SmartCo continues North American expansion with Sales Manager Appointment

Oct. 12, 2009 - PRLog -- Boston, MA – SmartCo, an industry leader in data management solutions specializing in the financial industry is pleased to announce the appointment of Brent Knapp as Manager of North American Sales. Mr. Knapp brings over a decade of experience in financial services having worked for both SunGard Investment Systems and DST Global Solutions. In his new role, Brent will be responsible for leading SmartCo’s continued sales effort as well as partnership development during its expansion in North America.  Brent will use his extensive experience, skills and knowledge in the financial industry to identify opportunities for organizations to move into the next generation of data management through the use of the SmartCo DataHub software solution.

“SmartCo is a dynamic, growing organization with an outstanding product that provides tremendous value. The ability to work with a team that is focused on empowering companies to manage their own data through a powerful user driven workflow without any technology restrictions is a very exciting endeavor,” says Brent.  “I look forward to helping SmartCo become an even bigger presence in North America as we have already received tremendous validation from clients and prospects alike.”

This appointment further strengthens the team at SmartCo and most importantly underlines SmartCo’s commitment to enhancing its presence and making significant advances in the North American market.

“We are delighted to welcome Brent to SmartCo at this important point in our growth.  Brent’s role will be pivotal to SmartCo’s sales and partnership development as well as execution of our strategy for the North American market,” says Joel Mondon, Director of North American Operations.  “SmartCo strives to be a reliable and trusted partner to its clients.  Brent shares this approach and we are confident that his extensive experience and deep industry knowledge will bring SmartCo’s innovative data management capabilities to many new financial firms in North America.”

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About SmartCo:

Since 2004, SmartCo has helped financial institutions of all sizes to optimize their data management capabilities with a state-of-the-art software solution, SmartCo DataHub. SmartCo is a fast growing and dynamic company with its main headquarters in Paris, France and North American headquarters in Boston, MA, and consulting and integration partners in several North American and European cities.
Innovation and flexibility is our motto: In addition to the centralization of market data and the ability to fully cover the operational data needs for any financial institution, SmartCo DataHub allows its clients’ core data management to seamlessly evolve with their business and market needs without any constraints from the software vendor.

For additional information about SmartCo, go to http://www.smartco.com