Evernote, has appointed Ken Gullicksen as Chief Operating Officer (COO). As the COO, Ken’s responsibilities includes investor relations, corporate development, sales and global support. Ken will also lead Evernote Business, the company’s SMB- and team-focused offering.
Earlier, Ken had served as VP of Corporate Development for Evernote. Prior to becoming an employee, he led the first Silicon Valley venture round in Evernote as a general partner at Morgenthaler Ventures and served on Evernote’s Board of Directors.
Prior to Evernote, Ken was a general partner at Morgenthaler Ventures for over 10 years. He had started his career with with Sun Microsystems as an engineer. He has held positions in business strategy, market development, and engineering management at companies including Nortel Networks, Hitachi-Raychem Display Systems, and Sun Microsystems. Ken holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in electrical engineering from San Jose State University.
"Ken has played a key role in Evernote’s strategy and execution including heading up our five acquisitions to date and the successful rollout of Evernote’s China-based service Yinxiang Biji," said Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote. "As COO, Ken will be instrumental in continuing to foster strategic initiatives, building on the momentum we’re seeing with Evernote Business and developing efficient services to support our entire global operation."
Ken would be leading the continued global roll out of Evernote Business into new markets with a unified sales and support team. Beginning today, Evernote Business is newly available in 26 countries across Europe. Australia and New Zealand will join the list next week with a February 12th launch. The service is expected to be available in more than 50 additional countries including important markets in Latin America and Asia Pacific by mid-year.
Evernote is an independent, privately held company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Major investors include Meritech Capital, CBC Capital, Sequoia Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, and DOCOMO Capital.