“We are pleased to have Mark join PureEdge as this is an endorsement of our company’s vision and strategy for our proven and unique, XML-based solution,” said Jordan.
Upson’s experience also includes senior management positions at Wall Data, a publicly-traded infrastructure software firm that grew at more than 100% per year during his tenure to revenues over $100M USD, and 11 years’ of technical and senior sales management with IBM Corporation. Upson participated in the raising of over $95M USD in investment capital during his tenure at Onyx and led the restructuring of the North American and European operations to meet profitability goals. The co-founder and previous CEO Eric Jordan will continue to play a key role on PureEdge’s executive team in the role of Chief Strategy Officer.Īt Onyx, Upson led the company’s sales growth up from $2M USD to over $119M USD in a five-year period, which included an IPO and aggressive international expansion of the company.
He joins the company from Onyx Software, a publicly traded leader in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market, where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas. Upson brings more than 20 years experience and success in global technology sales and management to PureEdge. Victoria, BC – Decem– PureEdge Solutions Inc., the leading provider of secure, XML-based e-forms solutions today announced the appointment of Mark Upson as President and Chief Executive Officer.