CSG Names Jason Hardy-Smith VP of Product Marketing and Ravi Punati VP of Engineering

Channel Services Group Names Jason Hardy-Smith VP of Product Marketing and Ravi Punati VP of Engineering

REDMOND, WA - Channel Services Group (CSG) today announced the promotion of Jason Hardy-Smith to VP of Product Marketing and Ravi Punati to VP of Engineering. Hardy-Smith and Punati joined the CSG team with the acquisition of BLUEROADS in 2009, and have demonstrated outstanding leadership, management and expertise within the last year. Hardy-Smith brings to CSG a dedication to product marketing and a deep understanding of the customer. His success at Oracle and Blueroads has demonstrated his ability to lead people and fulfill his vision for great products. His career interests include design, implementation and evangelizing enterprise grade businesses applications. A native of Scotland, Hardy-Smith snowboards, canoes and participates in Ironman competitions.

Punati has been architecting, planning, developing, testing, maintaining and supporting enterprise class software since 1993. Punati has worked for several large technology companies including Sybase, Chordiant, Siebel and Workstream. Passionate about customer relationship management, SaaS offerings and distributed database technologies, Punati’s engineering capability is highlighted while working for CSG’s BLUEROADS. For leisure, Punati enjoys reading and traveling. Jay Leon, CEO of CSG, said the promotion of Hardy-Smith and Punati is well deserved and will continue to support and benefit CSG’s clients.

“Adding Hardy-Smith and Punati to the CSG family has given CSG the ability to dramatically expand our business portfolio and channel management services,” Leon said. “They have become a much appreciated asset to CSG with their exceptional knowledge, skills and delivery of value throughout the organization. I have great expectations for their accomplishments in the future.” CSG will continue to recognize extraordinary talent within the organization and promote the professional goals and aspirations of Hardy-Smith and Punati. Congratulations Jason and Ravi.

ABOUT CHANNEL SERVICES GROUP (CSG)

Channel Services Group (CSG) is the leader in channel partner marketing and sales solutions, with expertise and precision in indirect sales channels and strategies for technology based companies. CSG's highly agile services and SaaS software empower enterprises and their indirect selling partners to gain channel efficiency, performance and predictability with results in increased sales revenue. For more information on CSG, visit our Web site at www.csgchannels.com.

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