Our Corporate Analyst Relations team will soon be brought back to full strength with two terrific hires. Both will be based in Palo Alto and are expected to be on board in the weeks ahead.

Evan Quinn, who starts May 1st, has been appointed Director, Analyst Relations. Evan has more than 30 years of experience in the technology field -- as an AR executive, an industry analyst at both Gartner and IDC, and, earlier in his career, as a programmer and marketer. Currently, Evan serves as director of analyst and consulting relations for Avaya, a telecoms company. He previously served as vice president of AR and market intelligence at Ingres, a provider of open source information management services, and as a director and senior director of AR at Oracle. Evan will be relocating from Boston to the Bay Area.

As part of Evan’s team, Corey Manley will join us as Manager, Analyst Relations, effective April 14th. Corey has spent 10 years in the marketing and AR fields, currently working as an independent consultant. Previously, he spent four years as acting director of analyst relations at TIBCO Software and two years as director of media and analyst relations at BroadVision, an e-commerce software company.