Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Tableau Software Hires Sales VP

Tableau Software Inc. reported Tuesday that it has promoted Kelly Breslin Wright to vice president of sales. The Seattle-based publisher of analytics and visualization software said Wright will supervise its worldwide sales performance with a focus on driving growth in direct sales and expanding through channel and international markets. Tableau said Wright joined the company four years ago as its first salesperson and later rose to sales director of its western region. Before Tableau, she served as vice president at At Hoc and held sales and management positions at Southwestern Company, Dale Carnegie Training and Bank of America. She also worked for strategic consulting firms Bain & Co. and McKinsey & Co.