Jerry Rulli and Annie Drapeau to support the company's next phase of
growth
BOSTON, Aug 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Iron
Mountain Incorporated, (NYSE: IRM), the information management
company, today announced the appointment of two new executives to its
leadership team. Jerry Rulli joins the company as executive vice
president of worldwide sales and Annie Drapeau joins as executive vice
president of human resources. Rulli and Drapeau will play key roles as
the company works to capture significant new growth opportunities and
become the global leader in information management.
"We are pleased to welcome Jerry and Annie and add their talents to our
team during this important time in our company's history," said Bob
Brennan, president and CEO, Iron Mountain. "Our customers now want us to
do more than just keep their information safe; increasingly, they need
our help to better understand their information, find it faster, use it
more efficiently and transform it into a competitive advantage. Jerry
and Annie's proven track records make them valuable additions to our
executive team as we work to meet this market need."
As the head of worldwide sales, Rulli is charged with developing sales
strategies for a global sales team and growing revenue for the company.
A seasoned sales executive with more than 25 years' experience, Rulli
came to Iron Mountain from Infor Global Solutions. Between 2007 and
2010, he held senior leadership roles in sales and general management
and helped grow the software maker from $200 million to $2 billion.
Prior to Infor, Rulli served as vice president of sales for Echelon
Corporation from 2000-2003 and vice president of worldwide sales and
support for Framework Technologies from 1998-2000. A native of St. Paul,
Minnesota, Rulli graduated from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls
with a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology.
In her role as executive vice president of human resources, Drapeau
oversees global HR strategy, including organizational development,
recruitment and rewards. Prior to Iron Mountain, Drapeau co-founded the
Center for Leading Organizations, a management-consulting firm focused
on organizational effectiveness and development. Before that, she served
as executive vice president and chief people officer at VistaPrint from
2005 to 2008 and held a variety of executive level positions at Digitas
from 1997 through 2005, including executive vice president and chief
people officer. Earlier in her career, Drapeau served in various
leadership roles at both PepsiCo and JP Morgan.
Drapeau is the co-author of the books The Trusted Leader: Bringing
Out the Best in Your People and Your Company and The Enemies of
Trust, and has written on organizational leadership for a range of
business publications. She holds a bachelor's in chemical engineering
from Bucknell University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at
Dartmouth. Drapeau is a member of the Commonwealth Institute and is on
the Alumni Association Board of Directors at Bucknell University.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) provides information management
services that help organizations lower the costs, risks and
inefficiencies of managing their physical and digital data. The
company's solutions enable customers to protect and better use their
information--regardless of its format, location or lifecycle stage--so
they can optimize their business and ensure proper recovery, compliance
and discovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain manages billions of
information assets, including business records, electronic files,
medical data, emails and more for organizations around the world. Visit www.ironmountain.com
or follow the company on Twitter @IronMountainInc for more information.
SOURCE: Iron Mountain Incorporated
Iron Mountain
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