Key new hires at Automation Anywhere, Cohesity, Suncorp, and T-Mobile, and the winners of the 2020 Cyber Risk Awards
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1. Automation Anywhere Hires Former Dell Executive as Chief Revenue Officer
Robotic Process Automation provider, Automation Anywhere announcedOpens a new window the appointment of Chris RileyOpens a new window as Chief Revenue Officer. He will lead global sales in over 90 countries and 1900 partners. He Joins Automation Anywhere from Dell Technologies where he was the President of Global Sales.
2. Dmitri Alperovitch Joins Automox Board of Directors
AutomoxOpens a new window , the modern cloud-native endpoint, and workload management platform welcomes Dmitri AlperovitchOpens a new window to its Board of Directors. Alperovitch is the Co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of CroudStrike. He has almost 36 technologies patented in his name and comes with immense experience in technology innovation and insights.
3. CloudBees Appoints Chief Revenue Officer
Enterprise software delivery company CloudBeesOpens a new window has appointed John Tzioufas as Chief Revenue Officer. He will be managing sales, consulting, training, and channel partners in his role. John TzioufasOpens a new window joins CloudBees from Hitachi Vantara where he was the SVP and GM of the Americas and has 30 years of industry experience.
4. Cohesity Welcomes Robert O’Donovan as Chief Financial Officer
Data management company CohesityOpens a new window , announced that Robert O’DonovanOpens a new window will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Chief Financial Officer at Dell EMC, Pivotal Inc., and DataStax. He will manage Cohesity’s financial strategy for the expansion of its cloud services, modern data management, and growth.
5. Intel Expands Board of Directors With Dion J. Weisler
Tech innovation company, IntelOpens a new window has added a former president and CEO of HP Inc. Dion J. WeislerOpens a new window to its Board of Directors. He will serve the company as an independent director and member of the compensation and finance committees. Along with Intel, he holds a directorial position at Thermo Fisher Scientific and BHP.
6. IOWN GF Adds Chunghwa Telecom, Dell Technologies and Microsoft Directors to Board
The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN GFOpens a new window ) announced three new additions to the Board of Directors. Dr. Yuan-Kuang Tu of Chunghwa Telecom, Mr. John RoeseOpens a new window from Dell Technologies, and Mr. Gerald Degrace of Microsoft joined the company and will be responsible for overall direction and management.
7. MATRIXX Software Adds Strategic Advisors
5G Digital commerce solutions provider MATRIXX Software has appointed Hassan AhmedOpens a new window , Daniel CollinsOpens a new window , Heinz HerrenOpens a new window , Cliff JohnsonOpens a new window , Macario NamieOpens a new window as strategic advisors to the company and will enable better 5G deployment. “These five individuals bring exceptional depth and breadth to an already world-class team. Their expertise spans successful startups, CSPs, and established networking companies,†said Glo Gordon, CEO MATRIXX Software.
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8. Office Depot Appoints Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
D. Anthony Scaglione will join Office DepotOpens a new window , the provider of business services and supplies, products and technology solutions through an integrated B2B distribution platform. Scaglione will be joining as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 20, 2020.
9. Adam Bennett Joins Suncorp As Chief Information Officer
SuncorpOpens a new window group announced the appointment of Adam BennettOpens a new window as Chief Information Officer. He has held executive posts at several technology and banking roles and was previously Chief Information Officer at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
10. Peter Osvaldik Succeeds Braxton Carter as T-Mobile’s CFO
5G Network provider T-MobileOpens a new window names Peter OsvaldikOpens a new window as the new Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Braxton Carter who will be retiring from his post on July 1st. Peter Osvaldik joined the company in January 2016 and currently holds the position of Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer.
11. Ken Grohe Joins WekaIO
WekaIOOpens a new window â„¢ (Weka), provider of high-performance, scalable file storage for data-intensive applications, has appointed Ken GroheOpens a new window as the new President and Chief Revenue Officer. Ken will look after the company’s global go-to-market organization.
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EVENTS
1. 2020 Cyber Risk Awards
Advison hosted the 7th Annual Cyber Risk AwardsOpens a new window on 18th June as a virtual event. The award show does not decide the winners for itself, but honors people’s decisions through votes.
Key awardees included:
· Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year – USA 2020: Patrick Costello, Evolve & Michael Costello, Evolve
· Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year – London 2020: Graeme Newman, CFC Underwriting
· Cyber Risk Event Response Team of the Year 2020: CrowdStrike
· Cyber Risk Pre-Breach Team of the Year 2020: Beazley
· Cyber Risk Model of the Year 2020: CyberCube
· Cyber Newcomer of the Year 2020: Women in Cyber Leadership Corp.
· Cyber Reinsurer or Reinsurance Broker of the Year 2020: Munich Re
· Cyber Law Firm of the Year 2020: Lewis Brisbois
· Cyber Risk Wholesale Broking Team of the Year 2020: INSUREtrust
· Cyber Risk Retail Broking Team of the Year 2020: Howden
· Cyber MGA of the Year 2020: Evolve MGA
· Cyber Risk Insurer of the Year 2020: Beazley
· Cyber Risk Disrupter of the Year 2020: Prudential Regulation Authority (Lloyd’s Silent Cyber Mandate)
· Cyber Service Provider of the Year 2020: CrowdStrike
2. Aruba Network’s ATM Digital
Aruba Networks held ATM Digital, anOpens a new window industry event that combines the latest in the networking market with the upcoming intelligent Edge. The event happened virtually, over a period of time across different parts of the world and in different languages.
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3. VeeamON 2020
The backup solutions software company Veeam conducted VeeamON 2020Opens a new window , a two-day online data management event with several IT leaders across 148 countries. The motive was to foster the digital transformation of data across the industry. Around 25000 people attended the event across 148 countries.
4. AI Experience Worldwide
DataRobot has been conducting the AI Experience Roadshows, but this year, amidst the COVID-19 crisis, they announced the AI Experience WorldwideOpens a new window – an online event held on June 16-17 June 2020, where the impact of AI on organizations was conveyed by pioneers who have deployed the technology for better results.
5. DevBreak 2020
Every year, talent.io’s event attracts thousands of developers, and this year, the virtual DevBreak 2020Opens a new window took place on 17-18th of June 2020 at Château de Farcheville. The two-day tech festival with 40+ conferences and workshops put the spotlight on disruptive thinking in the tech world, and also discussed high-level drivers of tech such as management, and ethics.
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