segments, he is continuing to elevate Cobent’s position as a leader in learning and compliance management solutions within the life science community.”

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A picture of Erik Smith is available, on request, from Bob Little Press & PR  (tel 00 44 (0) 1727 860405 or bob.little@boblittlepr.com)

Cobent (http://www.cobent.com)

Based in Oxfordshire, UK, Cobent provides solutions for e-learning, training and compliance-led process management across the entire range of international blue-chip companies, fast-growth start-ups, and public sector organisations.  Cobent enables its customers to achieve regulatory compliance and learning management across the entire organisation, empowering them to manage compliance governance quickly and cost-effectively.  Creating reports that are compliance-ready at the outset, Cobent delivers the market’s most reliable, flexible, and compliant solution for distributing organisation-wide learning management via the web. Cobent works with organisations in the life sciences, government, financial services, education, retail and call centre sectors.

Further information from:
Howard Sears, Cobent Group, +44 (0) 845 456 0630; hsears@cobent.com
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405/ + 44 (0) 7850 508209

Website: www.cobent.com