Pilgrim Software Names Heather Valentine Executive Vice President

Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management (ERCQM) software solutions, recently announced the appointment of Heather Valentine to Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Management. Previously, Valentine was Vice President of Global Sales for Thermo Fisher Scientific for its Informatics division.

As Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Management for Pilgrim Software, Valentine is responsible for establishing revenue goals and strategies and guiding the company in achieving those revenue goals, as well as developing and guiding Marketing and Product Management strategies to support Pilgrim’s growth, revenue and profitability goals.

Valentine brings to this position extensive domestic and international sales leadership experience focused on the healthcare and life science information technology markets, including selling to multiple industries within highly regulated environments, and establishing partnership alliance organizations.

“Heather brings to Pilgrim a wealth of proven expertise in effectively driving revenue, profit growth and new market penetration,” said Thierry Durand, Pilgrim’s Chief Executive Officer. “She is a veteran at leading both direct and indirect channels promoting complex software solutions to the Life Sciences, Healthcare and applied markets. Her leadership talent and experience in building, developing and leading world-class software organizations will undoubtedly take Pilgrim to its next level of growth within the software industry.”

Most recently, Valentine spent five years building, top-grading and leading Thermo Fisher Scientific’s world-class global software sales organization.  In 2011, under her leadership, the company produced double-digit growth in seven out of eight teams across the globe.

Prior to Thermo, as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, she built and then led the global sales organization for Quovadx (now part of Infor). She had additional sales leadership roles with Lawson Software, including responsibility for building a high-performing sales team that attained second-highest-ranking region globally in 2001, winning the President’s Club for sales leadership performance. Valentine also created highly successful Global Partner Alliance programs for both Thermo and Quovadx, producing significant growth results for both companies. 

“Pilgrim already has a proven track record in the enterprise compliance and quality management software marketplace, and I’m excited to join the organization at this time when it’s poised for significant growth and expansion," Valentine said. “Following my recent professional achievements, I now have an opportunity to significantly extend another organization globally. I’m anxious to be a part of Pilgrim’s collective goal of growing quickly.”

Valentine earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Public Health and Administration, from Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and completed MBA work at Western Michigan University.

About Pilgrim Software, Inc.   
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Through its integrated platform, Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, address potential risks, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. Pilgrim was named North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of the Year – Best Practices by Frost & Sullivan, and winner of its North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management Market for the Life Sciences Industry. Pilgrim is a portfolio company of Boston-based private equity firm Riverside Partners LLC. For more information, visit www.riversidepartners.com.  For more information, visit www.pilgrimsoftware.com.

SOURCE: Pilgrim Software Inc.