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| Hal Carney |
The YGS Group, which includes brand strategy, public relations and marketing communications firm GAVIN, names Hal Carney chief revenue officer. Carney most recently served as EVP for the York-Adams region for Orrstown Bank and PeoplesBank, overseeing an $800 million loan portfolio and $1 billion+ deposit portfolio. He also held leadership positions at Wells Fargo throughout an 18-year tenure. At YGS, Carney will be responsible for driving revenue growth as well as margin improvement, reducing customer acquisition costs and collaborating with the YGS team on increasing customer value across its six business units. “Hal’s track record of success supporting business strategy and growth makes him an excellent fit for this role,” said The YGS Group CEO Jim Kell.
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| Steven Tahmooressi |
Insight Molecular Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostic testing company, brings on Steven Tahmooressi as VP of marketing. Tahmooressi joins iMDx from Astellas Pharma, where he was global brand lead of established products. He has also held senior posts at Abbott Laboratories and Bristol-Myers Squibb. In his new post, Tahmooressi will lead transplant and oncology assay marketing. “With a relentless focus on the customer, Steven has led multiple successful U.S. and international product launches in high-touch fields of medicine including transplantation and immunology,” said iMDx CEO Josh Riggs.
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| Mandeep Khera |
Arkose Labs, a fraud prevention, device ID and bot management company, appoints Mandeep Khera as CMO. Khera was most recently CMO at identity verification company SecureAuth Corporation. He was previously such companies as HP, VeriSign and Gigamon. At Arkose, Khera will spearhead the company's global go-to-market strategy, driving demand generation, channel and customer engagement, and brand generation. "Mandeep has a rare combination of deep cybersecurity domain expertise and the ability to translate complex security challenges into compelling customer value,” said Arkose Labs COO Frank Teruel. “His track record building world-class marketing teams will be instrumental as we accelerate growth across enterprise and mid-market segments.”
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.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
