WebTrends Appoints Bryan LeBlanc as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Former Mercury Interactive VP brings wealth of experience as WebTrends builds on its worldwide market share leadership, profitability and growth
Tuesday, 18 July 2006
WebTrends Inc., web analytics and Marketing Performance Management solutions provider, announced the appointment of Bryan LeBlanc to vice president and chief financial officer. Reporting directly to Greg Drew, WebTrends CEO, LeBlanc is responsible for all financial, accounting, IT and operational aspects of the WebTrends business.
With nearly two decades of extensive finance experience at public high-tech and software companies, LeBlanc comes to WebTrends from Mercury Interactive, a global enterprise software and services provider with almost $1 billion in sales. During his tenure as Vice President of Finance at Mercury, LeBlanc was responsible for leading the worldwide finance organization, and was a key member of the executive team that drove substantial growth in both the size of the business and the market value of the company.
"With the web becoming the hub of most companies' marketing strategies, WebTrends is in the unique position to expand its long-standing market share leadership of web analytics to the broader category of Marketing Performance Management," said Bryan LeBlanc, vice president, chief financial officer, WebTrends, Inc. "I'm particularly excited about building on WebTrends rich history and profitable operations, as we expand our business and empower marketers to prove and improve their marketing results."
Prior to Mercury, LeBlanc served as CFO of inSilicon, a public software company in the semiconductor IP market, and was also CFO and part of the IPO team at internet retailer Fogdog Sports. He built his first world-class finance team at enterprise content management company Documentum, and also held various management roles in finance and marketing at Cadence Design Systems.
"We are very excited to have Bryan on our team. The appointment of an individual of Bryan's caliber is a clear indication of the current strength of our company and a strong sign of our future market opportunity," said Greg Drew, WebTrends CEO and president. "Bryan's leadership and experience in growing world-class finance and operational teams will be great assets as we continue to grow our business responsibly across all geographies."