New executive hires announced in the last week at leading technology, digital and innovative companies in and around Boston (view past executive hire roundups here):
AppZero
Boston based AppZero, a company that virtualizes applications for ease of distribution and deployment, has appointed Citrix CTO Simon Crosby to its Board of Directors. From the release:
Simon took on the role as CTO of the Datacenter and Cloud Division at Citrix when the company acquired XenSource, where he was a founder and CTO. Prior to XenSource, Simon was a principal engineer at Intel where he led strategic research in distributed autonomic computing, platform security and trust. He also founded CPlane Inc., a network optimization software vendor, where he held a variety of executive roles. Before joining the private sector, Simon was a tenured faculty member at the University of Cambridge, UK, where he led research on network performance and control, and multimedia operating systems. He is author of over 35 research papers and patents on a number of datacenter and networking topics including security, network and server virtualization, resource optimization and performance. In 2007, Simon was awarded a coveted spot as one of InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs.”
Cloud Technology Partners (cloudTP)
Boston based Cloud Technology Partners (cloudTP), the leader in providing cloud solutions that empower business transformation, has appointed its Advisory Board which includes: Bill Helman, Partner, Greylock Partners; Todd Dagres, General Partner, Spark Capital; Tsvi Gal, Partner, Exigen Capital; and Chris Pasko, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Advisory Partners LP. From the release:
Bill, Todd, Tsvi and Chris have had tremendous success and are recognized leaders in their fields. I have been fortunate to get to know each of them over the years and have tremendous respect for them personally, as well as admiration for what they have achieved. It is a great honor for us that they have chosen to join cloudTP in our quest to build a great company,” said Chris Greendale, Co-Founder and CEO, Cloud Technology Partners (cloudTP). “Bill and Todd are two of the foremost venture capitalists and have a remarkable track record of helping entrepreneurial CEOs build their businesses. Tsvi’s banking and technology experience will prove invaluable as we delve deeper into cloud computing technology issues, and Chris’ ability to view the industry from a broad perspective will be critical as we work to navigate with technology partners and new business models.” Greendale continued, “We are indeed privileged to have them on our advisory board, and we look forward to working with them as we continue to grow, evolve and propel the business forward.”
Deerwalk
Lexington based Deerwalk, a software engineering firm with a large development center in Nepal, has appointed four new hires: Rudra Pandey, Ph.D. as Executive Chairman, Jeff Gasser (currently EVP) as President, Bill Higgins as COO, and Jo Anne Hunt as VP Clinical Development. From the release:
Rudra Pandey, Ph.D., will assume the role of the Executive Chairman. He will continue to lead the executive team and directly work with the company’s innovation team. … Jeff has been a founder and co-founder of several businesses in the past, including D2Hawkeye, and is a highly regarded healthcare business and product development executive. … Bill is an experienced health care executive with over 20 years experience. He has worked in many positions of healthcare businesses including HMOs, hospital systems, managed care organizations, and physician groups. … Ms. Hunt, a registered nurse, has extensive experience in the areas of clinical product design and development. She worked at D2Hawkeye for more than four years as head of clinical product development and also worked as clinical lead of product development activities for Casenet.”
HubSpot
While no formal press release was issued, Cambridge based HubSpot, maker of marketing software and content, has appointed Kara Matuszewski as Media Relations Specialist. From the tweet:
iRobot
Bedford based iRobot, a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has appointed Gail Deegan to its Board of Directors. From the release:
A seasoned executive, Deegan brings more than 30 years of diverse and distinguished business experience to iRobot. Since 2002, Deegan has served on the board of directors at EMC Corporation, a leading global provider of IT products and services. Previously, Deegan served as chief financial officer and as a member of the board of directors at Houghton Mifflin Company. Before that, she served as chief financial officer at NYNEX/New England and Eastern Enterprises. Deegan has also served as a member of the board of directors at The TJX Companies Inc., Hartford Life Inc. and EG&G Inc.”
Searchandise Commerce
Beverly based Searchandise Commerce, the retail search media network that combines the pay-for-performance tactics of search marketing with in-store merchandising practices, has appointed Clint Miller as Director, Business Development. From the release:
Miller is a seasoned media professional with extensive experience in web monetization, analytics, traffic acquisition and social media. Most recently, Miller was the Principal and Co-Founder of Avalanche Media where he and his team aggregated and distributed CPC text and CPA lead generation advertising to web publishers and traffic networks for monetization. Prior to that, Miller was Director of Business Development at Lycos generating revenue, and licensing content services and technology across all product verticals with a specialization in search.”
Idera
Boston based Idera, a leading provider of Microsoft SharePoint management and administration tools, has appointed Wayne Washburn as Director of SharePoint products. From the release:
Washburn most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at a leading IT consulting, development and design firm with an emphasis on Microsoft SharePoint collaboration solutions. For more than 10 years prior, he held senior executive positions in the challenging tax technology industry. Washburn has experience across a wide range of platforms including Windows, Java, Linux and Apple and also served on the Customer Advisory Board for Microsoft Project, a leading project management solution.”
SHIFT Communications
Boston based SHIFT Communications, a marketing agency that lives at the intersection of traditional communications and social media, has appointed Joel Richman as VP of the Boston Office. From the release:
Richman brings more than 13 years of public relations, marketing and social media experience to his new role at SHIFT. His background includes work across a number of industries and verticals in spaces such as emerging media, interactive advertising and media measurement, search, enterprise software, software as a service (SasS), Open Source, telecomm and wireless and consumer-focused technologies.”
