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Roger Bottum became VP of Marketing at SpringCM, a SaaS content management player this past November.  Roger formerly served as Acresso Software’s SVP of Marketing. Other senior marketing roles include work for companies such as Axentis, Endeavor Information Systems, and Arrowsight.  Other companies include  System Software Associates, Accenture, and Pansophic Systems.

Michael Corkery was appointed as CFO for Deltek.  Previous roles include serving as the CFO and Acting CEO for ICO Global Communications.  Corkery’s experience reflects a telecommunications technology background with other executive roles at Current Group, LLC; Nextel Communications; Berliner Communications, XO Communications, and AT&T Wireless

Stephen DePooter is now Chief Information Officer at Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs. He brings significant IT and healthcare experience from serving as a System Director, Applications at Memorial Health System, IT Security Analyst at Horace Mann, IT Security Consultant at MSF&W, and various roles at Emory Healthcare.

Justin Floyd became the CEO and Co founder of RedCloud Bank in October 2009.  Former roles include serving as an Investor at CCL Group plc and Investor and Chairman/CEO at Vecta

Bill Geist became President at Turning Point Management LLC in October 2009 after serving as COO, Global Services at  CDC Software.com.  Other former positions include CEO at Application Partners LLC; Senior Vice President at Headstrong, Inc.; Partner, Southeast Region at Wavebend Solutions, LLC (BDO Seidman consultancy); Partner, Branch Manager at Whittman-Hart; Director, Group Manager at Cambridge Technology Partners; VP, Information Technology & Services at Scientific Atlanta; and VP, Information Services at Reichhold.

Glenn Gruber is now AVP, Market Development, Travel Technologies at Ness Technologies.  Glenn has served many marketing roles including AVP, Strategic Marketing at Symphony Services Corp.; Product Line Manager at Parlex Corporation; Director of Marketing – RFID/Smart Cards at Power Paper, Inc.;VP, Sales and Marketing at Golden Screens Interactive; and Director of Marketing and Business Development at Kyocera Electronics, Inc.

Alexis Karlin is now Digital Marketing Specialist at Neolane. Prior to Neolane, Alexis served as Web Producer from 2007 to 2009.  Former roles include work as an Interactive Developer at Feinstein Kean Healthcare and Web Adminstrator at Cognos

Tamara Mendelsohn was promoted to Director of Marketing at Eventbrite.   She brings tech marketing experiences from Apple and her work as an Senior Analyst at Forrester Research.

Michael O’Kelly rejoins as IT Director at International Aid in December 2009.  Please make donations if you care to.

Jessie Paul is now CEO at PaulWriter.  After a 5 year career as CMO of Wipro and 15 years in the corporate environment, Jessie’s teamed with Paul Writer to start her new venture.  The new concern will build on her deep marketing experiences that include Head of Worldwide Marketing at iGATE Global Solutions; Global Brand Manager at Infosys Technologies; and account executive at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising

Pascal Sero has updated his current title to VP Oracle Asia R&D Centers.  He’s been with Oracle for more than 2 decades.

Joseph Stanhope is now Senior Analyst at Forrester Research.  Stanhope brings various experiences from Alterian where he served as VP of Platform Strategy, Director of Global Product Marketing, and Director of Marketing.  Other roles include VP of Marketing at MarketerNet, LLC and Senior Product Manager at Experian

Bob Suh is now Founder and CEO at OnCorps.  Bob brings heavy technology expertise with past roles such as Chief Technology Strategist at Accenture; President, Consulting and SI at Perot Systems Corporation; and Managing Director at CSC Index

Jari Tavi became Head of Operations and Innovation at Loyalty Agent Ltd. ,a stealthy startup, in October 2009.  Past roles include CEO and Partner at Hotelzon Technologies and Development; Head of Technology at Berling Capital; and CTO at BasWare. Jari brings a passion for new ideas and crucial startup thinking.

Mitch Wagner is now Principal at Mitch Wagner Communications. Mitch brings over 25 years of tech media experiences including many of the initial web and social initiatives at United Business Media/CMP.

Zia Yusuf is now an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at both Sutter Hill Ventures and  Norwest Venture Partners. Zia brings a wealth of experiences including a 10 year career at SAP and experiences at the WorldBank.

PEOPLE WHISPERS: MOVES, PROMOTIONS, AND MILESTONES*

Starting this month, we’ll be splitting the trends in Corporate Whispers from the People Whispers series.  Catch the latest monthly random thoughts, trend points, and corporate trends here.   For the latest on career moves, promotions, and milestones, stay tuned here.

Congratulations to all!  Thanks for your emails and alerts.  If you’ve got a change or know of a promotion, keep dropping me a line!  If you need a referral, don’t hesitate to reach out to me via Linked In.

Jean-Sebastien Bardet became Application Portfolio Manager at Orange Business Services in March 2009.  He is responsible for the Management of Portal and Business Intelligence domains within the health business unit of Orange Business Services – Almerys.  Jean-Sebastien formerly was an advanced technology architect at Michelin and has served consulting roles at Steria, Sylis Group, and Cambridge Technology Partners.

Brian Benedict became Business Development Director at Aite Group in January 2009.  Brian was a Star sales professional at Forrester Research and joins former Forrester Research alumni such as Ron Shevlin. Previous experiences include serving as the Board Member at AIIM International, Board of Directors at ARMA International, and Business Development Lead at InfoCurrent.

Sally Cohen leaves Forrester Research where she last served as an analyst for Environmentally & Socially Responsible Consumer Product Strategy at Forrester Research.  Her new roles will be a User Experience Researcher at AnswerLab.

Brian Carpizo joins as CEO of Eventric.  Brian formerly led Junction Solutions, Inc. as the Founder and CEO.  Previous roles include management positions at consulting practices such as Charter Consulting, Future Next Consulting, Horizon Consulting, and Accenture.  Eventric focuses on technologies to improve the live event experience.

Aileen Chen is now an Integration Manager for Strategic Accounts at Marin Software.  Her previous position includes multiple roles at RedEnvelope.com.

Guy Courtin joins as the Director of Marketing at SmartOps.  Guy leaves i2 Technologies where he served as a Senior Manager in marketing.

Ned Desmond became President at GoSportn, Inc. a new online community for outdoor sports enthusiasts.  Ned has served senior roles as President at Time Inc. Interactive, President and Editor at Business 2.0, and a Vice President at Infoseek.com.

Madhu Ghosh takes on a new job with ADP as the Sr. Director, Marketing.  Madhu was previously the Executive Director for Product Management & Business Operations at The College Board.  Other roles include seving as an Assistant Vice President for Program Management and Product Strategy at Dun & Bradstreet.

Kosin Huang moves from her Senior Manager, Competitive Strategy role into the newly created Office of Marketing Excellence at SAP role.  Her focus will be to design and build global initiatives to drive pipeline acceleration for SAP’s Global Field Marketing organization and define KPIs and benchmark best practices for measuring marketing success.  Kosin previously held analyst roles at The Yankee Group and Harbor Research.

Abhyudaya Kanoria became Manager, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Management Corporation in March 2009.  He previously served as a Business Analyst for Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

Esteban Kolsky became a Consultant at Managed Experiences, Loyal Customers in April 2009.  Esteban’s a Star Analyst in the field of customer service and previously served as a Vice President and Practice Leader at eVergance, Research Director at Gartner Group, and CTO of Tiedosta.

Ashwani Kumar left Oracle in January 2009 to become the CEO of a stealth analytics reinvented company.  Ashwani held product strategy and development management responsibilities for industry specific BI initiatives at Oracle.

Paul Lambert in February became the Global Head of Architecture at Hoffmann-La Roche.  He now leads the Information Architecture, Application Architecture and Technology (Infrastructure) Architecture groups for Roche Pharma.  Previous roles include Global Head of Application Architecture at Hoffmann-La Roche and Astra Zeneca.

Eric Lundquist has been named Vice President for Strategic Content at Ziff Davis Enterprise. Eric previously served as Content Director for New Media Products at IDG.  Eric brings decades of experience from serving as the Editor-in-Chief at eWEEK Magazine (formerly PC Week, Editor-in-Chief at Ziff Davis Enterprise, and Editor-in-Chief PC Week/eWeek at Ziff-Davis

Michael McDermott has been promoted from Director to Vice President of Corporate Development at QL2 Software.  Mike’s served roles as Senior Product Manager at Amazon.com, Competitive Intelligence Manager at Microsoft, and Competitive Intelligence Senior Manager at PeopleSoft.

Michael Murphy is now Vice President Business Development at Martiz Research Canada.  Mike served as Star Sales Professional at Forrester responsible for the Canadian IT Vendor market.  Prior to Forrester, Mike was at IBM.

Thomas Raschke has left Forrester Research to join Verizon Business as a  Senior Product Marketing Manager in Government, Risk, and Compliance.  Thomas served as an analyst at both Forrester Research and IDC in previous career experiences.

Yuval Shavit is now QA Engineer at Kiva Systems.  He formerly served as an assistant editor at Tech Target for searchITChannel.

Inhi Cho Suh was promoted in January 2009 to a Vice President of Product Strategy at IBM.  She’s responsible for driving portfolio strategy, marketing, and industry solutions for IBM’s information management division which is comprised on DB2, Informix, Optim, Filenet, InfoSphere, and Cognos.  Previous roles at IBM include serving as a Vice President of Management Marketing and Director of BPM and strategy.

Doug Topken becomes the Director of Global eCommerce Programs at Elsevier – Division of Reed Elsevier. Previous roles include serving as the Vice President for Business Relationship Management.

Donna Troy was promoted to VP and GM of Large Enterprise Americas at Dell in January 2009.  She previously served as the Vice President and General Manager for Corporate Accounts Division.  Donna brings a wealth of channel and sales experience as EVP of Global SME Indirect Channels at SAP, EVP of Global SMB and channel sales at McAfee, and CEO of Partnerware.

Carl Zetie has become a Member of Foundation Strategy Committee at Eclipse Foundation.  Carl currently serves as a strategist at IBM and Advisory Council Member at Utest, the usability community.  Previous roles include serving as a Star Analyst at Giga Information Group and Forrester Research.