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Technology and healthcare agency PAN Communications has appointed Phil Carpenter to the role of executive vice president and managing director. He’s been charged with overseeing growth at the agency’s San Francisco and Orlando outposts.

The Boston-headquartered agency widened its Silicon Valley foothold last year after acquiring San Francisco-based tech PR firm Vantage PR and leasing a new, 4,500-square-foot office space in the city’s Financial District. Vantage assumed the PAN name in April.

Carpenter was previously stationed for nearly a decade with San Francisco-based communications firm Allison+Partners, where he most recently held the senior partner and western region chair posts. Prior to that, he was a marketing vice president for job-focused search engine Simply Hired and corporate marketing VP for travel search site SideStep, which was acquired in 2007 by Kayak.

Carpenter will now lead talent acquisition efforts and agency growth in PAN’s Silicon Valley and Southeast regions. He’ll report to president and CEO, Philip A. Nardone.

PAN, which also maintains a fourth office in New York, in 2015 accounted for more than $13.1 million in net fees, revealing 24 percent growth from the year prior.