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| Ted Birkhahn |
Vested hires Hot Paper Lantern president Ted Birkhahn as a managing director, based in New York. Birkhahn was president and partner at Peppercomm before it spun off HPL in 2018. As managing director at Vested, Birkhahn takes on a newly created role, overseeing the development of a tech-enabled platform focused on transforming client engagement and service delivery for middle-market financial services companies. “Ted is an industry leader, a consummate entrepreneur and now, a welcome colleague. His POV in leading this offering is invaluable,” said Group Vested CEO Binna Kim.
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| Murali Nemani |
Dataminr, a real-time AI platform that detects events, risks and critical information from public data signals, appoints Murali Nemani as CMO. Nemani previously served as CMO at generative AI platform Aisera and AIOps company Science Logic. He was also senior director of mobility marketing at Cisco. In his new post, Nemani will play a critical role in generating customer outcomes across government and corporate sectors and driving broad market adoption of the Dataminr platform. “With his demonstrated success in category-creation efforts for multi-billion dollar AI enterprises, ability to deliver and execute global go-to-market initiatives, and experience scaling global organizations from start-ups to public companies, we are fortunate to have him on board," said Dataminr CEO Ted Bailey.
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| Madeline Mordarski |
The Keyes Company, a South Florida real estate company, brings on Madeline Mordarski as CMO. Mordarski joins the company from COMPASS, where she held a variety of marketing and operations roles, most recently serving as senior manager, business operations. Earlier in her career, she founded Salus Strategies, a consulting agency that specialized in branding, PR, partnerships and digital media within the health, wellness and fitness industry. At The Keyes Company, Mordarski will oversee marketing operations and work with executive leaders on growth strategies. “Madeline’s vast experience executing large-scale marketing initiatives and strategy to drive growth was incredibly attractive to our executive leadership team,” said Keyes president Christina Pappas.
Ballard Partners names former Burson managing director Mike Waterman as MD. Waterman comes to Ballard from ROKK Solutions... The Herald Group brings on Trace Scruggs and Evan Lukaske as VPs... Travelier, which operates platforms for booking intercity transportation services via buses, trains and ferries in 124 countries, appoints Mario Gavira as CMO. 
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
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.
