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Elastic Names Sales Veteran Mara to VP/Americas SLED Role

"I have a very high level of excitement about joining a high-growth organization focused on innovation, and doubling down on significant momentum in the SLED market," Mara told Techwire.

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Joseph Mara, a veteran of tech sales and management, has been named vice president/Americas for State, Local and Education by Elastic.

Mara was most recently VP/Americas for Symantec, and before that was affiliated with Veritas Technologies. In addition to SLED, Mara has experience in the health-care technology sector and has won numerous sales and marketing awards.

“I have a very high level of excitement about joining a high-growth organization focused on innovation, and doubling down on significant momentum in the SLED market,” Mara told Techwire.

He has a degree from the University of Phoenix in business, management and marketing, and is an alumnus of Executive Development Programs at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business.

Dennis Noone is Executive Editor of Industry Insider. He is a career journalist, having worked at small-town newspapers and major metropolitan dailies including USA Today in Washington, D.C.