Elastic appoints Mark Dodds as chief revenue officer

Elastic (ESTC) announced the appointment of Mark Dodds as chief revenue officer, effective immediately. Reporting to Elastic CEO Ash Kulkarni, Dodds will be responsible for driving all aspects of the company’s revenue growth, building on its ongoing success as the leading search analytics platform. Dodds brings extensive global sales leadership experience to the role, gained over 23 years at Cisco (CSCO), most recently as senior vice president of Global Services & Software Sales, where he helped lead the acceleration of Cisco’s transformation to recurring revenue.