Mentor Capital Firm SageCreek Partners Appoints Russ Warner Managing Director, Latin America

Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:00AM

-Company provides mentoring and strategy coaching in the U.S., EMEA and
now Latin America to help technology companies drive critical business results-

-Managing Partner Greg Butterfield and Managing Director Russ
Warner named to vSpring v100 for 2009-

May 6, Alpine, Utah–SageCreek Partners, a
consulting company that provides “mentor capital” for technology businesses,
has taken a key step in its international expansion with the appointment of Russ Warner to
the position of Managing Director, Latin America. Warner will provide guidance
to U.S. companies looking to expand to Latin America as well as bring Latin
American companies into the growing portfolio of SageCreek Partners accounts.

In related news, SageCreek Partners also announced that Managing Partner
Greg
Butterfield and Managing Director Russ Warner have been named to the vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs
for 2009 list of individuals most likely to launch successful
new ventures.

These announcements underscore the tremendous success SageCreek has
experienced since its inception in late 2008.

Russ Warner is a sales leader with demonstrable success in building sales
teams, forming strong customer partnerships, and developing valuable business
alliances and channel partners in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Prior to SageCreek, he was VP Sales for Alianza, based in Mexico City, where he
attained over 100 percent revenue growth, restructured the partner channel, and
increased the customer base within fourteen months to position the company for
sale to Alestra (AT&T Mexico) in late 2008.

Before Alianza, Warner was Director-Latin America Sales for Altiris Inc.
and established the Latin America division with offices and sales teams in five
countries and a partner channel and alliances in 18 countries. Under his
leadership, the start-up division reached $14M in sales and created channel,
sales certification, and consulting programs used as models for other sales
regions.

Warner has also served as Director of Field Sales, Operations, &
Education for Novell Latin America and as Director of U.S. Sales at Novell Inc.
and at WordPerfect Corporation.

For
more information about Sage Creek Partners, please visit www.sagecreekpartners.com.

About SageCreek Partners

SageCreek
Partners (www.sagecreekpartners.com) is creating and driving a new category of
service: Mentor Capital. Working as a companion to technology companies and
their investment partners and boards, SageCreek Partners is comprised of
renowned executives Greg
Butterfield, Dwain Kinghorn,
Steve Erickson,
Tracy Tolbert,
Mark Bonham,
Volker Wiora
and Srinivasa
“Venky” Venkataraman who have led multiple technology companies
from launch to industry leadership to successful exit. Instead of money,
SageCreek provides the strategic guidance, mentoring, and direct connections
(to funding, key hires and merger and acquisition partners) to help emerging
and growth companies succeed. For the price of a single executive hire,
SageCreek Partners becomes a collective strategy resource for a company’s
entire executive team. SageCreek has a proven track record in helping start-up
and growth companies succeed.

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