This is the second high-level departure in the CRM business for Sage in 12 months. A year ago, Joe Bergera, then EVP and GM of its worldwide CRM business unit, left. There was no word on where Ritter might be headed. He joined Sage in October 2004. Ten people in the Act organization moved around early this year and, despite the official description of this was routine stuff, that seemed to be a lot of job rotation. The 2011 results for the CRM operations were not something Sage was pleased with and judging from the prominent Sage VARs picking up SugarCRM, they are not thrilled either.
CRM SVP RITTER LEAVES SAGE?
Word in the channel is that Larry Ritter, SVP and GM for Sage CRM Solutions, has left the company after eight years. In that position, Ritter was responsible for Act. Since there has been a public post on a LinkedIn group and comments from more than one source that says this is confirmed, I'll treat this fact since I don't have Ritter's contact information.
