Quickoffice® Announces Key Executive Positions, Enhances Apple Productivity Applications in Q2 2011
Quickoffice, Inc., the global leader in mobile office productivity solutions, continued its aggressive growth during the second quarter of 2011, expanding the executive team and enhancing its top-selling iPad and iPhone applications. Quickoffice appointed Craig Holmes as Chief Fnancial Officer and promoted Quickoffice industry veteran Gregg Fiddes to Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development.
The additions to the senior management team are a result of Quickoffice’s rising sales and revenue. An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Holmes will help guide the company’s next phase of financial and operational growth. He was previously EVP and CFO of Intervoice, Inc. (NASDAQ) and prior to that EVP and CFO for Excel Communications, Inc. (NYSE). Fiddes, an expert in the wireless and communications industry, has led the company’s worldwide sales and marketing efforts since joining in 2004. His leadership in developing the company’s distribution model has resulted in Quickoffice’s software inclusion on over 300,000,000 devices in over 180 countries worldwide. In his new role, Fiddes will continue to spearhead the company’s expansion through new channels, markets and customer segments.
“Quickoffice has experienced remarkable growth over the last few years and currently sits at the center of an exploding industry,” said Holmes. “I’m excited to serve as Quickoffice’s first CFO and provide additional strategic and financial guidance as we move into our next development phase.”
In addition to the new product releases on iOS, Quickoffice continued to experience tremendous growth on key platforms such as Android and webOS. The Quickoffice application is currently shipping on the recently announced HP TouchPad, and as a result of other OEM relationships, Quickoffice shipped pre-loaded on additional new smartphones and tablets, including Motorola Droid 3, Toshiba Thrive and Nokia E6. In addition, Quickoffice was named one of five top selling apps on Barnes & Noble’s NOOKcolor, capturing more market share across emerging eReader devices. The company also announced a strategic partnership with Freescale Semiconductor, wherein Quickoffice will integrate its mobile Office viewer onto Freescale’s Android tablet reference designs to further expand the company’s presence in the Android market.
About Quickoffice, Inc.
Installed on over 300 million devices in more than 180 countries, Quickoffice is the worldwide leader in mobile office solutions. Quickoffice delivers high quality, innovative mobile office software and solutions and is revolutionizing the way people use their mobile devices. Quickoffice’s flagship, award-winning software allows mobile professionals to view, edit and create Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on their mobile device. Through the software’s seamless integration with the cloud, it enables simple, anytime, anywhere access to important content.
Available direct-to-consumer in leading App Stores or via handset OEMs, Quickoffice solutions support Android™, iPhone®, iPad®, HP webOS and Symbian® platforms. Privately held, Quickoffice is based in Dallas with offices in UK, Seoul, Russia, Ukraine, and India.