Appirio hires Manish Sharma, promotes Lori Williams

Silicon Valley/ San Jose Business Journal

...Appirio Inc. said Tuesday it has added Manish Sharma and promoted Lori Williams to head its operations in Asia Pacific and Europe, respectively. They will both be general managers.

The San Mateo-based company is a cloud solution provider that helps enterprises build cloud-powered sales, service and IT organizations. It is looking to first build a significant presence in the UK this year...

Want a job? These 10 tech firms are hiring

Computerworld

...Cloud services firm Appirio has 20 job openings, and another 20 in the pipeline to add to its workforce of nearly 400, said Narinder Singh, Appirio's chief strategy officer.

Filling the new slots isn't easy, he added.

"If you look at the job situation in the middle of the country it's as bleak as everybody paints it," said Singh, who is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. "But if you look at the two coasts, we're having a hard time finding the right kind of skills and talent."

The company is recruiting across the nation and is seeking a blend of technical and customer service skills.

Technical skills sought for the new posts include Salesforce.com or Workday skills, as well as familiarity with Java, and/or Apex. People who have experience in applying those technologies to solve business problems are also sought.

San Mateo, Calif.-based Appirio advertises its openings, and attends events where the right "people are gathering," such as the Salesforce.com Dreamforce user conference earlier this month...

Responsys, Appirio CEOs on Cloud Computing

Bloomberg

Dan Springer, chief executive officer of Responsys Inc., and Chris Barbin, chief executive officer of Appirio, talk about the outlook for cloud computing. They speak with Cory Johnson at the Dreamforce '11 conference in San Francisco on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West."