SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/21/13 — (NASDAQ: RVBD), the application performance company, announced today that MJ Shutte, vice president of inside and commercial sales, Riverbed Americas, has been recognized by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) as a Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professional for the fourth consecutive year. She was also named one of the Bay Area-s Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times. Shutte-s accomplishment was announced in April at AA-ISP-s awards banquet at the annual Leadership Summit 2013 in Chicago, IL and she will be honored by the San Francisco Business Times on Thursday, June 6, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.
“We couldn-t be more proud to have such an intelligent, successful leader within our company be recognized by these two prestigious organizations as an influential leader in the industry,” said Ian Whiting, senior vice president, sales, Americas at Riverbed. “MJ has played an invaluable role in aligning our sales team with the IT infrastructure goals of enterprises worldwide. Her dedication to providing excellent sales support and strong leadership skills while fostering the company culture has benefited all members of the Riverbed community — employees, customers and partners.”
The AA-ISP Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professional awards has honored Shutte-s knowledge and expertise at Riverbed for the past four years. She has played an essential role in building out the global inside sales team by developing innovative sales strategies, as well as providing support to the field sales team to empower channel growth. These sales teams led by Shutte now have extended responsibilities that include enabling and selling with thousands of channel partners, driving Riverbed into a global billion dollar revenue company.
Each year, the recognizes the Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professionals at its annual Leadership Summit, who have been instrumental in advancing and changing and the inside sales market and have influenced others through thought leadership, training and best practices.
Additionally, the San Francisco Business Times Bay Area-s Most Influential Women has recognized Shutte-s key role in the professional growth of Riverbed employees as a mentor in the Advanced Leadership Teams Project, an executive-led leadership mentor program. Shutte also volunteers her time at leading regional charities, including the San Francisco Food Bank and the Battered Women-s Shelter in Burlingame.
For more than 10 years, the has compiled an to honor outstanding women in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Nominees were evaluated on their leadership roles, board affiliations, influence in their industries as well as in their communities.
Riverbed delivers application performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at .
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