Internet Infrastructure (8)
Internet Infrastructure Exec Appointments 1/19 to 2/8 2012
Written by Dora VellFormer Federal CIO Joins Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com has hired former U.S. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, 37, as its EVP of Emerging Markets. Kundra was the first CIO of the United States and was hired by the Obama administration in March 2009. He left this job in August 2011 to become a Joint Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Before serving as the Federal CIO, Kundra was the CTO for the District of Columbia and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the State of Virginia.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments 12/9 to 1/18 2012
Written by Dora VellNew President & COO at Rackspace
Rackspace Hosting, a cloud computing and hosting provider, has promoted Lew Moorman, 41, to President. Most recently, he served as Chief Strategy Officer and President of the Cloud business. Prior to joining Rackspace in 2000, Moorman held several positions at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He serves as a Commissioner on Tech America's Cloud2 Commission and as a Board Member of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments 11/4 to 12/8 2011
Written by Dora VellNew CMO at Booking.com
The Priceline Group has promoted Paul Hennessy, 47, to Chief Marketing Officer of Booking.com from his current role as Chief Distribution Officer. Before being named Chief Distribution Officer, he was VP of Rental Cars. Prior to joining Priceline, he was Head of Consumer Marketing at Omnipoint Communications, a wireless network operator. Earlier in his career, Hennessy was GM of Marketing at PT Excelcomindo Pratama, a Verizon joint venture based in Indonesia.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments 10/5 to 11/3 2011
Written by Dora VellNew CLO at Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com announced that Burke Norton, 44, has joined the company as EVP & Chief Legal Officer. Most recently, Burke served as EVP, General Counsel & Secretary of Expedia. Prior to joining Expedia, he was a Partner at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practiced corporate and securities law for over a decade. While at the firm, Burke represented emerging growth and technology companies in the enterprise software, telecommunications, semiconductor, life sciences, entertainment, and e-commerce industries.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments 8/30 to 10/4 2011
Written by Dora VellFormer Monster CIO Joins Online Community Event Publisher
Active Network announced the appointment of Darko Dejanovic, 40, to the newly created role of Chief Technology, Product, and Innovation Officer. Prior to joining Active Network, Dejanovic served as the EVP, Global CIO, and Head of Product at Monster Worldwide. Before Monster, Dejanovic was SVP & CTO at The Tribune Company for more than a decade.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments July 12 to August 9 2011
Written by Dora VellChief Architect Selected at Salesforce.com Subsidiary
Heroku, a cloud PaaS provider, has announced that Yukihiro Matsumoto, 46, will join the company as Chief Architect of Ruby, an open source programming language which Matsumoto created. He will also continue to work as a research fellow at the Network Applied Communication Laboratory and the Rakuten Institute of Technology.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments June 5 to July 11 2011
Written by Dora VellReachLocal Recruits Online Advertising Veteran as CAO and Promotes Others
ReachLocal, an internet based marketing and advertising services company, selected David Day, 50, to be SVP, Corporate Controller, & CAO. Prior to joining ReachLocal, Day provided financial consulting services to technology and telecommunications companies. He has also served as the VP of Finance for Spot Runner, a technology-based ad agency. Prior to Spot Runner, he served as SVP of Finance for Yahoo! Search Marketing and as SVP of Finance and Corporate Controller for Overture.
Infrastructure Software Leadership Changes – March/April 2011
Written by Dora VellCA Technologies announced that Rohit Kapoor, 46, CEO of ExlService Holdings Inc. has been elected to its Board of Directors. The Board expects to name Kapoor to the Board's Audit Committee. Kapoor's appointment brings the Board membership to 10, nine of whom are independent. In 2008, Kapoor was named president and CEO of ExlService Holdings, Inc., a provider of outsourcing and transformation services, and has served as a director since 2002. Kapoor previously served as ExlService Holdings' COO and CFO. He co-founded ExlService.com, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ExlService Holdings, in April 1999.
