Robert Clarke of LiveOps Honored with 2015 Circle of Excellence Award

    REDWOOD CITY, CA, March 18, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Channel Partners magazine, a resource for indirect sales channels offering IT and telecom systems and services, is pleased to announce that Robert Clarke, senior vice president of Global Platform Sales at LiveOps, Inc., has been selected as a winner of the 2015 Circle of Excellence Awards. LiveOps is the global leader in cloud contact center and customer service solutions.

Circle of Excellence winners were honored during an awards ceremony on March 17 at the Spring 2015 Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. The winners will be featured throughout 2015 on a special Channel Partners Immersion Center at www.channelpartnersonline.com/circle.

"Circle of Excellence honors executive for their vision, innovation and advocacy of the indirect channel during a time of transition," said Art Wittmann, content director of Channel Partners. "This program recognizes IT and telecom channel leaders who are helping their partners create business value for their customers."

Robert Clarke has 15 years of experience working in the channel and joined LiveOps in 2012 to lead a channel expansion targeting service-enabled technologies. He understands that by enabling an effective channel program, organizations are able to scale business miles faster than they can with a direct sales force. Clarke has driven the implementation of a new Partner Portal that allows partners to quickly access sales content and collateral, register new opportunities, receive leads generated by LiveOps and browse the latest industry news. LiveOps also hosted its first Partner Conference in 2014, with plans to host it each year and focus on educating channel partners on how to shift their business and customers to a promising strategy.

"The success of our channel partners has always been a priority for LiveOps," said Robert Clarke. "Several years of experience working in the channel has afforded us keen insights into both the challenges and the opportunities it presents. This deep understanding has helped LiveOps develop a program that we are truly proud of because it supports our partners right where they need it the most - in their marketing, sales and training efforts. It is an honor to be recognized for our dedication to our channel partners and the advances LiveOps has made to ensure their success."

Channel Partners editors selected Circle of Excellence winners from applications submitted through January 15, 2015 detailing the candidate's leadership in the industry, the channel or their company and highlighting their advocacy for channel support/resources within their own company.

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About LiveOps
LiveOps is the global leader in cloud contact center and customer service solutions. More than 400 companies around the world, including ProFlowers, Ideal Living, Murad, Aegon, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Royal Mail Group and Amway New Zealand, trust LiveOps' technology to enable effective multichannel, social and mobile interactions with their customers. LiveOps' award-winning platform has processed more than 1 billion minutes of customer interactions and managed operations for the largest U.S.-based cloud contact center of 20,000 home-based, independent agents. With more than 14 years of cloud experience, LiveOps is the partner of choice for companies wanting to migrate to the cloud. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, LiveOps supports a wide range of industries, including financial, health care, insurance, retail and high tech. For more information visit http://www.LiveOps.com.

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