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Monday, 31 August 2020 15:59
Vell Recruits Overstock Chief Digital Officer & CTO to MattressFirm
Written by Dora VellSumit Goyal
EVP, Product and Omni-Technology
Location: Houston, TX. Relocation from Salt Lake City, Utah
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Internet Retail, Chief Digital Officer, Omni-Channel
PE-backed; Diversity
Published in Representative Vell Placements
Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:16
Vell Recruits Zenefits CPO Lisa Reeves as Board Member for Canadian SaaS Co.
Written by Dora Vell
Lisa Reeves
Member of the Board of Directors
> Title: Board Member
> Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
> Candidate Location: Colorado & Silicon Valley
> Industry: SaaS/Software; Digital Commerce; Marketing Technology "MarTech"
> Ownership: Venture-backed (BDC, Vanedge Capital, CBGF)
> Diversity: yes. Gender.
Published in Representative Vell Placements
Friday, 17 July 2020 09:33
Vell Recruits WP Engine Exec as CRO for Largest Shopify Partner Bold Commerce Canada
Written by Dora Vell
Michael Sanchez
Chief Revenue Officer
Austin, TX and Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO); EVP/SVP/ VP, Sales and Channels;
Digital Commerce Software, Shopify Partner, SaaS, Software
Venture-backed; Fastest Growing Software Companies in Canada
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 - Canada
Published in Representative Vell Placements
Tuesday, 17 March 2020 09:01
Technology Officers: 73 Appointments and 40 Open Roles
Written by Dora Vell
I hope that everyone is staying healthy and safe in these unusual times. This is the 67th Edition of the Open Tech Officer roles [and latest appointments] newsletter.This newsletter covers open technology officer roles as of March 13th, 2020 and technology appointments for past 46 days ending March 13th, 2020.
Titles for Technology Officers have been evolving and multiplying
Heads of IT and Digital Organizations: they usually have titles, such as CIOs, CTOs or Chief Digital Officers (or combinations of these titles)
Head of Tech Vendor Tech organizations: CTOs and/or SVP, Engineering.Occasionally, the Chief Product Officer title is a CTO and Product role.
Other tech roles at the executive level: Information Security Officers, Chief Data / Analytics Officers, and many others.
One new trend we are seeing are Chief Product Officers, with product management backgrounds, that manage both technology and product.
Published in Open CIO/ CTO Roles & Latest Appointments
Monday, 24 February 2020 22:11
69 Tech CEO Appointments and 49 Open Tech CEO Roles
Written by Dora VellFebruary 18th, 2020
Welcome to our Technology CEO Transitions Newsletter for December 2019 -February 2020.
We research and catalog all open technology CEO roles we can find (as of 2/10) and also the latest appointments for December 16th- February 17th. We use Capital IQ industry classifications and US census geographic regions.
Published in Open CEO Jobs & Latest Appointments
Tuesday, 04 February 2020 04:43
C-suite Tech Officer Changes - Adobe, Wayfair, Progress Software & others
Written by Dora VellJanuary 30th, 2020
Welcome to the 66th Edition of the Open Tech Roles newsletter. This newsletter covers open technology roles as of January 27th, 2020 and technology appointments for past 52 days ending January 27th, 2020.
Titles for Technology Officers have been evolving and multiplying
- Heads of IT and Digital Organizations: they usually have titles, such as CIOs, CTOs or Chief Digital Officers (or combinations of these titles)
- Head of Tech Vendor Tech organizations: CTOs and/or SVP, Engineering.Occasionally, the Chief Product Officer title is a CTO and Product role.
- Other tech roles at the executive level: Information Security Officers, Chief Data / Analytics Officers, and many others.
Published in Open CIO/ CTO Roles & Latest Appointments
Monday, 20 January 2020 10:40
Tech CFO Appointments in 2019 and Open Tech CFO Roles in the US and Canada
Written by Dora VellJanuary 19th, 2020
Happy New Year and welcome to our Annual Technology CFO Newsletter, summarizing the 2019 appointments and open roles as of the end of the year.
We are now working on trends for 2019 Board changes in tech companies.
Summary Trends
There are currently 36 Open Tech CFO Roles in US & Canada after all the shuffles last year. There have been 231 CFO appointments in the technology domain in US & Canada in 2019.
Published in Tech Industry Executive & Board Moves
Tuesday, 31 December 2019 02:32
55 Open Tech CEO Roles and 67 Tech CEO Appointments
Written by Dora VellDecember 16, 2019
Happy Holidays!
Welcome to our Technology CEO Transitions Newsletter for November-December 2019.
We research and catalog all open technology CEO roles we can find (as of 12/15) and also the latest appointments for October 30th - December 15th. We use Capital IQ industry classifications and US census geographic regions.
Summary Trends
There are 55 Open Tech CEO Roles and 67 Appointments.
Here is their geographic distribution:
Published in Open CEO Jobs & Latest Appointments
Monday, 09 December 2019 07:32
Appointments & Open Tech Executive Roles - CIOs, CTOs, Chief Data Officers, CISOs
Written by Dora VellDecember 8th, 2019
Welcome to the 65th Edition of the Open Tech Roles newsletter. This newsletter covers open technology roles as of December 6th, 2019 and technology appointments for past 71 days ending December 6th, 2019.
Titles are evolving and are specializing:
- The head of technology (IT) role has different titles, historically a CIO, is now either CIO, CTO or Engineering (including CIO role) and a Chief Digital Officer titles (or combinations thereof). Note: sometimes the head of IT is the EVP Tech & Ops with CIO type roots.
- The CTO role has multiple contexts and meanings: (1) CTOs that manage IT (where the CIO reports in); (2) CTOs that manage the tech infrastructure (a more traditional definition); (3) CTOs - Products/ Tech Strategy. They are essentially tech vendor CTOs and typically manage IT as well, but it is not their primary role or orientation.
Published in Open CIO/ CTO Roles & Latest Appointments
Tuesday, 05 November 2019 11:33
49 Open Tech CEO Roles and 63 Tech CEO Appointments
Written by Dora VellNovember 4, 2019
Welcome to our Technology CEO Transitions Newsletter for September-October 2019.
We research and catalog all open technology CEO roles we can find (as of 10/29) and also the latest appointments for August 31st – October 29th. We use Capital IQ industry classifications and US census geographic regions.
Summary Trends
There are 49 Open Tech CEO Roles and 63 Appointments.
Here is their geographic distribution:
Published in Open CEO Jobs & Latest Appointments
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Wednesday, 02 October 2019 07:24
Tech Officer Changes at Mckesson, Shutterfly, Walgreens and Wells Fargo
Written by Dora VellSeptember 27th, 2019
Welcome to the 64th Edition of the Open Tech Roles newsletter. This newsletter covers open technology roles as of September 26th, 2019 and technology appointments for past 69 days ending September 26th, 2019.
Titles are evolving and are specializing:
- The head of technology (IT) role has different titles, historically a CIO, is now either CIO, CTO or Engineering (including CIO role) and a Chief Digital Officer titles (or combinations thereof). Note: sometimes the head of IT is the EVP Tech & Ops with CIO type roots.
- The CTO role has multiple contexts and meanings: (1) CTOs that manage IT (where the CIO reports in); (2) CTOs that manage the tech infrastructure (a more traditional definition); (3) CTOs - Products/ Tech Strategy. They are essentially tech vendor CTOs and typically manage IT as well, but it is not their primary role or orientation.
Published in Open CIO/ CTO Roles & Latest Appointments
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 00:11
24 Open Tech CEO Roles and 37 Tech CEO Appointments
Written by Dora VellSeptember 6, 2019
Welcome to our Technology CEO Transitions Newsletter for July-August 2019.
We research and catalog all open technology CEO roles we can find (as of 8/30) and also the latest appointments for July 26th - August 30th. We use Capital IQ industry classifications and US census geographic regions.
Summary Trends
There are 24 Open Tech CEO Roles and 37 Appointments.
Here is their geographic distribution:
Published in Open CEO Jobs & Latest Appointments
Friday, 02 August 2019 09:21
New Tech Exec Appointments & Executive Opportunities - CIOs, CTOs, Chief Data Officers, CISOs...
Written by Dora VellAugust 1st, 2019
Welcome to the 63rd Edition of the Open Tech Roles newsletter. This newsletter covers open technology roles as of July 22nd, 2019 and technology appointments for past 62 days ending July 22nd, 2019.
Titles are evolving and are specializing:
- The head of technology (IT) role has different titles, historically a CIO, is now either CIO, CTO or Engineering (including CIO role) and a Chief Digital Officer titles (or combinations thereof). Note: sometimes the head of IT is the EVP Tech & Ops with CIO type roots.
- The CTO role has multiple contexts and meanings: (1) CTOs that manage IT (where the CIO reports in); (2) CTOs that manage the tech infrastructure (a more traditional definition); (3) CTOs - Products/ Tech Strategy. They are essentially tech vendor CTOs and typically manage IT as well, but it is not their primary role or orientation.
- At Charter Communications the Chief Product Officer is adding Technology Officer to his title to oversee Engineering and IT along with Product Team. We have seen some of this trend recently in our Vell practice as well.
Published in Open CIO/ CTO Roles & Latest Appointments
Tuesday, 30 July 2019 12:23
24 Open Tech CEO Roles and 31 Tech CEO Appointments
Written by Dora VellJuly 26, 2019
Welcome to our Technology CEO Transitions Newsletter for June-July 2019.
We research and catalog all open technology CEO roles we can find (as of 7/25) and also the latest appointments for the period starting on June 11th and ending July 25th. We use Capital IQ industry classifications and US census geographic regions.
Summary Trends
There are 24 Open Tech CEO Roles and 31 Appointments.
Here is their geographic distribution:
Published in Open CEO Jobs & Latest Appointments
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