NEW YORK, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IL), a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the appointment of Tony Kender as executive vice president, global sales. Kender will be responsible for the key initiatives, direction and strategy of the IntraLinks global sales team. Kender has 30 years of experience in the software and information services industries in direct sales and management positions, selling to large Enterprise and small and medium-sized businesses (SMB).

"Tony is a key addition to our executive management team," said Andrew Damico, president and CEO, IntraLinks. "Tony's strong global experience in Enterprise sales is particularly valuable as we continue to put a strong focus on selling into the Enterprise, the largest and fastest growing part of our business. Tony's primary responsibilities will also include driving our sales efforts in IntraLinks' traditional principal markets - M&A and Debt Capital Markets."

Kender has held several prominent leadership positions with large technology companies, most recently SAP America where he was national vice president, edge product sales. Previously, Kender spent 10 years with Oracle where his positions included senior vice president, SMB global business unit, and senior vice president, applications global sales strategy. During his time at Oracle, Kender was responsible for managing sales, channel partner, marketing and sales enablement employees across the globe.

Before joining Oracle, Kender had his first spell at SAP America. Other companies that Kender has worked at include Knowledgesoft and Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Kender graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1981 with a B.S. in marketing.

"I'm delighted to join IntraLinks and look forward to further driving the company's growth into the Enterprise, as well as maintaining our leading position in M&A and Debt Capital Markets," said Tony Kender, executive vice president, global sales, IntraLinks. "I'm eagerly anticipating the opportunity to work with IntraLinks' executive team and proven regional sales leaders to meet our 2011 revenue targets and continue the positive momentum from last year."

About IntraLinks

IntraLinks (NYSE: IL) is a leading global provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions for securely managing content, exchanging critical business information and collaborating within and among organizations. More than 1 million professionals in industries including financial services, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer, energy, industrial, legal, insurance, real estate and technology, as well as government agencies, have utilized IntraLinks' easy-to-use, cloud-based solutions. IntraLinks users can accelerate information-intensive business processes and workflows, meet regulatory and risk management requirements and collaborate with customers, partners and counterparties in a secure, auditable and compliant manner. Professionals at more than 800 of the Fortune 1000 companies have used IntraLinks' solutions. For more information, visit www.intralinks.com or http://blog.intralinks.com. You can also follow IntraLinks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/intralinks and Facebook at www.facebook.com/IntraLinks.

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