Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 2/24/2011

Sungevity excitedly announces the appointment of their new Chief Marketing Officer in the person of Patrick Crane. He was previously part of LinkedIn, and he now aims to deepen Sungevity and its customers’ relationship.  They call this initiative a ‘Solar Social Network’ . You can see the news link here.

Facebook has a new VP for Sales in the region of Latin America. He is Alexandre Hohagen, who also happens to be a former top Google executive, serving as VP of Google Latin America. Brazil, which was also formerly Hohagen’s jurisdiction with Google, is also one of the few markets in the world where another social network site is larger than Facebook. You can see the news link here.

Joel Brand will be taking on the role of VP of Marketing for leading grid networking solution provider ConteXtream. Brand is an industry veteran who has been previously the VP of product management and marketing at Bytemobile. He also has an impressive track record in formulating groundbreaking marketing solutions. You can see the news link here.

TripAdvisor, known as the world’s largest travel site, welcomes onboard their new Chief Marketing officer, Barbara Messing. She will be heading the company’s global marketing endeavors which includes brand development, consumer marketing activities, and more. She comes from Hotwire, which also happens to be a  part of the Expedia Inc. family. You can see the news link here.

MoneyGram International officials recently appointed Juan Agualimpia as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. He will be handling global branding and marketing among many other responsibilities. Agualimpia has been instrumental in focusing the company’s marketing initiatives, creating brand awareness, and more. You can see the news link here.

Bryan Holley joins the leadership team of Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. as their new Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. He has extensive experience on business development and senior executive management which spans three productive decades.  Holley has a bachelor’s degree in business from Tulane University. You can see the news link here.

Foxwoods Casino’s Chief Marketing Officer Robert Victoria has recently announced his resignation from his post. Victoria is responsible for sponsorships from professional sports teams,  Madison Square Garden,  and a Broadway theater. He cited that he left for personal reasons, but did not provide details. You can see the news link here.

ecVision gladly receives to the team their new VP of Sales Americas in the person of Erik Carr. Carr brings with him 27 years of experience in doing management and software sales. He was formerly an employee of PARTsolutions, Prodika, Oracle, and Agile Software.  You can see the news link here.

Hess Prints Solutions names Luke Teboul as their new SVP of Sales. Teboul has about two decades of experience in operations, sales, print, and direct marketing. He was formerly Vice President of Sales for IWCO, and is known for ensuring dramatic sales increases. He will be reporting directly to Doug Mann, CEO of Hess Print Solutions.  You can see the news link here.