PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 1, 2011) - Echopass Corporation, the leader in cloud-based contact centers for the large Enterprise market, announced today that Karl Holzthum has been appointed Senior Vice President for the company's Partners and Alliances Sales Group. Holzthum is a veteran technology executive within the Enterprise call and contact center market. He brings a broad and diverse background to Echopass, spanning direct and indirect sales and general management experience supporting both international and domestic markets. Karl will be responsible for expanding the growth of the Echopass Channel Partners and Alliances program.

Prior to joining Echopass, Karl was CEO of cloud-based contact center provider Nexxphase. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channels and Alliances at Genesys Labs, helping drive their aggressive growth. Earlier in his career, Karl held executive positions with companies including Stream International, Teletech Europe and Sun Microsystems. Karl has a B.S. in finance from Susquehanna University.

"Echopass has superb partner relationships that have consistently supported our industry leading growth. We are pleased to be adding an individual of Karl's experience and reputation to further leverage that success into new markets and new geographies with key partners," said Vincent Deschamps, Chief Executive Officer of Echopass. "The adoption and use of hosted and cloud-based contact centers continue to increase dramatically, and strong partnerships play an ever increasing role. Karl's past experience and sales leadership with major Network Carrier, Systems Integrator, Consultants and ISV partners, as well as his understanding of international markets, will bring tremendous acceleration to our expanding Alliance and Partner program."

"The market for cloud-based and Software as a Service contact centers is growing significantly and driving a major shift in business transformation as well as dramatically improving clients' agility in serving their customers," said Karl Holzthum, Senior Vice President of Partner and Alliances. "Echopass is uniquely positioned with contact center solutions that complement a vast array of partner services that typically surround full client engagement. Leveraging Echopass' success over the past ten years serving large and complex Enterprise customers provides partners with a quick-to-market, cost effective solutions enablement platform that partners can count on. I am excited to be a key part in developing the Echopass partners for continued success and supporting their clients' needs for agility in rapidly changing markets."

About Echopass Corporation
Echopass is the #1 Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of cloud-based contact center solutions to large Enterprises. Since 2000, Echopass customized solutions have served Enterprises with up to 20,000 agents across multiple sites and complex application and infrastructure environments, while satisfying the most stringent industry compliance and security requirements. Echopass solutions are fully integrated, flexible and scalable, and require no capital investment or ongoing maintenance. Privately-held Echopass, backed by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and New Enterprise Associates, is a recipient of numerous industry awards for innovation and customer service, including the Red Herring Top 100 Companies Award and multiple Best Practices awards from Frost & Sullivan. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. For additional information, please visit cloud-based contact centers at www.echopass.com or call 1-888-622-5345.