In joining Exasol, Hoelzl will help deliver on its global growth plans and ensure collaboration across borders as the fastest analytic database company expands rapidly. He will not only be looking to gain more data-driven customers, but he will be responsible for ensuring Exasol’s strong community of customers continue to receive the best experience, working in partnership with them to execute their data-driven strategies.
Hoelzl brings a proven track record as a sales leader in the IT software industry, operating in high growth companies. His experience in the channel, cloud and direct sales management puts him in the perfect position to help expand and grow Exasol’s worldwide business.
Prior to joining Exasol, Hoelzl held a number of senior management roles in Germany and the USA. Most recently, he was Regional Director, Central Europe at Atlantis Computing. Other positions include Senior Director of Channel Sales at Symantec, VP EMEA at Parallels, and VP Central Europe at AppSense.
Aaron Auld, CEO, Exasol said: “Stefan brings vast experience and clarity of thought to Exasol. In his role, he will be responsible for driving sales revenue growth and infusing our go-to-market strategy with a clear and present sales perspective. As we continue to grow, it is critically important that we collaborate across country and departmental borders and Stefan will be responsible for ensuring a consistent and value-driven sales philosophy across the organisation. We welcome Stefan at a time that Exasol is going from strength to strength and having him on the team will help us deliver on our goals.”
Stefan Hoelzl, VP International Sales, Exasol said: “Exasol is a high-quality product with a unique position in the market. As data moves to become the heart of many more businesses, across all industries, Exasol is perfectly placed to help these organisations execute their data strategies and deliver real value from data-driven decisions. Exasol has been developed over a long time and is exactly what organisations are looking for – a stable, high performance database that helps them bring data together and analyse, fast, for the best decisions.
“The team at Exasol has done a phenomenal job to date. Exasol has grown from a mid-sized company in Germany to a multinational company with great software, a great team and a delighted community of partners and customers. I am excited to join such a talented team of people committed to delivering the best for our customers,” Hoelzl added.
