WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Constant Contact®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT), the trusted marketing advisor to more than 400,000 small businesses and nonprofits worldwide, has named Rick W. Jensen to the newly created position of senior vice president, chief sales and marketing officer. Jensen, a former executive at Intuit®, GE Capital, and U.S. Bancorp, brings more than 20 years of consumer and small business marketing and sales experience to the company’s executive leadership team. Jensen will help to shape and execute Constant Contact’s plans to deliver the winning marketing formula for small business success through its suite of engagement marketing tools, including email marketing, event marketing, social media marketing, and online surveys. He will report to CEO Gail Goodman.
"Rick is an outstanding addition to our executive team. His passion for small business success combined with his experience managing high-growth organizations and leading global market expansion gives us added firepower as we extend our market leadership advantage," said Goodman. “More than 400,000 small organizations have put their trust in our online engagement marketing tools and free education, support, and personal coaching, cementing our position as one of the fastest growing, publicly traded SaaS companies. Unifying our worldwide sales and marketing responsibilities under a single leader is exactly the right move for us at this stage of our growth.”
Jensen joins Constant Contact from Intuit where he served in a series of executive roles that helped advance the company’s positioning from a portfolio of brands (including TurboTax® and QuickBooks®) to a unified, consolidated brand. He served as vice president and general manager of the Global Business Division, where he oversaw global market expansion. As general manager for the Small Business Group, he oversaw and managed the acquisition of Homestead®. Jensen also served as vice president of product management and director of marketing for the Consumer Tax Group. Prior to Intuit, he was vice president of marketing and e-business for vendor marketing services at GE Capital and vice president of marketing at U.S. Bancorp.
Jensen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Sacramento, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Portland, Oregon. Jensen will be based in Constant Contact’s Waltham, Massachusetts headquarters.
About Constant Contact, Inc.
Constant Contact is revolutionizing the success formula for small organizations through affordable, easy-to-use Engagement Marketing™ tools that help create and grow customer relationships. More than 400,000 small businesses, nonprofits, and associations worldwide rely on Constant Contact to drive ongoing customer dialogs through email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, and online surveys. All Constant Contact products come with unrivaled KnowHow, education and free coaching with a personal touch, including award-winning customer support.
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