Below you will find new executive hires announced in the last week at leading tech, creative and startup companies in and around Boston (view last week’s executive hire roundup and other recents here):
AppNeta
Coming off from last week’s $6.2M investment and an official launch (formerly known as Apparent Networks), Wellesley Hills based AppNeta — the only cloud-based provider of instant-value network performance management solutions — has added Alan Matthews to its Board of Directors. Matthews is the founder and Chairman of Rapid7. From the release:
“Matthews brings more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the high tech industry. AppNeta, formerly Apparent Networks and officially launched today, delivers instant-value network performance management solutions required to drive exceptional application performance across all data center, cloud, remote office and mobile environments. … Matthews is currently the Founder and Chairman of Rapid7, the leading provider of unified vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions. Since 2000, Rapid7 has enabled organizations to implement and maintain best practices for and optimization of network security, Web application security, database security and penetration testing strategies. Matthews is also the founder of Talener, a technical placement and recruiting company; Northpoint Solutions, providing business resources for content management and asset management; and Axceler, software developer for Microsoft SharePoint and Lotus Notes.”
Bitstream
Marlborough-based Bitstream (NASDAQ: BITS), a leading developer of software technologies and applications for the graphic art and mobile communications industries including its recently released BOLT mobile browser, announced today that its CEO and President Anna Chagnon has resigned. The company has appointed Chairman of the Board Amos Kaminski as the interim CEO. From the release:
“Amos Kaminski, the Chairman of the Board, has agreed to take over as Executive Chairman and interim CEO. Ms. Chagnon has also resigned as a director of the Company. The Company is grateful to Ms. Chagnon for her years of service and wishes her well in her future endeavors.”
Gryphon
Norwood based Gryphon, the world leader in on-demand contact governance solutions, has appointed Bart Geiser as VP Sales. From the release:
“Bart brings over 12 years of experience to his new role as leader of the Gryphon Sales & Marketing Organization. He specializes in helping Fortune 500 clients develop differentiating consumer contact strategies that create opportunity and drive revenue by strengthening the lifetime value of customer relationships. In helping to guide Gryphon’s new brand initiative, Bart’s strategic skills make him central to Gryphon’s promise to “Unlock Your Marketable Universe.”Bart joined Gryphon on March 1, 2011 from Merkle Inc. He was responsible for growing the business and driving profitable solutions in the Financial Services and Insurance verticals. Prior to Merkle, Bart held several sales leadership roles and, most recently, was the Sales Leader for Acxiom’s European-based business in the United Kingdom.”
Kiva Systems
North Reading based Kiva Systems, a developer of game-changing mobile-robotic solutions that automate e-commerce order fulfillment and warehouse operations, has added Patrick J. Scannell, Jr. to its Board of Directors. From the release:
“Scannell previously served as senior vice president, CFO and treasurer of Netezza Corporation. Scannell brings more than 30 years’ experience in finance and operations to Kiva’s board. He also has extensive career experience helping to scale high-tech systems businesses like Kiva that involve a hardware/software solution with a dramatic value proposition, disruptive business model and hyper-growth trajectories. Scannell takes an independent director seat, joining Ajay Agarwal from Bain Capital Ventures, David Becker of Meakem Becker VC, Stephen Kaufman, Harvard Business School lecturer and retired chairman and CEO of Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Mick Mountz, founder, chairman and CEO of Kiva Systems.”
