Siebel veteran Rahul Sachdev has been named new chief executive officer and president of Get Satisfaction. Sachdev succeeds Siebel alumni Wendy Lea, who will join Get Satisfaction’s board of directors as executive chairman. At Siebel Systems Sachdev was General Manager, Communications, Media & Energy, and Lea was Vice President of eBusiness Consulting. Most recently, Sachdev served as the head of content sharing and workplace engagement products at LinkedIn. Previously, Sachdev was vice president of product and marketing at Intelliden, a software start-up acquired by IBM in 2010.
“Without a doubt, we have found a leader in Rahul. His experience creating software products—along with his track record in building and managing teams—is exactly the one-two punch we need ,” said Lea.
“I’m excited to build on the company’s incredible foundation of success created under Wendy’s leadership, grow our exceptional team, and make good on our vision," said Sachdev.
On Thursday, February 27th at 10 am pacific Sachdev will be hosting a Fireside Chat to discuss his plans and vision. He has already outlined some of them on the company blog.
Lea will be focusing on customer relationships and building strategic relationships with companies like Oracle, Adobe, Salesforce, and Microsoft. She will also be one of the company’s evangelists and a key spokesperson.
The company has some current openings for a Director, Product Marketing, Senior Platform Engineer, and Enterprise Account Executive. More information can found on the careers page of the company's web site.
Get Satisfaction helps organizations engage millions of consumers conversations about their products and services. The Get Satisfaction community platform transforms these conversations into customer-generated marketing content and insights. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Get Satisfaction's customers include Citrix, HootSuite, Intuit, and Kellogg’s.
Raul can be reached at 877-339-3997.
