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Baltimore names new chief financial officer | New chief executive officer appointed at Openet Telecom
Baltimore Technologies has appointed Phil Smith as the company's chief financial officer and as a director. Since October 2001 Smith has been interim chief financial officer and prior to this he headed up the finance function at Bookham Technology plc.
Openet Telecom has appointed John Rainger to the position of chief executive officer. Rainger joins from Lucent Technologies where he held the position of chief operating officer of the software products group based in New Jersey. Prior to this he was vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Kenan Systems.
Cable & Wireless has appointed Robbie Fitzpatrick as assistant customer service director of its Irish systems integration division. Fitzpatrick began his career in Cable & Wireless in 1980 following a stint with the Department of Posts & Telegraphs (now Eircom). During his time with Cable & Wireless he has worked in a variety of customer service management roles ranging from field engineering management to overseeing the maintenance department.
Rob Meakin has resigned as human resources director of Marconi and will also leave the board of the company. Neil Sutcliffe, a member of the company's executive committee, who is currently responsible for the capital division within Marconi, will now also assume responsibility for human resources.
Yahoo has appointed Christine Castro as senior vice president and chief communications officer. An executive with more than twelve years of experience in corporate communications and public relations, Castro previously was vice president, corporate communications at the Walt Disney Company.
Unisys Corporation has named Richard D. Badler, head of corporate communications and Robert D. Evans, president of global outsourcing, senior vice presidents of the corporation. Carol Sabochick has been elected vice president and corporate controller. Badler joined Unisys in 1998 as a corporate vice president. Evans has served as president of global outsourcing for Unisys since December 1999, the same year that he was appointed corporate vice president. Sabochick previously held corporate finance positions at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and has more than 12 years experience in public accounting.
Novell has announced that Dr. Carl S. Ledbetter has been appointed senior vice president, engineering/research & development. He also retains his chief technology officer role. Ledbetter will be responsible for all Novell engineering, research and development, and product management worldwide. Ledbetter has been a Novell senior vice president since joining the company in late 1999, and has previously held the positions of chief technology officer and senior vice president, business and corporate development.
Chordiant Software has appointed Craig Probert as managing director, UK and Ireland. Prior to joining Chordiant, Probert worked for two and a half years with Tenfold and for eleven years with Oracle. At Tenfold he served as vice president of European sales while at Oracle, he performed a number of roles including director of financial services, as well as overseeing the activities of Oracle's manufacturing groups and network computer subsidiaries in Northern Europe.
LastMinuteTravel has appointed Jane Butler to the position of president of the company. She joins LastMinuteTravel with an extensive background in on-ine travel sales and marketing. She was an early employee of DoubleClick, Inc. where she spent over four years as the company's on-line travel specialist, responsible for all relationships and revenue associated with travel Web sites and advertisers.
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