Dora Vell
Dora Vell is the Managing Partner of Vell Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm in Boston focused on recruiting technology executives and board members. Vell has successfully completed numerous board member and C-level executive searches, including CEOs, COOs, CIOs, and Vice Presidents - at both public and private companies.
Prior to founding the firm in 2005, Vell was a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles' Technology practice for seven years. Before her career in executive search, she worked at IBM for 11 years, managing software engineering organizations of 100 people and software sales organizations with revenues of $150 million. She has also served as an executive assistant to the CEO of IBM Canada for one year.
Vell holds seven worldwide software patents. She has published several Business of Leadership reports on governance and leadership and has been quoted in numerous articles including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week, Fortune, Agenda Week, MSNBC, Mass High Tech, the OPUS for the World Economic Forum, Boston Business Journal, The Globe & Mail, CIO Magazine, and IEEE. She also has been a featured speaker on leadership at numerous conferences and at Columbia University's MBA program.
Vell is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the Boston CEO Roundtable. She has served on the boards of Framingham State, Entrepreneur's Organization, Goodwill, Mary Centre for developmentally handicapped adults, garage.ca, and RBC Capital Partners.
She has received an MBA from the University of Toronto, a Master in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Bachelor in Computer Science from Carleton. She has also completed the MIT Entrepreneurial Master’s program.
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Storage & Networking Exec & Board Appointments 4/4 to 5/12 2012
Marvell Technology Director Resigns
Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group’s Director Dr. Ta-lin Hsu resigned from the board. Dr. Hsu is the founder and chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific which he founded in 1986. Before that, he was a general partner at Hambrecht & Quist. Earlier in his career, he worked at IBM for 12 years and was most recently responsible for IBM’s advanced research in mass storage systems and technology.
Technology Function Exec & Board Appointments 4/4 to 5/12 2012
Tony Goncalves is now SVP, Digital Entertainment Products at DIRECTV. Most recently, he served as the SVP, Product Management. Goncalves joined DIRECTV in 2007 and has held various positions in sales and product management. Goncalves was a key player in securing DIRECTV's partnership with AT&T and led the team that closed the CenturyLink partnership.
Healthcare IT Exec & Board Appointments 4/4 to 5/12 2012
McKesson's President of Specialty Health Resigns from Other Role as EVP, Corp Strategy & BD Resigns
Marc E. Owen, 51, resigned as EVP, Corporate Strategy & BD of McKesson. He will continue to serve as President of McKesson Specialty Health. Prior to McKesson, he was a Senior Partner at McKinsey and CEO at MindCrossing, a knowledge commerce company.
Internet Infrastructure Exec & Board Appointments 4/4 to 5/5 2012
Cloud Services Provider Announces CMO from BMC
Riverbed Technology selected David Greene as CMO. Before joining Riverbed, he was the VP, WW Marketing for the IT management portfolio at BMC. Prior to BMC, he held marketing roles at Data Center Automation Company, Active Reasoning, Exodus Communications, HiFive.net, and HP.
Tech Execs Appointed to Non Tech Boards 4/4 to 5/5 2012
Wal-Mart Names New Board Member – Google VP Marissa Mayer
Wal-Mart nominated Marissa Mayer, 36, a VP at Google, to its board of directors. Mayer has been VP of Local and Maps for Google since 2010. She oversees product management and engineering work for Google Maps, Street View, Google Earth and local search products. Mayer was also VP of Search Products & User Experience at Google. Mayer joined Google in 1999 and was the company’s first female engineer.
Women Appointed to Large Boards 4/4 to 5/5 2012
Wal-Mart Names New Board Member – Google VP Marissa Mayer
Retail giant Wal-Mart nominated Marissa Mayer, 36, a VP at Google, to its board of directors. Mayer has been VP of Local and Maps for Google since 2010. She oversees product management and engineering work for Google Maps, Street View, Google Earth and local search products. Mayer was also VP, Search Products and User Experience at Google. Mayer joined Google in 1999 and was the company’s first female engineer.
Giant Tech Companies Exec & Board Appointments 3/31 to 4/27 2012
Executive Reorganization at Microsoft
Microsoft Greater China Region CEO Simon Leung has left the company for personal reasons. Before joining Microsoft, he was the President of the Asia Pacific region at Motorola. While at Motorola, Leung also served as SVP & Corporate VP. Prior to Motorola, he was President of the Asia Pacific region at Brightpoint and Managing Director at Tandem Computers.
Women Appointed to Tech Boards 3/31 to 4/27 2012
Canadian Telecom Company Appoints Community Board Chairman
TELUS has appointed Claude Benoit as Chairman of the TELUS Montreal Community Board. Currently, she serves as the CEO of the Old Port of Montreal Corporation. Before being named CEO, she served as the company’s VP and oversaw the development of the Montreal Science Centre. Benoit is a member of the Order of Canada and has been awarded the McNeil Medal from the Royal Society of Canada.
New Chairman & Board Appointments 3/31 to 4/27 2012
Canadian Telecom Company Appoints Community Board Chairman
TELUS has appointed Claude Benoit as Chairman of the TELUS Montreal Community Board. Currently, she serves as the CEO of the Old Port of Montreal Corporation. Before being named CEO, she served as the company’s VP and oversaw the development of the Montreal Science Centre. Benoit is a member of the Order of Canada and has been awarded the McNeil Medal from the Royal Society of Canada.
Vell Seeking VP of Sales for a $60M Software Company
We are seeking a VP of Sales, North America for a leading software company, a Collaborative Platforms Company focusing on the private label industry. The company was founded in 2001 and launched the first collaborative online platform in SaaS (Software as a Service) mode for managing the development and quality of private label products. This position reports to the COO.
