Bazaarvoice Appoints Heather Brunner as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Client...

Bazaarvoice Appoints Heather Brunner as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Client Services

Former Trilogy Executive Brings 20 Years of Proven Client Services
Success to Help Bazaarvoice Clients Achieve Maximum ROI from Social
Commerce Initiatives
AUSTIN, Texas--(Business Wire)--
Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social
commerce applications that drive sales, today announced that Heather
Brunner has been appointed as senior vice president of worldwide
client services. Brunner, who joins Bazaarvoice with nearly 20 years
of start-up and Fortune 500 technology experience, oversees
Bazaarvoice's industry-leading services organization as it continues
to innovate social commerce strategies and best practices to help
companies gain higher ROI from social commerce initiatives. In her new
role, Brunner will work closely with Bazaarvoice's executive team and
its world-class clients to set the standard for professional services,
implementation support, content moderation, and community management
for businesses around the world.

"Bazaarvoice has built its reputation as a global leader that
provides market-changing, innovative solutions and services, all while
creating an organizational culture that challenges people to be their
best and to have fun while doing so," said Brunner. "Great things
happen when you mix world-class clients with smart, talented, and
engaged people, and I'm thrilled to be part of an exceptional team who
takes every opportunity to exceed client expectations and value."

A seasoned leader with nearly 20 years of experience in operations
and client services, Brunner has built a career delivering technology
to create exceptional business value for privately funded new ventures
and Fortune 500 companies alike. With deep expertise and proven
results in operations, P&L management, client services, and
inspirational leadership, Brunner has built teams responsible for
delivering hundreds of millions in business value.

Before joining Bazaarvoice, Brunner served as president and CEO of
Nuvo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trilogy and provider of managed
network services. Prior to her appointment at Nuvo, Brunner was chief
operations officer (COO) for B-Side, a privately funded entertainment
technology company, where she led day-to-day business operations,
technology delivery, finance, and G&A. She has held various other
executive management roles at leading technology companies, including
Coremetrics, where she led worldwide client services, and Trilogy,
where she served as vice president of client delivery and operations.
In addition, she served as regional vice president at Concero, where
she had a $45 million P&L responsibility and led a team of 130
business and consulting professionals. Prior to Concero, she was a
practice director at Oracle, where she led the grounds-up development
of the Central Texas enterprise sales and consulting practice,
building an $18 million book of business in less than 18 months.

"Heather Brunner has a long history of building and running
first-rate client services organizations for companies like Accenture,
Oracle, and Trilogy," said Brett Hurt, founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice.
"It is an honor to add someone of Heather's caliber to the Bazaarvoice
executive team, and I'm very excited to work alongside her as we
deliver social commerce solutions to the world's largest companies and
ensure that we support their businesses and brands as effectively as
possible."

Brunner started her career at Accenture, where she became senior
manager in less than five years. She holds a bachelor's degree in
international economics from Trinity University and is an active,
almost decade-long volunteer with the Capital Area United Way where
she serves on the Community Impact Cabinet.

About Bazaarvoice

Bazaarvoice offers outsourced technology, services, analytics, and
expertise to help companies enhance the online shopping experience
with social commerce applications that drive sales. Bazaarvoice
Ratings & Reviews(TM), Ask & Answer(TM), and Stories(TM) deliver
immediate success by minimizing implementation risk and maximizing the
strategic impact of user-generated review content through complete
customization, deep integration, community management, advanced
analytics, search engine optimization, and syndication across the Web
and to offline channels.

Bazaarvoice was named to the 2007 Red Herring Global 100 and 2006
Red Herring Top 100 lists and received the 2006 ClickZ Marketing
Innovation of the Year award. Bazaarvoice currently serves over 225
eCommerce leaders including Borders, Dell, Macy's, Office Depot, Inc.,
Overstock.com, PETCO, P&G, QVC, Sears, and ZipRealty. The company has
headquarters in Austin, TX, and offices in London, Paris, and
Singapore. For more information, please visit the company's Web site
at www.bazaarvoice.com, read the blog at www.bazaarblog.com, or email
info@bazaarvoice.com.

Bazaarvoice
Renee Newby, 757-651-6554
renee@bradypr.com

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