Cision has added two top executives in the chief strategy officer and chief information officer roles.
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Sean O’Driscoll, a former partner for PWC Consulting and general manager at Microsoft focused on customer experience and relations, has been named chief strategy and insights officer of the Chicago-based PR services company. He spent more than 16 years at Microsoft.
Cision said O’Driscoll will lead corporate strategy, corporate development, business development, customer success, managed services and insights.
In addition, Cision has added Robert Coppola, ex-CIO at S&P Global and senior VP and chief reliability officer for Thomson Financial, as CIO to focus on technology and security.
Robert Coppola - former CIO at S&P Global - also joins as Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for managing and enhancing Cision's technology capabilities and security posture on a global basis.
Cision's chief technology officer Dave Pearah departed in December.
"Sean and Bob are proven innovators in the largest scale, and have the experience and leadership to help Cision enhance the way we serve our clients and more importantly, help our clients innovate and demonstrate value within their companies,” said CEO Kevin Akeroyd, the former Oracle senior VP who took the reins in August.
Cision, which was acquired by private equity firm GTCR, wrapped a sector-changing acquisition spree that included Vocus and Gorkana in December with the $841M grab of PR Newswire.
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