[May 14, 2013]

Revel Touch Appoints David Ricketts Senior Vice President of Sales

Revel Touch, a technology innovator in mobile ecommerce, today announced that it has appointed David Ricketts as senior vice president, sales. With expertise in building high-performance sales teams, Ricketts brings more than 20 years of experience in driving dramatic revenue growth for world-class technology companies.

"David's exceptional ability to drive revenue and new customer acquisition combined with his deep understanding of the retail industry uniquely qualify him to lead our sales team through this next phase of growth," said Joe Davis, CEO of Revel Touch. "We are delighted to welcome David as we continue to expand our mobile shopping platform while rapidly scaling the company to meet accelerated client demand."

Ricketts joins Revel Touch as the company continues to post record growth for its cloud-based, front-end mobile shopping platform. A rapidly expanding list of world-class brands and retailers, inclding Anthropologie, Oriental Trading Company, Conde Nast's Lucky Magazine, Design Within Reach and more, turn to Revel Touch to create immersive mobile shopping experiences that can be deployed on tablets, smartphones or in-store, whether as apps or as HTML5.

Before joining Revel Touch, Ricketts served as vice president of North American sales for hybris where, during his tenure, the sales organization grew by more than 200 percent and more than doubled year-over-year sales revenue. Rickets also held the role of vice president of sales, business development and solution engineering for iCongo (acquired by hybris in 2011), where he managed a post-merger transitional sales team and was responsible for pipeline development, channel relationships, and implementing new sales processes across the merged organizations.

David has held sales leadership positions at ATG (News - Alert) (acquired by Oracle), Crossview, and Sterling Commerce (acquired by IBM). He is considered a leading expert on eCommerce platforms and has worked with numerous retailers, including Limited Brands, Lowe's, Staples, Target (News - Alert), and Walmart to help them build strategies for driving cross-channel customer experiences.

About Revel Touch

Revel Touch is redefining mobile commerce by making it easy for retailers to build engaging shopping and branding experiences for tablets and phones, whether as apps or HTML5. The company offers the only cloud-based front-end mobile platform created specifically for marketers and merchandisers. The Revel Touch platform integrates painlessly with brands' existing ecommerce systems and is designed from the ground up to deliver extraordinary agility. Customers can quickly deploy, update and customize mobile shopping experiences to reflect their unique brands. Revel Touch's customers range from Anthropologie to Conde Nast's Lucky Magazine to Design Within Reach.

Revel Touch is privately held with offices in Palo Alto (News - Alert), California. For more information, please visit www.reveltouch.com.

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