David E. Maples Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who

    MORGAN HILL, CA, December 10, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- David E. Maples, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Allinea, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in business management.

David Maples specializes in building companies, teams and delivering sales revenue growth in the enterprise computing and software industries. His expertise focuses on managing new business opportunities, driving new companies with leading edge technologies in new markets and executing highly effective "go to market" strategies. As Vice President for North American Sales and Marketing, Mr. Maples heads Allinea Software sales and marketing operations.

Mr. Maples has held leadership positions as CEO, General Management, V.P. Sales, V.P. Business Development, etc. He has lead critical "go-to-market: roles in Sales, Marketing and Business Development at Cisco, Sun Microsystems and Digital Equipment Corporation, as well as rapid-growth entrepreneurial organizations including GridApp Systems, DataSynapse, and Platform Computing. Mr. Maples established direct and channel sales organizations, built marketing and business development groups, and created partnerships with companies such as IBM, Intel, HP, Oracle, AMD and Sun. Mr. Maples spearheaded Sun Microsystems services rebirth, transforming Sun Western Tech Services business into a complete services company, growing a $10M business to $100M in 22 months. At Platform Computing he led U.S. software sales operations where he grew sales from $3 million to $35 million in three years. Mr. Maples has also led the northwestern U.S. sales operations for NeTpower and Sun Microsystems, delivering significant and rapid revenue growth for both organizations.

From Mr. Maples' early work within large companies, like Digital Equipment, Sun and Cisco, to his recent roles leading and investing in earlier stage companies, his entrepreneurial record is as a market leader introducing advanced technology and solving new problems. He co-founded Streamvision, a streaming video company and Silicon Valley Resources and acted in CEO, executive or advisory roles at m2mi corporation, Modviz, Optena and Tiva Systems. He received a BS in Business and Psychology from the University of Dubuque in Iowa and pursued a MBA at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.

Mr. Maples is active in education, mentoring, and community service, and serves as a regular guest speaker at Stanford University continuing education programs. He has received numerous sales awards and is affiliated with ExecutiveWorld, Churchill Club, Execunet, and multiple business and social media forums. He attributes his success to his strong grasp of business execution and products.

Allinea is a software company that develops tools that make programming parallel and multithreaded software simple. For more information, visit http://www.allinea.com.

About Cambridge Who's Who
With over 400,000 members representing every major industry, Cambridge Who's Who is a powerful networking resource that enables professionals to outshine their competition, in part through effective branding and marketing. Cambridge Who's Who employs similar public relations techniques to those utilized by Fortune 500 companies and makes them cost-effective for members who seek to take advantage of its career enhancement and business advancement services. Cambridge is pleased to welcome its new Executive Director of Global Branding and Networking, Donald Trump Jr., who is eager to share his extensive experience in this arena with members.

Cambridge Who's Who membership provides individuals with a valuable third party endorsement of their accomplishments and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively. In addition to publishing biographies in print and electronic form, it offers an online networking platform where members can establish new professional relationships.

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