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    James Walker Named Rockwell Collins VP, Managing Director of Asia Pacific

    James Walker has been appointed to serve as the vice president and managing director of the Asia Pacific operations of Rockwell Collins, the company said Monday. Walker previously served as CEO of AutoCRC Ltd. and was CEO of QMI Solutions Ltd. earlier in his career. “Jim brings a unique combination of regional business acumen, geopolitical savvy and […] More

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    Scott Talbott Named ETA SVP of Government Affairs

    Scott Talbott has been named senior vice president of government affairs at the Electronic Transactions Association, an international trade association of companies that offer electronic transaction processing products and services. Talbott will develop and implement the organization’s federal and state legislative and regulatory strategies, on behalf of the 500 ETA member companies, ETA announced Monday. […] More

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    Joan Schwartz, Doug Dangremond Take VP Roles at QinetiQ Subsidiary Cyveillance

    Joan Schwartz and Doug Dangremond have joined QinetiQ subsidiary Cyveillance as vice presidents of human resources and sales, respectively. Schwartz formerly served as human resources director at Mandiant until that company was purchased by FireEye and Dangremond previously was a sales director at GTSI, Cyveillance said Monday. “There is an ever-growing need for organizations to employ global threat intelligence to […] More

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    Matthew Oostveen Named VCE Asia-Pacific, Japan CTO

    Matthew Oostveen, formerly director of research at IDC Australia, has joined VCE as chief technology officer for the company’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan. He spent six years in his role at IDC Australia and oversaw research in the firm’s telecommunications, software, verticals and infrastructure divisions, VCE announced Tuesday. “Asia Pacific and Japan is an exciting region […] More

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    Mark Weatherford Joins ISSA Senior Member Ranks; Ira Winkler Comments

    Mark Weatherford, a principal at The Chertoff Group, has been promoted to the senior member ranks at the Information Systems Security Association. Weatherford holds the distinction of serving as the Department of Homeland Security‘s first-ever deputy cybersecurity undersecretary and is also a former chief security officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Chertoff Group announced Tuesday. The senior […] More

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    Harsh Patel to Help Lead Claremont Creek Ventures Investment Team

    Harsh Patel, formerly president of big data analytics firm Bina Technologies, has joined seed and early stage venture fund Claremont Creek Ventures as an investment team director. Patel is a former general partner at RRE Ventures and In-Q-Tel, with his career also including work as an angel investor and mentor to seed state companies, Claremont Creek announced […] More

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    Barry Salzberg, Deloitte Chief, Joins New Profit Inc.’s Board

    Barry Salzberg, CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., has joined the board of directors of venture philanthropy and social innovation organization New Profit Inc. Salzberg will support New Profit’s growth strategy and work to help develop new approaches for driving social change such as finding financing vehicles and public-private partnerships, New Profit announced Tuesday. He said that New […] More

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    Brent Shafer Named Philips North America CEO; Frans van Houten Comments

    Brent Shafer has been tapped to serve as the next chief executive officer of Philips North America where he will be responsible for the company’s operations in the healthcare, consumer lifestyle and lighting markets. Shafer succeeds Greg Sebasky who retired Feb. 3 and will report directly to Frans van Houten, Royal Philips CEO, the company […] More

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    Kemp Ross, Mike Sebastian Take Aon Plc Global Practice Committee Leadership Roles

    Kemp Ross and Mike Sebastian have been selected to join a committee at Aon plc tasked with executing the company’s investment strategy. The Andy Cox-chaired Aon Global Practice Committee will guide and manage the direction of the company’s global investment operations, the company announced Thursday. Ross has been named the head of investment solutions and […] More

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    Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India

    Sanjay Rohatgi is the new president of sales of the Indian operations of Symantec, Voice & Data reports. Rohatgi will be responsible for business strategy development and execution for enterprise and consumer customers of Symantec. Rohatgi joins the company from Cisco where he was the managing director of the Service Provider for India & SAARC […] More

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    Ashish Dhawan Named Juniper Networks India Managing Director

    Ashish Dhawan, enterprise for Asia head at Juniper Networks, has been named the company’s managing director for India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Computer World.In reported Friday. Shantheri Mallaya writes Dhawan served as interim MD for the region after Ravi Chauhan left the position in January to pursue a different business venture. The […] More

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    Sylvain Pavlowski Heads to Information Builders as European Sales SVP

    Sylvain Pavlowski, formerly vice president for the EMEA region at Tibco/Spotfire, has been appointed senior vice president of European sales at Information Builders. He will be responsible for the company and its subsidiaries’ growth plans in the region, acquiring new accounts and raising market awareness across Europe, Information Builders announced Monday. “His strong reputation for driving […] More