Doron Aronson, senior PR group lead for Cisco's Internet of Things group, has moved to anti-virus and digital security software developer Malwarebytes as director of global communications.
Aronson's role, reporting to COO Rebecca Kline, includes PR, social media and analyst relations. The seven-year-old, San Jose-based company staffs about 200 with operations in Florida, Ireland and Estonia. It kicked off a major EMEA push in the enterprise market in June with an outpost in Cork, Ireland.
He spent seven years at Cisco, working PR for its M&A unit, Collaboration Technology and Security Business Groups. Earlier PR roles included Cadence Design Systems, Sun Microsystems and ATI Technologies.
Contos Dunne Communications is Malwarebytes' outside PR firm.
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Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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