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United States : Weber Shandwick Hires Global Chief Technology Officer, Appoints General Manager of San Francisco and Silicon Valley Offices [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Weber Shandwick, one of the world s leading global public relations firms, announced today it has named Lee Noonan Global Chief Technology Officer, in addition to the appointment of Luca Penati as general manager, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and Mediaco Lead for the Western Region, as the firm deepens its expertise in technology development and content creation. Noonan joins Weber Shandwick from Havas Worldwide Digital. A technology expert with nearly two decades of experience in enterprise software, internet infrastructure and web application organizations, Noonan will be based in New York and oversee the application and integration of existing and emerging technologies for both Weber Shandwick and its clients. He reports to CMG Chief Information Officer Craig Smith and Weber Shandwick Chief Operating Officer Frank Okunak. The world we and our clients live in is increasingly defined by digital technology. We have an opportunity and a responsibility to build new paths and invent new applications of technology that make engagement, the core of our communications business, better, said Gail Heimann, president of Weber Shandwick. Lee has deep expertise and an even farther-reaching vision for invention. In our mission to be engaging, always, we look forward to his leadership as we chart a new course for PR and develop new solutions for clients and our increasingly digitized workforce. Previously, Noonan built and managed a business development group for Metapa, a software company focused on automating data exchange between enterprises over the internet, as well as serving as Director of Strategic Marketing and Business Planning at Digital Island. Prior to that, Noonan served as Principal Consultant at Oracle, managing multi-million-dollar implementations of decision-making software at several of the world s largest international financial institutions. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |