Patricia Watson Named NCR Chief Information Officer

Otter.ai announced the appointment of Darius Contractor as Chief Growth Officer. Darius joined Otter last year as a growth advisor leveraging expertise gained during leadership roles at a variety of high growth tech companies, including Dropbox, Airtable, and Meta, where he was responsible for user scaling, agile management, rapid iteration, product strategy, and many other aspects of company growth.

Bain Capital’s Jeff Williams joins board; Alice Wheeler from Meta leads HR and West Gass joins as head of marketing. DispatchTrack, the global leader in last mile delivery solutions, announced it has appointed Jeff Williams, an operating partner at Bain Capital Ventures, to its board. In addition, the company is strengthening its leadership team with hires: West Gass, who will serve as vice president of marketing, and Alice Wheeler, who was named head of human resources.

Steve Terp, Chief Revenue Officer at Appspace chats about the evolving priorities of modern-day sales leaders:. Welcome to this SalesTechStar chat Steve, tell us about yourself and more about your role at Appspace…what inspires you about being in Sales/Revenue roles?. First, thank you for the opportunity to discuss my...

Showpad’s Modern Salesperson Survey reveals that hybrid working is reducing commissions due to an inability to read body language and creating less alignment between teams. Showpad, the global leader in sales enablement technology, has released findings from its Modern Salesperson Survey, which analyzed sellers from U.S. organizations and found that 80% of salespeople believe virtual meetings make it harder to engage with buyers and on average, 40% believe it’s costing them sales personally.

Technology and spend management come together to help companies achieve ESG commitments, sustainable business travel. Just ahead of the World Day for the Reduction of CO₂ Emissions on January 28, Emburse, the global leader in spend optimization, announces a new alliance with GreeMko to help companies meet their ESG commitments and achieve more sustainable travel.

17th annual awards will be presented on March 3 in Las Vegas. ibex, a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer engagement technology solutions, today announced it was named a Finalist in the Contact Center or Customer Service Outsourcing Provider of the Year category in the 17th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

Company also names Kevin Fox as GPS’ new Chief Revenue Officer. Global Processing Services (“GPS”), a fast-growing next-gen global payments technology platform, announced the appointment of Jim McCarthy as Executive Vice President – Global Head of Sales and Product, and Kevin Fox as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created role, Jim will lead GPS’ global commercial and product teams in close collaboration with Kevin on sales acceleration.

ElKatcha’s varied industry experience and expertise in infusing human factors into opto-mechanical products equips OSARO to accelerate the evolution of its product offerings for precision pick-and-place use cases in e-commerce, fulfillment, and logistics. OSARO, a global leader in machine learning-enabled robotics for e-commerce, has appointed Karim ElKatcha as vice-president...

21-year Partnership Results In Premier Repeat Sales Growth for Rooms To Go Companies To Expand Digital Account Management Capabilities and Offer Special Promotional Financing. Synchrony, a premier consumer financial services company, and Rooms To Go, the nation’s largest independent furniture retailer, today announced the renewal of their strategic financing partnership. The multi-year agreement enables Room To Go cardholders to decorate now and pay over time with industry-leading digital account management features, special financing options and private discount offers.

Also laying the foundation for building the next generation of integrations to Quorum’s DMS. Quorum Information Technologies Inc., a North American SaaS Software and Services company providing essential enterprise solutions that automotive dealerships and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) rely on for their operations, is pleased to announce that they have completed the rollout of Version 4.6 of the Nissan and Infiniti North America DMS integration. Version 4.6 provides all parties with a more reliable and complete dataset in all areas of the dealership’s operations, provides the data required for ASR (Automatic Stock Replenishment) in Parts, and improves Nissan and Infiniti’s North America’s ability to conduct CSI follow-ups in service.

Boomi’s award-winning integration platform as a service (iPaaS) was chosen for its versatility, development speed, and ease of use. Boomi to simplify and streamline integration of applications and data across Geekplus’ network of shippers and third-party logistics companies. Boomi, the intelligent connectivity and automation leader, announced that Geekplus...

Partner momentum continues to increase with new accreditations, trainings and validated ecosystem integrations to deliver partners expanded MLOps knowledge and capabilities. Domino Data Lab, provider of the leading Enterprise MLOps platform trusted by over 20% of the Fortune 100, unveiled dynamic new offerings in its rapidly expanding partner program. New accreditations, trainings, and validated ecosystem integrations will enable Domino’s partners to broaden use of its platform alongside other industry-leading data science ecosystem technologies as well as build new solutions on Domino to further accelerate data science innovation at scale.

Lockheed Martin Chooses RISE with SAP as the Secure Solution to Fuel 1LMX Transformation. Lockheed Martin Corporation and SAP SE announced an expansion of their strategic relationship to transform the mission-critical business systems that power Lockheed Martin’s OneLM Transformation Program (1LMX). 1LMX is the industry-leading business and digital transformation effort that is enhancing the speed, agility, insights and competitiveness of Lockheed Martin. By leveraging data as a strategic asset, enabling a model-based enterprise that spans the full product value chain, and streamlining systems and processes to both grow and run the business, Lockheed Martin is taking the lead in forging a more resilient, secure and modernized supply chain for the nation’s defense industrial base.

Patented predictive modeling technology, deep customer insights to be made available to customers of leading data platform provider Orbee. Orbee, a leading provider of customer experience middleware for dealerships, announces integration with decision modeling from research firm Anderson Economic Group (AEG). Through this new relationship, the firms will give dealerships and other automotive organizations clearer insight, helping them to determine which strategies will produce the strongest consumer response.

Reports on security, availability, and confidentiality of the Pitcher available for customers and prospects with compliance requirements. Pitcher, creator of the omnichannel end-to-end sales engagement platform for enterprise sales, today announced it successfully completed the SOC 2 Type 2 examination and passed the ISO 27001:2013 certification audit. Achieving compliance with these external industry assessments demonstrates Pitcher’s dedication to the security of its sales engagement platform.

Verint, The Customer Engagement Company, today announced it has received top scores and is a leader in the Ventana Research Customer Experience (CX) Management Value Index 2023 report.* Verint places in the top three overall vendors, is classified as Exemplary and is a Product Experience Leader. Verint is also named a Value Index Leader in the following categories: placing first in adaptability and second in manageability and usability.

First-to-market integrated commerce solution for both first-party and third-party sellers is now available. Pacvue, the commerce acceleration company, is excited to announce the launch of Pacvue Commerce 3P, an integrated software solution for all-in-one Amazon seller business management. As the only integrated first-party and third-party seller solution on the market,...

Innovative integrated solutions offer full scale automation with minimal fixed infrastructure, enabling customers to maximize throughput, scale effectively, and optimize labor efficiencies. Berkshire Grey, Inc., a leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, and Locus Robotics, the leader in Autonomous Mobile Robotics (AMR) for logistics and distribution...

Pricefx, the global leader in cloud pricing software, today announced it recorded strong growth across sectors in 2022. With more new customers added than any previous year, the company recorded 49% revenue growth in 2022 and more than 100% growth in partner-assisted deals. New customers added to the Pricefx roster include AeroMexico Airlines, Assa Abloy AB, Clemens Food Group, Fiskars Group, United Electronics and Weyerhaeuser Company. Additionally, more than 30 customers expanded their engagement with Pricefx.

Climb Channel Solutions now offers CYREBRO real-time SOC solution, with a cloud user interface that enables efficiency and ease-of-use against cyber threats. Climb Channel Solutions, an international specialty technology distributor and wholly owned subsidiary of Climb Global Solutions, Inc. has announced a new partnership with pioneer and global leader in Security Operations Center (SOC) Infrastructure, CYREBRO.