LivePerson Inc. announced the promotion of Dustin Dean to the position of Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Success. Dean has served at LivePerson for 10 years in key sales and business leadership roles, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of the Global Strategic Group at LivePerson. He will lead the company's global sales and customer success organizations and will be responsible for driving strategic business expansion, acquiring new customers, and developing LivePerson's growing global user base.

Prior to joining LivePerson, Dean held strategic sales and entrepreneurial roles in the technology and financial services industries. Alan Banks, LivePerson's former Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Success, will be departing the company later Jan. 2015.