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Purple continues its recruitment drive following multiple office openings
After securing an investment of $7 million last September, we’ve opened six new offices across four continents, and our growth strategy is set to continue in 2017 as we recruit more staff members for our expanding global team. In just four months, we’ve managed to relocate our HQ to Oldham,…
Purple Outgrows Ashton HQ
New Year, New Office, for Purple following large-scale recruitment drive We’re delighted to announce that Purple has moved its headquarters to Oldham, Greater Manchester, relocating due to a growth in staff numbers. The new, larger office will accommodate Purple’s expanding team, which has grown dramatically over the past year, following a…
Zak’s Story: How Purple turned my world upside down
Manchester to Melbourne Imagine being given the opportunity to work in one of the greatest cities in the world, Melbourne… with an incredible climate, gorgeous scenery and almost 2,000 kilometres of beaches! Well for me, Purple made it happen. I was a Technical Solutions Specialist working at Purple HQ in…
A week in the life of Krista Geiger, Enterprise Sales Manager
Krista shares with us what she gets up to in a typical week at Purple. Over to Krista Monday It’s Monday morning in Cincinnati and the start of another Purple week. So that’s the coffee pot on click! and the Mac switched on click!
Purple completes $7 million investment to boost global team
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced a $7 million investment. This comprises a growth loan secured from Boost&Co, which totals $3.9 million, and additional funds contributed by existing investors. The investment has been secured following Purple’s impressive global traction with major service providers, a series of large customer wins…
Retail experts join Purple’s Board of Directors
Our CEO Gavin says that the only constant is change, and that’s certainly true here at Purple. We don’t just deal with change as it happens; we seek it out. Change is part of the journey. It shapes us and the direction we take to reach our vision – Intelligent…
Purple Appoint Mike Greig VP, Americas
Purple, the intelligent spaces software company, today announced the appointment of Mike Greig, as VP Americas. Mike joined Purple in July 2015 as VP Service Providers, Americas. He has over 20 years of experience in technology and, before joining Purple, was VP Sales, Americas & EMEA at Smith Micro Software.…
Purple expands further into Europe with Madrid office
Gonzalo Sánchez appointed Regional Sales Manager March 14th, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced the opening of a new office in Madrid, Spain. Gonzalo Sánchez has been appointed to the role of Regional Sales Manager, reporting to Roberto Aguirre, Sales Director, EMEA who is also based in the…
Purple IoT Hackathon – the results are in
Our dedicated tech team gave up their weekend to come into the Manchester headquarters to take part in the inaugural Purple Hackathon. The night owls worked 24 hours straight to explore how we can harness the Internet of Things to help our customers better understand and interact with their physical…
Purple Appoint Petah Green VP, Asia Pacific
March 7th, 2016 Purple, the intelligent spaces software company, today announced the appointment of Petah Green, as the new VP for Asia Pacific. Petah joins Purple from Microsoft. Prior to joining Purple, Petah was the Head of Microsoft’s Enterprise and Public Sector Sales for Australia and New Zealand and their Specialist…
Get to know Purple People: Kirsty Reilly, Customer Success Manager
1) What is your very first memory? Sneaking out of our apartment with my sister, I was 5 and she was 3, to play in the sand pit at 5:30am while our parents slept. 2) What were you doing before you joined Purple WiFi? Before Purple I worked at JD…
Global Sales Kick Off 2016 – and staff awards
Last week, I was delighted to welcome our entire international team here for a whole week to have our Global Sales Kick Off. The team flew in from all corners of the world, including Europe, Australia, Singapore and the U.S. The week flew by with presentations and learning sessions, and…
A look at Purple’s new brand with John Oliver, Chief Product Officer
You might have noticed that we’ve changed our branding. The first thing to say is that we are definitely still providing WiFi solutions. Purple WiFi is still a core product of ours. It’s just that driven by our customers needs, we’ve started to think of what we can provide above and…
Purple WiFi evolves into Purple, the Intelligent Spaces company
January 18, 2016: Purple WiFi, the cloud-based marketing and analytics WiFi software company, today becomes Purple, the intelligent spaces software company, to better reflect the organisation’s wider scope of focus. Since 2012, Purple has been changing the WiFi landscape starting with easy to access social WiFi for the customer and…
Get to know Purple People: Iain Jewitt, Head of Technology
1) What is your very first memory? Throwing an almighty tantrum at my own birthday party because I didn’t win pass the parcel. 2) What were you doing before you joined Purple WiFi? I spent eight years as Director of Technology at a digital agency working with cool and fun…