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| Joshua Wu |
Marina Maher Communications hires Joshua Wu as SVP, performance analytics. Wu joins MMC from Edelman Data & Intelligence, where he most recently served as VP. Before coming to Edelman, he received a doctorate in political science and statistical methodologies from The Ohio State University. In his new post, he will be responsible for expanding MMC’s predictive and performance analytics capabilities. "Josh's arrival to the team will bolster our innovative approaches to assisting clients in predicting performance and evaluating data,” said MMC chief strategy officer Amy Inzanti
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| Vitor De Souza |
Okta, an identity and access management company, brings on Cisco VP corporate communications Vitor De Souza as SVP of communications. Before joining Cisco, he was SVP global marketing at FireEye and a senior vp at Highwire PR. In his new post, he will head up the integrated Okta + Auth0 comms team. (Okta completed its acquisition of authentication and authorization platform Auth0 in May.) He will work to elevate the company’s global visibility.
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| Lesile Leach |
Hearsay Systems, which provides compliant digital communications and workflow solutions for the financial services industry, promotes Leslie Leach to chief marketing and strategy officer. Leach joined the firm in 2020 as VP of marketing. She was previously head of marketing and operations at eCommerce platform Plantt and VP of marketing at information tech company ZapLabs. In her new role, Leach will continue to lead all market activities across the company and expand her responsibilities to include corporate strategy and long-term business strategy.
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| Jason Dressel |
History Factory, a brand heritage and archives management company, promotes Jason Dressel to CEO as part of a new executive team. Dressel most recently served as president of the company. He succeeds History Factory founder Bruce Weindruch, who is retaining that title as well as transitioning to president and CEO of Informative Design Group, History Factory’s parent company. History Factory has also promoted executive vice president Alan Maites to chief solutions officer and senior director of operations Adam Kirshon to chief operating officer. “This is absolutely the right team to lead our firm into the future,” said Weindruch.
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70,000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
