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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.”
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 70000 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).
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
