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Rimini Street Appoints Gerard Brossard as COO
Seasoned IT executive brings extensive track-record of success in large-scale global operations management and leadership, sales execution, revenue growth and product line management
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of
enterprise software products and services, the leading
third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software
products and a Salesforce partner, today announced the
appointment of Gerard Brossard to the newly created role
of executive vice president and chief operating officer
(COO). Brossard is responsible for Rimini Street’s global
field operations and the global sales and success of the
Company’s Support and Application Management Services
for Oracle and SAP products. Brossard reports directly to
Rimini Street CEO, Seth A. Ravin.
New COO Brings Proven Capabilities to Support
Accelerating Company Growth
Prior to joining Rimini Street, Brossard served as executive
vice president and general manager of Rackspace’s Global
Solutions and Services group, where he had P&L
responsibility for all products, solutions and services.
Previously he was the executive vice president and
managing director for Enterprise and Mid-Market at
Earthlink, where he had P&L responsibility for the $400
million business unit. Earlier in his career, Mr. Brossard
spent 24 years with Hewlett-Packard where he held various
executive positions in France and the United States. His last
roles at HP were as head of Strategy, Planning and
Operations for HP’s $3 billion software business and
general manager and CEO of Rich Media Management
Software and Solutions.
“The market for premium enterprise software support
solutions, delivered with substantial savings and significant
ROI, is expanding rapidly. Rimini Street is the global leader
with over 80% market share in third-party enterprise
software support, has delivered strong quarter-over-
quarter execution and growth, has built a strong balance
sheet with record quarter-ending cash in the most recent
fiscal quarter and is guiding to accelerated revenue growth
in 2020. The Company is well-positioned to capitalize on its
success,” said Brossard. “The opportunity to join Rimini
Street at this time of accelerated growth was exciting and
too good to pass up. I am pleased to be a part of the strong,
experienced senior executive team leading the Company
through its next phase of growth, and I look forward to
helping more enterprise software licensees realize and
experience the value of Rimini Street’s premium support model.”
“Gerard brings an extensive track-record in large-scale
global operations management and leadership, sales
execution, revenue growth and product line management
to this new role as COO of Rimini Street. His business
acumen and strategic leadership capabilities will contribute
to our investment and expansion plans as we enter this
next phase of the Company’s growth,” said Ravin. “Nearly
3,400 Oracle, SAP and other enterprise software licensees
have benefited from Rimini Street’s services to date, and
we look forward to working with Gerard to continue this
strong momentum as organizations increasingly realize the
business benefits of utilizing Rimini Street’s award-wining
support services.”
