Avature Expands European Presence with New Paris Office

LONDON, May 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Avature, a leader in enterprise SaaS for recruiting and talent management, announced today that it has hired industry veteran Eric Gelle to lead its new Paris office.

This latest development strengthens Avature´s global capabilities and reflects the success and growth the company experienced last year and expects to continue into 2016.

Eric Gelle will serve as Vice President of European Sales and Country Manager for France. He will be responsible for developing the sales strategy for the region. Eric Gelle brings 15 years' experience of HR software sales, marketing and consulting. He began his career at a consulting firm to then join Oracle in 1999. During the last 9 years, he has been instrumental in the development of the European market for a leading regional SaaS company. He is a published author and frequent speaker on labour matters.

"Eric has a thorough understanding of how recruiting and talent management are evolving in Europe. He will play a key role in Avature's marketing strategy for the region," said Dimitri Boylan, founder and CEO of the company. "Most importantly, Eric's deep knowledge will allow us to shape our most innovative solutions, including Employee Referral, Social Onboarding and Employee Mobility, for the needs of French multinationals."

"We see companies across every major sector in Europe rethinking their approach to recruiting and talent management," said Eric Gelle "and we believe that the power of Avature's CRM technology will be instrumental for companies seeking newer ways to engage talented professionals as they compete to secure the workforce needed to grow their business."

About Avature

Avature is a highly configurable enterprise SaaS platform for Talent Acquisition and Talent Management, and the leading provider of CRM technology for recruiting globally. Founded by Dimitri Boylan, co-founder and former CEO of HotJobs.com, Avature brings consumer-web technology and innovation to the HCM software market. Avature solutions include shared services sourcing, applicant tracking, campus & events recruiting, employee referrals, social onboarding, branded employee engagement, internal mobility, and performance management. Avature has 63 of the Fortune 500 as customers and is used in 67 countries and 14 languages. Avature delivers its services from data centres in the US, Europe, Asia and has offices in Buenos Aires, London, Madrid, Melbourne, New York and Shenzhen. www.avature.net @Avature.