Business Development

101,000 Votes Determined Public’s Favorite Customer Service Providers Among Stevie Awards Finalists Winners of the 2020 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service, a worldwide public vote, were announced today. Voting was conducted from January 16 through February 14, with the highest number of votes deciding the winners in 11 industry categories. More than 101,000 votes were cast this year. All organizations honored in the Customer Service Department of the Year categories of this year’s Stevie Awards for…

Sean Cohan joins Nielsen as Chief Growth Officer and President, International Karthik Rao named Chief Operating Officer, Nielsen Global Media Peter Bradbury upped to Chief Commercial Officer, US Nielsen Holdings plc announced the following appointments: Sean Cohan, a media industry and A+E veteran, joins the company as Chief Growth Officer and President, International; Peter Bradbury, currently Executive Vice President & Managing Director, US Media Sellers Group, has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, US and…

Award-Winning Business Development Leader to Drive M&A Growth Engine & Innovation Ecosystem to Complement WP Engine’s Product Development WP Engine, the WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP), announced the appointment of Lisa Box as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In her new role, Lisa will be responsible for expanding WP Engine’s growth strategy, market leadership and customer value through acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Box will report to Heather Brunner,…

Four Strategic Hires Join VXI to Drive Business Growth and a Culture of Innovation As part of its ongoing commitment to serve the evolving needs of the customer-care and CX market, VXI Global Solutions (VXI) announced the hiring of four highly experienced executives to its business development, marketing and client relations teams. Jill Alingod, Vice President of Customer Experience, brings a wealth of experience in managing large-scale operations, driving shareholder value and improving employee and customer satisfaction.…

Tricor Group (Tricor), Asia’s leading business expansion specialist and provider of integrated business, corporate, investor, human resources and payroll, corporate trust and debt services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Agnes Lui as Group Director of Business Development - Financial Services & Adjacency Services. Reporting to Tricor’s Group Chief Commercial Officer, Agnes will be responsible for scaling business services solutions for clients across the Group’s 20 markets globally. Agnes will focus on…

Validity, the most trusted name in customer data quality, announced the appointment of Mike Piispanen as Chief Operating Officer, along with the addition of Global Business Development and Strategic Partnership responsibilities to Derek Swaim’s role as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Validity has experienced unprecedented commercial success, with four acquisitions in the last year and a half alone, and sustained triple digit organic growth. As members of the Validity executive team, Piispanen and Swaim…

A content management system (CMS) is a great tool for almost every business. It allows for easy updates, quick access to content, organizing a blog and much more. From Squarespace to WordPress, there are hundreds of CMS tools available to enhance the presence of your content online. However, CMS solutions aren’t void of limitations. While most CMS tools are chosen for the benefits they bring to the Marketing and Business Development teams within a company, they can impact far more than just those individuals. The legal…

AdColony Inc., the mobile performance marketplace, announced that media industry veteran Matt Barash has rejoined AdColony as Head of Strategy and Business Development, along with the promotion of Camila Franklin to VP of Programmatic and Tom Simpson to VP of Brand & Exchange, APAC. These announcements coincide with AdColony combining its programmatic private marketplace and open exchange expertise with its high-quality, first-party supply and SDK data to reinforce its hold as the No. 1 solution for high-quality,…

As we dive into 2019, there’s no question that the MarTech industry will continue to grow. The Moore Stephens 2018 MarTech Report values the global Marketing Technology market at an estimated $100 billion. And the same report predicts that enterprises will continue to increase budget allocation to MarTech. So it’s safe to say that the ROI is seen, appreciated and valued. But the real question is: Which portion of the industry will see — and drive — the most growth? Without a doubt, it’s partnerships. Defining Partnerships…

In early 2018, Dupuis Langen contacted Purely CRM for a functional and technical assessment of a previously implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM on-premise solution. By conducting a 30-day Discovery engagement, Purely CRM assessed the extent to which Dupuis Langen’s key business requirements and data capture needs were represented in the solution. Purely CRM implements Microsoft Dynamics 365 Solution for Dupuis Langen The challenges reported with the existing CRM solution included issues such as poor shared User Experience,…

onQ, a revolutionary platform that humanizes the digital experience, transforming how organizations and consumers communicate and learn around digital content, announced that Amar Duggasani has been named as its President. Amar has more than 20 years of senior management experience, including more than a decade of strategy development, plan execution, capital raise and M&A at fast growing enterprise software companies, most recently as the principal of investment firm ARD Ventures.   Prior to that, Amar served as…

The Global Audience Data Platform Expands International Leadership Team with Strategic Hires to Support Corporate and Business Development as Well as Partnership Management Eyeota, the leading audience technology platform enabling the intelligent use of data, announced the appointment of two new executives to its senior leadership team: Chris Suh joins as senior vice president of corporate development and strategy and Don Lee joins as vice president of global platforms. “As Eyeota sustains its impressive growth…

Winner of Two Gold, Three Silver Awards Periscope Data, the world's leading analytics platform for data professionals, has been honored as a winner in five categories of the Stevie Awards in acknowledgment of its world-class customer solutions team. The award wins include Gold in "People's Choice" award for Favorite Customer Service team Gold in the "Best Use of Customer Insight" category Silver in the "Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year" category Silver in the "Customer Service Department of…

Somrat Niyogi VP Business Development, Clari  Clari scooped a major funding round this year, raising $35 million in financing led by Tenaya Capital. Following the funding round in March, the AI for Sales company is offering customers tools that take sales forecasting and leverage AI to add data-driven approaches to refine sales leads. To dive deeper into the core tenets driving Clari’s AI for Sales technology and the immediate roadmap for the Clari product marketing team, we spoke to Somrat Niyogi, VP Business…