Former Yahoo! Vice President Joins LiveOps
Eckart Walther to Serve as Senior Vice President, Marketplace Bringing Community and Internet Application Experience to LiveOps
Palo Alto, CA, March 11, 2008 - LiveOps, the virtual call center company, today announced that Eckart Walther has joined the company as Senior Vice President of LiveOps Marketplace. Walther will be driving the strategic initiatives around virtual work in the LiveOps community and will report to LiveOps CEO Maynard Webb."We're thrilled that Eckart has joined LiveOps. LiveOps is at the forefront of a global trend around the virtualization of work, enabled by the power of the Internet," said Maynard Webb, CEO of LiveOps. "Similarly to how eBay transformed the world of commerce, LiveOps is revolutionizing the world of work by bridging tomorrow's workforce with today's companies. Given Eckart's background in Internet technologies and communities, he will be a valuable asset in helping us realize our vision."
As the former head of products for Yahoo! Search, Walther was responsible for Yahoo!'s web, multi-media and social search products. During his tenure at Yahoo!, Walther helped grow Yahoo!'s search business, led Yahoo!'s social search strategy including Yahoo! Answers, and drove the acquisition of Del.icio.us. In previous roles, Walther served as a key member of the Tellme and Netscape teams, and held technical research positions at Stanford University and General Electric.
"LiveOps has already demonstrated how work will be virtualized by building the largest virtual call center in the world," said Eckart Walther, senior vice president of LiveOps Marketplace. "With nearly 4,000 applicants every week looking to join our independent agent community, we are well on our way to creating a global virtual workforce of massive scale. I am thrilled to join LiveOps at such an exciting time."
LiveOps experienced dramatic growth in 2007, up nearly 70 percent in annual revenue, adding significant new customers and partners. Walther joins LiveOps' seasoned management team representing the best thought leaders in the industry, including executives from Adobe, eBay, Hyperion, Netscape, Salesforce.com and Siebel.
About LiveOps, Inc.
LiveOps, the virtual call center company, frees businesses from the complexity and constraints of traditional call center models. LiveOps operates the world's largest virtual call center, providing the only complete solution with on-demand applications, home agents and proven best practices that deliver breakthrough results. LiveOps on-demand call center applications instantly provide an enterprise-scale virtual call center infrastructure, while its network of 20,000 experienced home agents provides unmatched customer service. LiveOps' cost effective solutions provide greater flexibility, quality, scalability and control than traditional call center technology providers. LiveOps is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Visit us online at www.liveops.com.
