Cloud Career Moves is back, just in time for Super Bowl LVIII! Superstar athletes have risen to fame this football season and the big game is set to be the showdown of the century — or so I've been told. Even if football isn't your cup of tea, you won't want to miss the MVPs we've chosen for our career moves comeback. So, without further ado, here is our winning team.
Noam Reininger, Chief Executive Officer, Accela
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Accela, a cloud-based solutions provider for governments, announced that Noam Reininger, who has over 20 years of expertise in technology and information services, has been named CEO. Reininger's experience in developing solutions for municipal and state governments, gained via several leadership positions at ServiceChannel, Gordian, Dell, Dun & Bradstreet, and SalesVu, is particularly relevant to Accela's customer base.
Kevin Rubin, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Alteryx
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Alteryx, the analytics cloud platform provider, appointed Kevin Rubin, formerly the company's Chief Financial Officer, as Interim CEO, succeeding former Alteryx CEO Mark Anderson, who has resigned from both the position of CEO and the Board of Directors to pursue other opportunities.
Patrick F. Cua, Chief Executive Officer, Glytec
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Glytec, a provider of cloud-based insulin management tools, appointed Patrick F. Cua as Chief Executive Officer. Cua has over three decades of leadership experience and has held significant positions in a variety of enterprises, with a consistent focus on health plan solutions.
Sophie Graham, Chief Sustainability Officer, IFS
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IFS, the business cloud software firm, announced Sophie Graham as Chief Sustainability Officer. She will oversee the effective implementation of IFS's sustainability strategy. Graham has a background in environmental law and has worked in the technology and finance industries throughout EMEIA, the Americas and the U.K.
Mark Moffat, Chief Executive Officer, IFS
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IFS also appointed Mark Moffat, formerly the business's Chief Customer Officer, as Chief Executive Officer. Moffat succeeds previous IFS CEO Darren Roos, who has been named Chair of the Board.
Brett Lindsey, Chief Executive Officer, Involta
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Involta, an enterprise-class IT infrastructure partner, announced Brett Lindsey as CEO. Lindsey previously served as CEO of Everstream for eight years, guiding the company's expansion from a Cleveland-only fiber network to a prominent provider with a 10-state footprint servicing business and hyperscale customers.
Charles Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Mechanized AI
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Mechanized AI, an artificial intelligence platform provider, hired Charles Wright, formerly Managing Director at Deloitte Consulting LPP, as Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Deloitte, Mr. Wright served as the Founder and CEO of ATADATA, a cloud management and automation platform.
Dan Waldschmidt, Chief Executive Officer, Panzura
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Panzura, a hybrid, multi-cloud, end-to-end data management platform provider, announced the promotion of Dan Waldschmidt to CEO. According to the firm, Waldschmidt's combination of industry knowledge and a strong sales approach has resulted in a succession of record corporate acquisitions and quarterly results.
*Ed. Note: Midjourney, an AI art tool, manipulates original headshots so they kind-of-sort-of-maybe look the like real person but in many cases, not really at all.
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