The Sugar of a Georgia peach

SugarCRM Inc. kicked off its week with the opening of a brand-spankin’ new southeast office in Atlanta, Ga. SugarCRM also announced that 11-year CRM veteran David Gearhart would be serving as regional vice president in the office.

"I’ve been working in CRM for quite a long time and am excited to join SugarCRM because of the enthusiasm and customer loyalty at the core of the company and in the hearts of its three co-founders," said Gearhart.

The expansion follows last month’s grand opening of Sugar Europe in March; company figures show that about one-quarter of SugarCRM’s commercial customers are located in Europe and more than 30 percent of Sugar Open Source downloads take place in Europe.

Recently, SugarCRM was named CRM Magazine’s 2006 Rising Star and received Selling Power Magazine’s Sales Excellence Award for CRM Implementation & User Adoption, Customer Inter@ction Solutions’ 2006 Product of the Year and was named one of AlwaysOn’s 100 Top Private Companies.