Heather Mellish Named Zixi Vice President of Global Sales

Zixi elects Heather Mellish as the new vice president of global sales, a position from which she will develop the agreement strategy with its clients, manage renewals and expand across different regions.

In his first phase as sales manager for Zixi, Mellish will focus on create, form and expand the structure of the company's sales, while implementing processes of Solid, repeatable sales and forecasting metrics. Mellish will also work closely with teams across the company to align execution of the marketing, strengthen relationships with enterprise clients and ensure a healthy overall revenue portfolio.

Mellish will contribute to this purpose more than two decades of experience in sales management, partner ecosystems and go-to-market strategy in the cloud and data infrastructure space. Most recently, she served as VP of Partner Sales at Hydrolix, a rapidly growing data observability startup, where she built and expanded global partnerships with AWS, Akamai, and other major cloud and distribution providers. Prior to Hydrolix, Mellish spent more than six years at Amazon Web Services, where he led global go-to-market initiatives for Edge Services, including CloudFront, security, and media, and helped drive some of the largest sales operations to AWS customers. Earlier in his career, Mellish spent 17 years at Level 3/CenturyLink in various roles in sales, marketing and media distribution, where he gained deep experience in CDN, video transport and enterprise networking platforms.

Marc Alrich, CEO of Zixi, said: "Heather joins Zixi at a crucial time in our growth. "She brings a rare combination of deep expertise in the cloud, edge and media infrastructure space, along with a demonstrated ability to expand global sales and partner ecosystems. His leadership will be essential to continue strengthening Zixi's position in the market. “I am delighted to welcome him to the team,” he explains.

In his first statements as part of the company, Mellish takes stock of the position of Zixi and anticipates a business expansion strategy: "I have dedicated my career to building teams, programs and partnerships that bring real value to customers. Zixi is at the intersection of cloud, media and mission-critical video distribution, and I am thrilled to help expand the business globally. I am very grateful for the opportunity to join the Zixi team and contribute to the company's next phase of growth."