SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies that are reducing the number of new hires they make this year are competing fiercely to recruit top-notch talent. Having the CEO participate in the recruitment process is becoming more common, and the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in the hiring process is also becoming popular. LG Chem [...]
SYCAMORE, Ill., Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Jim James, Chairman and CEO of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. has announced he will retire on January 31, 2020. Steve Henn, a Group President from Illinois Tool Works (ITW) will succeed Jim as CEO on September 23, 2019. As long planned, Meghan Juday, a fourth generation family executive, will [...]
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Eta Compute Inc., a company dedicated to delivering machine learning to mobile and edge devices based on its revolutionary new platform, announces today the appointment of Dr. Ted Tewksbury as chief executive officer effective immediately. Tewksbury brings over 30 years of experience building and growing technology businesses [...]
BOSTON, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) today announced that Mohamad Ali has been named CEO of IDG. He will assume his new role on August 1, 2019 overseeing IDG’s worldwide operations from the company’s headquarters in Boston. He was most recently President and CEO of Carbonite and before that, he [...]
GHENT, Belgium, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — AgroSavfe NV, a rapidly growing and transformative AgTech company developing next generation AGROBODY™-based biocontrols, today announces the appointment of Patrice Sellès as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In addition, Luc Maertens has been appointed Chief Operations Officer (COO). Patrice joins AgroSavfe from Syngenta, a leading agriculture company, where [...]
Barcelona, Spain, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Cocoon Medical (“Cocoon”), a leading developer and provider of energy-based aesthetic systems for practitioners worldwide, today announced the appointment of Miguel Pardos as its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), effective immediately. Immediately prior to joining Cocoon, Mr. Pardos served as the Vice President Aesthetic APAC at Lumenis based [...]
WILMERDING, Pa., Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) today announced Rafael Santana will become president and CEO of the company, effective July 1, 2019. Santana, who will also become a Wabtec board member, will succeed Ray Betler, who will retire as a Wabtec executive and board member. Santana, 47, joined Wabtec earlier [...]
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — What a difference a year makes. Nearly 30% of business leaders believe that global economic growth will decline in the next 12 months, approximately six times the level of 5% last year – a record jump in pessimism. This is one of the key findings of PwC’s 22nd [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) - Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are often hailed as superheroes for businesses. Most companies are willing to provide highly competitive packages to attract top CEO talents as it is believed that the talents and personal values of individual CEOs can either make or break a company. Although salary packages vary [...]
PARIS and ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Infovista, the leader in modern network performance, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed José Duarte as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Current CEO Philippe Ozanian will assume the role of Senior Advisor. “This is the perfect time for José Duarte to become Infovista’s [...]