Valerie Fawzi Chief Marketing Officer, CloudShare

CloudShare Inc., provider of virtual environments in the cloud, announced the appointment of Valerie Fawzi as CMO.

 She will be responsible for driving CloudShare’s marketing strategy and execution as part of the company’s growth in the cloud development and testing market.

She has more than 20 years of technology marketing experience and has held senior positions managing marketing and communications programs for several leading organizations, particularly in the cloud and software-as-a-service spaces. Previously, she served as the VP of WW marketing for EVault, a Seagate company that delivers cloud storage application services. Prior to EVault, she held marketing roles at several start-ups including DecisionPoint Software, which she positioned for its ultimate acquisition by Teradata. She also has held several marketing management positions at Autodesk, including leading the global product marketing function for the company’s AutoCAD design software and related products.

“CloudShare is now used by more than half of Fortune 100 companies and has grown to become an indispensable virtual lab solution for technical professionals that build, test, deploy and support software applications,” said Zvi Guterman, CloudShare co-founder and CEO. “Our appointment of Valerie as CMO demonstrates our commitment to accelerating this growth with strong marketing leadership and a focus on delivering customer value.”

“I’m delighted to be joining CloudShare, a company uniquely positioned in one of the fastest growing segments of the technology market,” said Fawzi. “This is an exciting time in software development – as new platforms, on-demand infrastructure and automation are changing the landscape at a very rapid pace. I look forward to being part of one of the key innovators driving this change.”