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Philly Tech People News 3/6: Nakahara joins Comcast board; Meet the inaugural Dean of Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems

2017-03-06T06:27:00.002-05:00

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Philly-area real estate guru Nakahara joins Comcast board (Philly.com)

Comcast Accounting Chief to Retire (Multichannel News)

NBC News Names Noah Oppenheim President, Deborah Turness Moves to International Role (Hollywood Reporter)

BRIEF-MeetMe says appoints First Round Capital partner Chris Fralic to board (Reuters)

Vanguard hires German business head to drive growth in Europe (Financial News)

SAP North America has named Todd McElhatton CFO, replacing Arlen Shenkman, who becomes executive vice president for global business development and ecosystems. McElhatton came from VMware, where he headed finance for its hybrid cloud division.

SevOne Names Yash Shah Chief Technology Officer

SevOne Names Mark Thompson Chief Revenue Officer

Synchronoss names CFO (NJBiz)

Outcome Health, formerly ContextMedia snags Salesforce exec, former US CIO, Vivek Kundra (Crain's Chicago Business)

Meet the inaugural Dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
(Drexel Now)

ERT Appoints Industry Veteran Ellen Street to Executive Management Team

An #Iwd2017 Social Pioneer Recognition: Annie Heckenberger, Vp | Group Director, Brand Communications Strategy (Digitas Health)

TD veteran to head its corporate and specialty banking unit (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Congrats to our VP Marketing, @ashleydeibert, for being named "Young Marketing Professional of the Year" by @dmnews https://t.co/iahvZPHGiN pic.twitter.com/b8yopgwgPF
— iQ Media (@iQmediacorp) March 2, 2017

A few minutes with … Dr. Raina Merchant of the Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health https://t.co/lTQCePzuPR via @PHLBizJournal
— Jeanne Mell (@jlmell) March 2, 2017

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Philly Tech People News 2/13: Siemens proposes former SAP boss Snabe as next chairman; Entercom Names McCann to Lead New Content Group

Philly Tech People News 1/19: Local guy Patterson making good at PTC ThingWorx

Philly Tech People News 12/26: RevZilla co-founder Bucci to depart; New leadership joins Ben Franklin Tech's board

Philly Tech People News 2/13: Siemens proposes former SAP boss Snabe as next chairman; Entercom Names McCann to Lead New Content Group

2017-02-13T10:36:00.000-05:00

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Pai to Be FCC Chair (Multichannel News)

Siemens proposes former SAP boss Snabe as next chairman (Reuters)

Scott O'Neil: CEO for the NJ Devils, Philadelphia 76ers and Prudential Center (Podcast: Fortune Unfiltered)

Scott McAllister joins Comcast as SVP of Digital Transformation (Philly Tech News)

Entercom Names McCann to Lead New Content Group (RadioWorld)

Dell Boomi Names VP of Business Development to Expand Global Partner Channel

NFI Adds James S. Shafer to Engineering Leadership

Lee takes principal role at Osage (Global University Venturing)

Jerry Leimkuhler Joins Ben Franklin as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Bioclinica Medical Imaging & Biomarkers Announces Pivotal Hires

Greenphire Appoints Dave Espenshade as Vice President, Contract Research Organization Partnerships

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Philly Tech People News 12/26: RevZilla co-founder Bucci to depart; New leadership joins Ben Franklin Tech's board

Philly Tech People News 12/11: QVC promotes new blood; Comcast, Verizon name key strategy execs

Philly Tech People News 1/19: Local guy Patterson making good at PTC ThingWorx

2017-01-19T09:41:00.004-05:00

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Rob Patterson

Rob Patterson was recently named VP, Strategic Marketing at PTC, responsible for a portion of ThingWorx' market. Before that, he was VP, Product Marketing, and he joined PTC through its acquisition of Wayne-based of ColdLight Solutions (where he was in marketing and corporate strategy roles) in 2015. ColdLight was acquired as an integral part of ThingWorx' strategy.

He continues to work from Philly's western burbs (Exton) where ThingWorx also remains based. PTC ((NASDAQ: PTC), which acquired ThingWorx in late 2013 and made it and IoT one of the centerpieces of its corporate strategy (and made 4 other acquisitions around it), is headquartered in Needham, MA.

Since graduating from St.Joe's with a food marketing degree, Patterson has climbed through the ranks at a veritable who's who of Philly area employers, including Wawa, Microsoft Malvern, and Qlik Technologies. When he started with Qlik there were only 10 employees at its Radnor headquarters, Patterson told me in a phone conservation (Qlik originated in Sweeden), and from a marketing point of view they must have been starting from scratch. He was there when Qlik did its 2010 IPO.

Through this experience, Patterson gained expertise in BtoB marketing, not so much the mass market variety, but very targeted at a smaller universe of potential buyers. He applies this knowledge with ThingWorx, where he leads marketing for oil & gas, utilities, and "smart cities", the latter segment getting considerable publicity of late. ThingWorx' industrial marketing, and the management of its important GE relationship, are separate from that.

ThingWorx largely set the standard for industrial IoT by building an operating platform for it. It is not in consumer-related IoT, which is usually quite different in terms of standards, networks and applications. Although PTC's alliance with GE and its Predix software has gotten the most ink for ThingWorx over the past couple of years, the work of Patterson and others shows that it continues to develop the rest of the market as well.

From PTC's earnings report released yesterday:

"Bookings results were driven by strong performance in IoT, including one IoT mega deal (>$5m in bookings) and one IoT large deal (>$1m in bookings)."

Also this from the Boston Business Journal yesterday: Needham tech firm PTC hits highest stock price in 17 years.

Jet.com founder shakes up Wal-Mart staff
(CNBC)
Marc Lore makes some changes.

Wurtzel Stepping Down as NBCU Research Chief (Multichannel News)
Alan Wurtzel is considered the dean of TV network ratings analysts.

Sandy Wax Named COO of Lieberman Research Worldwide (Multichannel News)

Comcast Promotes Ed Brassel to Executive Vice President of Enterprise Business Intelligence for Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal

Comcast Promotes Lisa Bonnell to Senior Vice President and General Auditor

Kai Bond to Helm Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund (Multichannel News)

Matt Aden is joining Exton-based SCTE/ISBE as VP of sales and sales operations (CED Magazine)

Monetate Promotes Adam Litle to VP Sales, North America

Unisys Names Ann Sung Ruckstuhl as Chief Marketing Officer
Ruckstuhl will be based out of Silicon Valley.

FinancialForce selects former Salesforce and Heroku exec to be new CEO (TechCrunch)
FinancialForce is a rapidly growing Salesforce-native ERP/Financials suite.

Honeywell President & COO Darius Adamczyk Joins Board of Directors (GovCon Executive)
Adamczyk joined Honeywell when it acquired South Jersey's Metrologic Instruments in 2008.

Edison Partners Wraps Up Stellar 2016, Begins 2017 with Partnership Promotions

SeventySix Capital taps sports media exec to be 1st entrepreneur-in-residence (Philadelphia Business Journal)

P’unk Ave Founder and Indy Hall Co-Founder Geoff DiMasi is the New Entrepreneur In Quorum

Prophet Hires Christine Cox as a Partner in its Digital Transformation Practice

Former Comcast Technology Leader Appointed Chief Technology Officer at BuildSourced

Instem Appoints MaryBeth Thompson as Chief Operating Officer

Optymyze Continues Global Expansion, Expands Presence in U.K.

Eastern Standard Caps Off Year of Growth With
Appointment of New Partner, Move to Larger Office Space

TechXtend Promotes Kevin Askew to Vice President and General Manager

Philly Tech People News 12/26: RevZilla co-founder Bucci to depart; New leadership joins Ben Franklin Tech's board;

2016-12-26T08:43:00.000-05:00

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2017 to bring new leadership to Ben Franklin Tech's board (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bill McDermott is Named “Manager of the Year” in Germany (SAP News)

Qantas hires SAP exec as CIO (IT News)

For RevZilla co-founder, time to find another ride (Philly.com)

Second RevZilla exec to leave
(Philly.com)
The CFO.

Accenture has named senior managing director Kathleen O’Reilly to lead the company’s U.S. Northeast region
(Crain's)
O’Reilly will be based out of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia SEC head to leave agency at year's end (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Kay Carr named Main Line Health senior vice president and chief information officer

Picwell Names Matthew Sydney CEO

Rajant Appoints Geoff Smith Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing to Drive Global Expansion

Banking Industry Vet Leaves BoA for Online Lender

1315 Capital Announces the Addition of Senior Investment Professional

Jornaya Appoints John Galvin as Chief Technology Officer

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Philly Tech People News 12/11: QVC promotes new blood; Comcast, Verizon name key strategy execs

Philly Tech People News 12/11: QVC promotes new blood; Comcast, Verizon name key strategy execs

2016-12-10T22:16:00.003-05:00

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New QVC CIO Todd Sprinkle (QVC)

Verizon Names Head of Content Strategy, Acquisition and Programming (Multichannel News)

Kathy Kelly-Brown Upped To SVP Strategic Initiatives For Comcast Cable And NBCUniversal (Deadline)

John Harrobin Steps Down as CMO of NBCU's Content Agency
(Ad Age)

Rob Roy Joins Sprint as Chief Digital Officer (Multichannel News)
After settling non-compete dispute with Comcast which originated when Roy first indicated he was leaving Comcast for Sprint in June.

QVC names new head of technology (Chain Store Age)

QVC Appoints Bob Spieth to EVP, Customer and Business Services (Press Release)

Top exec at Entercom resigns
(Philadelphia Business News)

AMETEK Names Tony J. Ciampitti as President, Electronic Instruments (Press Release)

Grant Thornton adds technology-industry veteran Ron Hartz to Advisory practice (Press Release)

All Traffic Solutions, Inc. Expands Leadership Team with New VP of Sales, SaaS Industry Veteran Mike Farley (Press Release)

Philly Tech People News 11/27/2016

Philly Tech People News 11/27/2016: Former SAP exec Lucas named Marketo CEO; Relay Network expands Senior Leadership Team

2016-11-27T14:37:00.002-05:00

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Marketo Has Enlisted This Former SAP Exec as Its New CEO (Fortune)

Concur president Elena Donio leaving company after 18 years; Mike Eberhard assumes role (GeekWire)

Relay Network Expands Senior Leadership Team to Drive Scale, Innovation

Cable giant Comcast names new regulatory point person in Washington (Washington Post)

Report: Alphabet Taps Fiber Troubleshooter (Multichannel News)

Brett Berson is now partner at First Round Capital. Previously he was VP-Platforms.

Lincoln Financial Group Named Robert Klaczak Senior Vice President of Distribution Information Technology

Kirk McPoyle Joins Clinical Ink as Chief Commercial Officer

New editors to lead Philly newsroom's digital advance (Philly.com)

TechXtend Welcomes Former NJ Commissioner of Education to Their Team

Osage University Partners Promotes Matt Cohen to Principal (Finsmes)

Apple hires CMU AI guru Russ Salakhutdinov to lure over more talent (The Register)

Benchmark Capital co-founder Andy Rachleff takes over CEO role at Wealthfront (TechCrunch)

RHR International Announces CEO Succession Plan

Philly Tech People News 10/14: Veeva Expands Clinical Leadership Team; Accolade Names Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Management

2016-10-13T20:16:00.002-04:00

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YES Network Names Former NBC RSN Chief Jon Litner as President (SVG)

Q&A: What keeps Vanguard founder Jack Bogle ticking (Reuters)

Agency Marketer of 2016 (Medical Marketing & Media)
GOLD
Matt McNally
Group president, Publicis Health Media and Razorfish Health

Veeva Expands Clinical Leadership Team to Accelerate Next Phase of Innovation and Customer Success (Veeva Systems)

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Creates Office of Strategy Development and Names New General Counsel (Tabula Rasa HealthCare)

Accolade Names Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Product Management to Expand Digital Health Platform and Solutions (Accolade)

Accolade appoints Dr. Ivor Horn as chief medical officer (GeekWire)

IT Services Leader Clearvision Appoints Regional Head In Philadelphia, Commits To Diversity In Team Building (Clearvision)

SAP re-positions senior UK cloud brass
(The Register)
Starts game of Executive Musical Chairs.

SAP Executive Tanja Rueckert Talks Goals, IoT, and Industry 4.0 (DataInformed)

Women Who Get IT: Deirdre Ruttle is vice president of marketing at InstaMed (Healthcare IT News)

Claire Rutkowski Named Bentley Systems' CIO (Bentley Systems)

Philly Tech People News 10/2/2016: TE Connectivity President Curtin will succeed CEO Lynch in 2017; CDI, CardConnect, ERT, Rodale

2016-10-02T14:04:00.002-04:00

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Ekistic Ventures launches $15M fund to ‘solve critical urban problems’ (GovFresh)
Advisors include former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Chicago-based firm launches with $15 million fund.

TE Connectivity President Terrence Curtin will succeed CEO Tom Lynch, Effective March 9, 2017 (PR Newswire)

CEO of engineering staffing company CDI resigns (Philly.com)

CardConnect Appoints Jason Williams as Senior Vice President of Business Development (CardConnect)

ERT Further Enhances its Market-Leading Delivery Expertise (ERT)
David Elario joins executive team as head of operations delivery.

After 18 years, Alan Kraus steps down from Ben Franklin Technology Partners (Technical.ly Philly)

Peter Stern Resurfaces at Apple (Multichannel News)
Formerly of Time Warner Cable.

This is great news: having a VP of tech policy and standards with @jlivingood's tech chops will be great. https://t.co/6I4481uDVR
— Nicholas Weaver (@ncweaver) September 13, 2016

Jason Livingood is now Vice President - Technology Policy & Standards at Comcast, according to his LinkedIn profile. Previously, he was Vice President - Internet Services, for Comcast Cable.

Lincoln Financial Group Names Kristen Phillips Head of Corporate Marketing and Enterprise Communications (Lincoln Financial Group )
Unusual for a position such as that to report to the chief human resources officer.

Don Norbeck, whom I believe calls Philadelphia home base though in fact he's spread out all over the place, has a new role at the new Dell EMC, Senior Director Customer Experience Engineering, Architecture and Product Management. According to his LinkedIn profile, he continues to serve as Chief Architect, VCE, the Converged Platforms Division of Dell EMC.

Beth Buehler / Rodale

Rodale names Beth Buehler, previously Senior VP, Digital, its first Chief Operating Officer (Talking New Media)
Rodale is based in Emmaus, Pennsylvania (near Allentown) and New York.

Social Business Practice Expands: Trellist® Marketing and Technology Offers Enhanced Social Solutions for Clients, Announces New Leader and Staff (Trellist)

Philly Tech People News 9/11/2016: Howard Morgan stepping down from First Round; Lentz of Osage Venture Partners is new PACT Chairman

2016-09-11T15:22:00.001-04:00

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First Round Capital Says Goodbye to Co-Founder, Hello to New Fund (Fortune)

Nate Lentz of Osage Venture Partners Announced as New PACT Chairman; PACT welcomes five new Board Members, new Executive Committee Members and Board Emeritus (PACT)

Comcast's Theresa Hennesy Honored With Women in Technology Award (Cablefax)

Seth Winter Steps Down as Head of NBCU Sports Ad Sales
(Ad Age)

Coupa Hires Global Business Software Executive Steve Winter as Chief Revenue Officer (VentureBeat)
Coupa just filed for an IPO; Winter joins from Marketo, and before that was with SAP.

IntegriChain Adds Philadelphia Tech Veteran Geoffrey Young as Vice President of Engineering (Integrichain)

As VP of Recruiting & Talent Acquisition, Mark Constan helped to bring eMoney Advisor's (acquired by Fidelity) headcount from 150 to over 400 in 4+ years.
Now Constan has moved on to Moven, the New York-based fintech startup that houses much of its development staff in Radnor, as Director of Recruiting. He says they are hiring (of course). Moven is a 'disruptive' mobile-centric banking app.

Fox Rothschild announces management transition (Philadelphia Business Journal)

PEI-Genesis Names Jonathan Parry Managing Director -Europe (Business Wire)

PhillyTech People News 9/3/2016: Scott A. Snyder, Ph.D., joins Safeguard Scientifics as Senior Vice President, Managing Director, and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

2016-09-02T19:15:00.001-04:00

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Scott A. Snyder, Ph.D.

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) on Tuesday announced that Scott A. Snyder, Ph.D. has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Managing Director, and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. Dr. Snyder is a recognized thought leader and has more than 25 years of experience in business leadership, strategic planning and technology management.

Company quote: "New position signals refined focus on technology-enabled businesses as the company leads the next wave of investment opportunities in an era of digital disruption."

Dr. Snyder comes to Safeguard from Mobiquity Inc., a leader in delivering innovative mobile and digital solutions for enterprises, where he was President and Chief Strategy Officer. He will continue to be Chairman of Mobiquity's Advisory Board. Dr. Snyder held executive positions with several Fortune 500 companies including GE, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin, has been the CEO of a leading strategic planning firm, Decision Strategies International, and has also started several software business ventures.

Dr. Snyder earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Snyder has served on Safeguard's advisory board since 2006. He has authored a book entitled, "The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution".

Bye Fran! Verizon CFO Is Retiring (Light Reading)

Former Comcast Foundation chief Charisse Lillie to retire (Philly.com)

Ajay Raju: attorney, philanthropist, venture capitalist, and perhaps, the Mayor of Philly, someday
(Bazaar)

Bruce McClelland Named CEO of Arris (Multichannel News)

AMETEK Elects Eleanor Lukens as Vice President and General Manager, Measurement and Power Systems

Digital Transformation in the Legal Industry with Michael Shea, CIO, Morgan Lewis (CXO TALK)

Oracle's Hardware Chief Will Now Lead Its Cloud Effort (Fortune)

Why Tableau just hired Amazon Web Services guru Adam Selipsky to be its new CEO (GeekWire)

New Leadership Announced for Scala Inc. Board of Directors (QSR Magazine)

LCR Embedded Systems Welcomes David Pearson as President and General Manager

Katharine B. Gebbie, physicist who supervised four Nobel laureates, dies at 84 (Washington Post)

Philly Tech People News 8/20/2016: Former 'Nova sub-4 minute miler oversees $800 billion; Unisys CFO retiring, replacement named

2016-08-20T18:43:00.000-04:00

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This Basically Anonymous Fund Manager Oversees $800 Billion (Bloomberg)

SAP Appoints Thomas Laur President of SAP Connected Health Group (HIT Consultant)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Janet Haugen to Retire from Unisys; Company Names Inder M. Singh to Succeed Haugen as CFO

Verizon Enterprise Picks Up a Former EMC CIO (Wall Street Journal: CIO Journal)

Brian Williams Is Said to Get MSNBC Show (NY Times)

Hill International Announces Board and Executive Changes

Ed. Design Studio Names CEO, Selects New Ed-Tech Cohort (EdWeek)

Maria Renz shadows and advises Jeff Bezos (Seattle Times)
Renz, a New Jersey native, was CEO of Amazon's Quidsi.

My Alarm Center appoints Megan MacDonald as VP of Marketing

Brownstein Group Taps Laura Emanuel to Bolster A/E/C Public Relations Practice Group

Phiily Tech People News 8/9/2016: Lubert elected PSU board chair; Dow Chemical Names Melanie Kalmar CIO

2016-08-09T22:28:00.004-04:00

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Despite criticism over Sandusky payouts, Lubert elected PSU board chair (Philly.com)

Dow Chemical Names Melanie Kalmar CIO (Wall Street Journal)

SAP SuccessFactors Appoints Kerry Sain as Chief Revenue Officer

Thank You, SAP
(Sameer Patel / Enterprise Irregulars)
Patel is leaving as SVP for Enterprise Social and Collaborative Software in SAP's cloud business unit.

OCIO Hirtle Callaghan Names New CEO (Chief Investment Officer)

What Vanguard's hire of a sizzling Wall Streeter reveals about Bill McNabb's determination to avoid the whiff of stale passivity (RIABiz)

Google’s self-driving car CTO Chris Urmson departs (The Verge)
Urmson had joined Google from Carnegie Mellon.

PEI-Genesis Names Peter Austin Vice President of Product Management, Marketing & Training

Ecolane Welcomes Ryan Larsen Back to Drive Results as Senior Vice President

Philly Tech People News 7/19: Inquirer editor is chosen to lead WHYY's news division; Several in healthcare tech roles

2016-07-19T08:13:00.005-04:00

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Comcast Leans Into Wireless
Names Greg Butz to helm new mobile division in executive reorg (Multichannel News)

Inquirer editor is chosen to lead WHYY's news division (Philly.com)

The Wistar Institute Names Jeff Fahnoe Chief Information Officer (Newswise)

Tandigm Health Names Patrick Adams President and Chief Operating Officer

Local entrepreneur leads health care technology firm (Philadelphia Tribune)

Jill Smart Joins EPAM’s Board of Directors

CMO Talks: Consumer Healthcare Marketing Trends From Medecision’s Ellen Donahue-Dalton (Agency Spotter)

Hulu Hires Microsoft Xbox One Exec Richard Irving (Variety)

Business Wire Announces 2 New Regional Managers: Aaron Nye for the Philadelphia Area and Jon Olson for the Boston Area

Philly Tech People News 7/9/2016: QVC Chief earns $19.7M in 2015; EY Announces Winners for Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Greater Philadelphia

2016-07-09T16:39:00.002-04:00

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QVC CEO Mike George

QVC Chief Rakes in $19.7M in 2015 (Multichannel News)

EY Announces Winners for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Greater Philadelphia Award

SevOne Founders Vess and Tanya Bakalov Named EY Entrepreneur of the Year® 2016 Regional Winner in Infrastructure Software
SevOne founders named for New England.

Temple names Cindy Leavitt as vice president for computer services and chief information officer (Temple Now)

Talking with New Jersey CTO Dave Weinstein (Politico)

Fieldglass founder: After $1 billion sale, no job but plenty of work (Chicago Tribune)

Will your next meeting be on the holodeck? SAP's new CIO wants to make it so (CNBC)

WHYY taps former Yahoo! employee for senior position (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Archer Announces Addition of COO (Archer website)

Dominic Moffa named Geisinger Health System Chief Strategy Officer

VMware Just Hired This Industry Vet for Its Cloud Business (Fortune)

Philly Tech People News 6/25/2016: Martina F. Aufiero joins Safeguard Scientifics as Managing Director, Technology; CardConnect names former PayPal tech exec CIO

2016-06-25T16:46:00.001-04:00

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Cathy Avgiris put family first, became most powerful woman at Comcast (Denver Post)

Altice Reorgs Group Management Ahead of Cablevision Deal (Multichannel News)

CardConnect Names Former PayPal Tech Chief as CIO (Wall Street Journal: CIO Journal)

Martina F. Aufiero Joins Safeguard Scientifics As Managing Director, Technology (PR Newswire)

Razorfish Health names new managing director (Medical Marketing & Media)

Jay Sidhu Wins Ernst & Young Fintech Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in Greater Philadelphia

NFI CEO Sid Brown Wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year

Christie creates new cabinet post to protect N.J. from cyber attacks (NJ.com)

Scala names new general manager of EMEA (Digital Signage Today)

Erin Elmore: From QVC to RNC (Philly.com)

Philly Tech People News 6/9/2015: Comcast exec leaves for soon to be Cablevision parent; West Philly's Carter now a top Spotify exec

2016-06-09T22:58:00.000-04:00

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Marwan Fawaz Named CEO of Nest (Multichannel News)
Former Adelphia, Charter and Motorola Home executive.

Altice USA Names Schreiber Chief Content Officer (Multichannel News)
Schreiber was senior vice president, content acquisition for Comcast

SAP reshuffles product, executive decks to better target smaller companies (ZDNet)

I want India to be the most innovative place for SAP: Dilipkumar Khandelwal
(Business Standard)

Spotify hires star music manager Troy Carter to help fight Apple and Jay Z (Recode)
Carter is a native of West Philadelphia.

Dudnyk promotes Tobias to president after Powers (Medical Marketing & Media)

Pinnacle 21 Attracts Clinical Data Standards Executive (Press Release)

Panitch Schwarze Hires Experienced IP Attorneys in Philadelphia (Press Relesse)

Philly Tech People News 6/1/2016: Kopelman to chair Philly newspaper board; Comcast promotes CTO Werner

2016-06-01T16:09:00.000-04:00

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Josh Kopelman replaces Gerry Lenfest as PMN chair (Philly.com)
He's non-executive chair, not CEO, so Kopelman might not be too hands on, but it will be interesting to see what he
does.

Josh Kopelman hopes to bring innovation to Philly’s biggest newspapers (Q&A) (Billy Penn)

Tony Werner Promoted to President, Technology and Product, Comcast Cable; Sree Kotay Promoted to Chief Technology Officer

Rick Bulotta has left PTC ThingWorx as of eoy 2015; at ThingWorx he was co-founder and CTO. He left it as possibly the most successful US industrial IoT startup, embedded at GE and having other revenue streams outside of GE as well.
He was going to take it easy for awhile in transition, but seems busier than most people, judging from his LinkedIn page and this Technically Philly post.

Bela Bajaria Departs Universal Television as President; NBC’s Pearlena Igbokwe Set to Take Over Studio (Variety)

U.S. fund company Vanguard names Michael Rollings finance chief (Reuters)

Flash-sale e-retailer Rue La La promotes a co-founder to CEO (Internet Retailer)
Boston-based Rue La La is one piece of Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC, but like most flash sale sites its had some issues to sort through.

href="http://healthitanalytics.com/news/population-health-management-tool-wins-data-sharing-prize#.V0S3p50JFLY.twitter">Population Health Management Tool Developed at CHOP Wins Data Sharing Prize (Health Analytics)

Comstar Supply Adds Industry Veteran to Leadership Team

Philly Tech People News 5/21/2016: EY names area finalists for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year; JetPay founder Shah steps down as CEO

2016-05-22T17:04:00.000-04:00

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Sridhar Solur Joins Comcast Cable as Senior Vice President, Xfinity Home and IoT Products
The key thing to note is that Comcast went outside for this important hire, who came from HP.

EY announces Finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 in Greater Philadelphia

Former Oracle [Health Sciences] CTO Joe Alea Joins Clinical Ink as Chief Technical Officer

AT&T Names New Vice President And General Manager In The Liberty States

JetPay hires new CEO (Allentown Morning Call)
Founder Bipin Shah (famous for his role in creating the MAC ATM money acess system) steps aside as CEO, remains chairman.

Radian CEO S.A. Ibrahim to Retire in December 2017
Ibrahim saw Radian through the housing mortgage crisis. Radian's problems, which emerged in 2007, were a precursor of the subprime mess and the recession that followed.

PrimePay Announces Executive Leadership Promotions Designed to Meet Key Objectives for Sales Year 2017

Philly Tech People News 4/26/2016: Tirico leaving ESPN for NBC Sports

2016-04-26T14:54:00.000-04:00

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Mike Tirico is leaving ESPN for NBC Sports (Washington Post)

Jarecke-Cheng Named Global COO of Publicis Healthcare Comms. (O'Dwyer's)

Sungard Availability Services Appoints Randy J. Hendricks to Board of Directors (PR Newswire)
Exec at Workday.

Diez, after $20M PointRoll sale, heads to NY (Philly Deals)

Aqua America Welcomes New Chief Information Officer (Aqua America)

SmartThings poaches Amazon engineering director to start simplifying the smart home (The Verge)

Workday names Sisco CFO (ZDNet)

eMoney Advisor's CEO, Ed O'Brien, Named One of 25 of the Most Influential People in the Financial Advisory Industry (eMoney Advisor)

Fingerpaint Founder Ed Mitzen Named Industry Person of the Year at 2016 Med Ad News Manny Awards (Fingerpaint)
Fingerpaint is based in upstate New York, but has a significant Philly presence.

Thomas M. Montgomery Elected Senior Vice President and Comptroller (Ametek

Philly Tech People News 4/10/2015: Verizon Hires NBCU Exec for go90; Franklin Square Hires Lewis Katz as Chief Business Development Officer

2016-04-10T19:31:00.005-04:00

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Amazon Now Has Three CEOs (Fortune)

Verizon Hires NBCU Exec for go90 (The Information}

The 60-second interview: Linda Yaccarino, chairman of Ad Sales and Client Partnerships, NBCUniversal (Politico Media)

Franklin Square Hires Lewis Katz as Chief Business Development Officer (Franklin Square Capital Partners)
Katz had previously founded Clamour, a deep technology platform focused on personal finance.
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Exclusive: Former Obama Nutrition Policy Advisor Is a Partner in Campbell Soup-Backed VC Fund (Fortune)

Sungard Availability Services Names Susan Lynch Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

Nutonian Appoints Jeff Dickerson as CEO, Chris Lynch as Chairman (Nutonian)
Dickerson served as Neat Company CEO until end of last year.

IBM Names Former AOL President Bob Lord as Chief Digital Officer (Re/code)

Temple University's Institute for Business and Information Technology names AmerisourceBergen CIO its Executive In Residence (Temple Fox School of Business)

Biondo Creative Named Google Partner (Biondo Creative)

New Jersey names new acting CIO
(State Scoop)

Philly Tech Peoplenews 3/31/2016: RIP Brenda Gavin; Unisys adds key hires

2016-03-31T14:47:00.000-04:00

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Brenda Gavin, 67, leader in health-science investing (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast Promotes SVPs (Multichannel News)

Comcast Promotes Eight Execs To VP (Multichannei News)

Comcast's Cohen Named Digital Commerce Advisor (Broadcasting & Cable)

Unisys Names Inder M. Singh as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer (PR Newswire)

Unisys Names Andy Stafford as Senior Vice President of Services (PR Newswire)

Qlik CIO: Resist the 'bandwagon' effect when dealing with rapid tech changes (CIO Dive)

Giant hires new Philadelphia GM and creative director (Medical Marketing & Media)

New Jersey CIO Steve Emanuel Heads to Private Sector (GovTech)

AmeriQuest Business Services Names Glenn Boyet as Director of Corporate Communications (Business Wire)

Philly Tech PeopleNews 3/20/2016: eMoney appoints new CEO; Comcast continues Silicon Valley hiring spree by adding HP IoT biz founder Sridhar Solur

2016-03-20T22:46:00.000-04:00

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Radnor-based eMoney Advisor announced the appointment of a "technologist" as CEO late today, Ed O’Brien.

Ed O'Brien / Fidelity Investments

O"Brien's appointment reflects "eMoney’s commitment to the financial advisor community and continued dedication to financial technology innovation", the company said in a statement.

O’Brien will report to Michael Durbin, who had been serving as interim CEO of eMoney and remains president of Fidelity Wealth Technologies.

The emphasis on technology makes sense, given the turbulent environment that's reshaping the FinTech industry. Startups are coming from all directions, and established players such as Vanguard Group are taking different approaches.

O’Brien served most recently as senior vice president and head of platform technology for Fidelity Institutional, supporting advisors in various roles at Fidelity over a 30-year career.

Founder Edmond Walters resigned last year, a few months after Fidelity's acquisition of eMoney Advisor.

Comcast continues Silicon Valley hiring spree by adding HP IoT biz founder Sridhar Solur (FierceCable)

InterDigital Adds Philip Trahanas to Board of Directors (Globe Newswire)

Richard W. Vague Joins Swift Capital Board of Directors (PR Web)

Stuzo Welcomes Three New Employees to Growing Philadelphia Office (PR Web)

Philly Tech Peoplenews 3/12/2016: Comcast hires privacy chief; Dorm Room Fund's Platform Team

2016-03-13T21:31:00.002-04:00

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Noopur Davis Joins Comcast Cable as Senior Vice President, Product Security and Privacy for the Technology and Product Team (Business Wire)

Introducing the Dorm Room Fund Platform Team (Rei Wang / Medium)

Montgomery McCracken picks transactional lawyer as new chairman (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Greenphire Appoints Wayne Baker as Chief Commercial Officer (Greenphire)

Clinical Ink Appoints Stephen Boccardo as Chief Commerical Officer (Marketwire)

NECN cuts business editor amid changes at Comcast-owned station (Boston Business Journal)

Chief Operations Officer To Leave PJM (PRNewswire)

Philly Tech People News 3/6/2016: Judge Group, West, Swift Capital

2016-03-06T22:11:00.001-05:00

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Charter clips Comcast's Klippel for advanced advertising post (FierceCable)

Comcast Names Wilson-Scott SVP Community Investment (Multichannel News)

Jefferson, IBC reveal collaboration's first entrepreneurs-in-residence (Philadelphia Business Journal)

The Judge Group Promotes Mick Angelichio to President of Judge Healthcare

Swift Capital Expands Executive Team to Support Exceptional Growth (PR Web)

West Appoints Eric Resnick to Chief Technology Officer (PR Newswire)

David M. Erdman named Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Morning Call (Morning Call)

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Children's Hospital CEO Madeline Bell joined Comcast board to "get out of my comfort zone" (Philly Voice)

Jeff Freyer on leading a Comcast region during uncertain times (Minnespolis Star Tribune)

Adam Stotsky Named NBCU's E! Entertainment President (Multichannel
News)

SAP Introduces Its New Chief Security Officer (PR Newswire)

SAP Names Rob Hetherington Global Head of Financial Services Industries Organization (PR Newswire)

AC Lordi Expands Leadership Team with New Executive Hires (Business Wire)

Carl Taylor, Vice President of U.S. Channel Sales for OKI Data Americas, Recognized as 2016 CRN Channel Chief (OKI Data Americas)