Last updated on November 24th, 2016 at 11:01 am
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world!
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OnX Enterprise Solutions, a leading enterprise technology services and solutions provider, announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Savla as Senior Vice President Service Delivery.
Savla, a 27-year veteran of the industry, will optimize operations and strengthen OnX’s delivery across the continuum of services, including professional services, managed services and digital application services. OnX is aligning its portfolio of services to better address the changing IT industry and to provide the maximum value for clients.
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Quantum3D, Inc., a leading provider of training and simulation solutions for government and commercial applications, announced several recent additions to its executive team.
Ron Haskins has been appointed as CFO for Quantum3D Group, the parent company of Quantum3D, Inc., and will oversee financial management and reporting among the companies within Quantum3D Group.
Richard Lane has been recruited as the VP of Engineering for Quantum3D, Inc., and will be responsible for the execution of product development in all areas, including visual simulation, augmented reality, and maintenance training.
Brian Overy has joined Quantum3D’s management team as its VP of Business Development and Sales. Brian will lead revenue generation activities for Quantum3D Government Systems’ Training Solutions as well as Quantum3D’s product offerings, including MANTIS® image generation software and GeoScapeSE® visual databases for virtual-reality-based training.
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BMC, a global leader in IT solutions for the digital enterprise, announced Nayaki Nayyar as the company’s new President of Digital Service Management. Her hiring highlights the continued expansion of BMC’s Digital Service Management (DSM) leadership team in response to surging demand for digital services that enable IT to manage the complexity of multi-source environments, empower employees to operate at higher levels of productivity, and drive innovation with lines of business.
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GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, announced a simplified management structure in the U.S. and Canada designed to deliver consistent and cohesive resources to GroupM agencies centered around two fundamental pillars: media investment and platform services.
The changes will streamline the organization, ensuring continued product innovation and better unification of services for GroupM agencies including Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, Maxus, Essence and M/SIX.
Lyle Schwartz is promoted to President of Investment, overseeing the entirety of GroupM’s investment resources, marketplace analytics and media implementation.
Phil Cowdell was appointed President of Platform Services, a new organization that encompasses all of GroupM’s data-centric solutions, including programmatic media, search marketing, social media, digital operations and digital analytics.
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Tesco Corporation announced the appointment of John Gatlin as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Gatlin will lead both the Products and Tubular Services segments and be responsible for Tesco’s QHSE, global manufacturing and supply chain management.
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Accelera Solutions, Inc., an industry leader in Cloud, Mobility, and Virtualization solutions, announced that Steven H. Weiss will join Accelera as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Weiss will be supporting Accelera in its mission to empower people to improve their quality of life – and their business – through market leading technology solutions that have earned distinguished recognition from industry partners.
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Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in providing solutions and services that give enterprises real-time visibility and insight into their operations, announced the appointment of Olivier Leonetti as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Michael C. Smiley, who is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities.
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Human Condition Safety (HC Safety), an early-stage company applying IoT and predictive analytics to workplace safety, announced the appointment of a new management team to lead the organization into a new phase of growth:
- Greg Wolyniec, President and CEO
- Gary Foreman, CTO
- Adam Bellin, Business Development Lead
- Alexander R. Baugh, President of Liability and Financial Lines at American International Group, Inc. will serve as Chairman of HC Safety’s Board of Directors
- Robert Voreyer, Managing Director of Spencer Holt Advisors, has been appointed a director of the board
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Ankura Consulting Group (Ankura), a business advisory and expert services firm, announced the appointments of:
- Scott Corzine, Senior Managing Director
- Duane Lohn, Senior Managing Director
- Linda MacDonald, Senior Managing Director
- Gary Bahadur, Managing Director
- Prashant Lamba, Managing Director
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PGi, a dedicated provider of collaboration software and services, announced the appointment of Pat Harper to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Harper will lead PGi’s global technology initiatives, including product management, product design, research and development.
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Instructure, a leading software-as-a-service technology company that makes software that makes people smarter, announced the appointment of Kevin Thompson to its Board of Directors. Instructure also announced the resignation of Byron B. Deeter from the board.
