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| Clay Fisher |
Kinetic, a broadband, entertainment and security services company, names Clay Fisher CMO. Fisher previously worked as senior VP of consumer marketing and revenue at the New York Times. Prior to that, he was vice president of the digital media group for DIRECTV, and he has also held marketing leadership roles at Travelocity and Monster.com. “Clay’s success in customer acquisition, retention and revenue growth will bring an added level of sophistication to our marketing efforts that will elevate the Kinetic brand,” said Kinetic president Jeff Small.
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| Larry Thomas |
UNICEPTA, a provider of media, marketing & corporate intelligence, names Larry Thomas vice president sales. Thomas most recently served as head of alliances, Americas at SaaS platform Talkwalker. He has also held management positions at PR Newswire, Bulletin Intelligence and CISION. “Welcoming Larry on board feels naturally right, as he is going to be a key figure for UNICEPTA’s future growth in the US and the Americas,” said UNICEPTA Americas CEO Timo Thomann-Rompf. “He has proven expertise in various global industries and thanks to his customer-experience driven focus he is aware of the needs and pain points of industry leaders.” UNICEPTA has offices in Berlin, Cologne, Krakow, London, Shanghai, São Paulo, Washington DC, and Zurich.
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| Cathy Siciliano |
Nikkl, a minority business enterprise that provides equity financing to the employees of unicorn companies, appoints Cathy Siciliano as CMO. Most recently, Siciliano was director of channels at Silicon Valley Bank, where she helped develop the SVB brand, implemented client acquisition strategies and created digital experiences. She previously served as VP of marketing at LawLogix Group and held executive positions at Minted and eBay. At Nikkl, Siciliano is responsible for creating and executing an integrated marketing strategy and rapidly scaling awareness of Nikkl's technology platform and investment fund. "She has tremendous experience executing successful go-to-market strategies for leading technology companies and platforms, knows the unicorn company landscape, and understands the unique market dynamics that will be critical to accelerating our ambitious growth plans,” said Nikkl CEO and co-founder Dan Siciliano.
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
Imre names Fred Hickman EVP, group account lead. Hickman joins Imre from Klick, an agency that works with life sciences companies... Residence, a global network of creative companies, brings on Julian McBride as head of communications, a newly created role... Sherlock Communications, which has offices in Bogotå, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago, appoints Bianca Boucault, Maria Amelia Costa and Patricia Zylberman as managing directors.
Nick Mammano, who was president/CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, has rejoined Mercury Public Affairs as a managing director in its Saddle Brook office.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
