PALO ALTO, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- EchoSign, the leading Web-based signature automation service, today announced that is has named Roque Versace to the position of vice president of sales. Versace brings over 15 years of extensive global sales experience. In his new role at EchoSign, Versace will be responsible for expanding EchoSign's global sales and strategic business development initiatives.

"Roque has deep understanding and expertise in the on-demand software space, and we're pleased to add an industry-known professional of his caliber to our already impressive executive team," said Jason Lemkin, CEO, EchoSign. "His proven success will be critical as we continue to expand our customer base and accelerate market growth."

Industry veteran Versace brings almost two decades of sales management experience. Prior to joining EchoSign, Versace was vice president, corporate sales at Salesforce.com, the world leader in on-demand business software. During his tenure at Salesforce.com, corporate sales grew over 1000% and Versace led over 2,000 customers to success with Salesforce.com. Previously, he served as vice president of product marketing and product management at BroadVision. While at BroadVision, Versace led the $45 million Commerce Applications team. Versace also spent four years at Accenture, where he led senior software teams through the design, analysis, development, testing, training and rollout phases for various software applications. Prior to joining the business world, Versace served as a lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne.

"EchoSign has over 250,000 customers like British Telecom and General Electric doing more than $100 million/month through its services," said Roque Versace, vice president of sales, EchoSign. "I'm excited to join the company at such a pivotal time, and look forward to contributing to EchoSign's continued success."

About EchoSign

In just one click, the EchoSign solution automates the entire signature process from the request for signature to the distribution and filing of the executed agreement or form. With nothing to download, learn or install, there is simply no faster or secure way to get your contracts signed, tracked and filed. EchoSign customers close over $100M in contracts each month with an average 'quote to close' time of 42 minutes. EchoSign has won numerous awards including Red Herring Top 100 Private Company, "One to Watch" by Gartner Research, and Best of Show at Office 2.0, and has twice been named by Salesforce.com as an AppExchange Essential. Over 250,000 users at organizations such as AtRoad, British Telecom, GE Capital, Johnson & Johnson, Netscout, and the University of California use EchoSign everyday to get contracts signed, tracked and filed in the most efficient and effective way possible. For more information and access to web service, visit http://www.echosign.com/.

CONTACT: Erica M. Lee of StrategicLee, Inc., +1-415-831-0181,
Erica@strategiclee.com, for EchoSign

Web site: http://www.echosign.com/