Friday, October 9, 2015

Socrata Names Marketing Chief

Seattle-based software developer Socrata has named Eric Eden as its new Chief Marketing Officer, according to the company. The venture backed firm--which counts Sapphire Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures and Frazier Technology Partners as investors--said Eden joins the company after more than 10 years at Cvent, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Marketing. He also has served at Network Solutions, Verio and NeuStar. Socrata develops cloud-based software used by government agencies and for government services.