Aricent has appointed Hari Haran as its chief sales officer.
Haran will report to Aricent CEO Frank Kern.
Hari will be responsible for growing its business globally.
Haran was most recently president and head of Global Sales at Persistent Systems. During his five year tenure at Persistent, the company’s sales force, under Haran’s leadership, spearheaded substantial revenue growth.
Prior to Persistent, Haran spent several years in a variety of senior sales, services and operations positions at companies including Openwave Systems, Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs.