SKBM Smart Technology, the nation’s only vendor-agnostic smart building aggregator operating nationally, has announced that Asset Living the second-largest property management firm in the United States (U.S.) with a portfolio exceeding 300,000 units—has selected SKBM Smart Technology as its preferred partner for all Smart Building Projects.
July 1, 2025
Posted by: Marion Webber
Surgere, an AI-powered supply chain visibility SaaS company, has named Nykaj Nair as the company’s first chief revenue officer, an important step forward as Surgere seeks to drive significant new growth, enter new industries and deliver boundary-pushing solutions for customers everywhere.
Nair brings more than two decades of experience in business development, sales and leadership for global companies. Most recently, Nair served as the managing director and general manager for global IoT sales for Cisco, a worldwide software, networking, security, computing and technology company. There, he led strategy on Cisco’s internet of things (IoT) solutions, experience he will draw on to take Surgere into a new era.
“Supply chain uncertainty is a massive challenge for global industry and Surgere has a tremendous opportunity to remove that uncertainty by providing real-time visibility and intelligence,” Nair said. “I believe that this team truly has the opportunity to change the world and I couldn’t be more excited to help drive our next phase of growth through initiatives and the accelerated, worldwide adoption of our unique platform.”
The chief revenue officer position has emerged in forward-thinking organisations as a critical leadership role for driving holistic revenue growth strategies. At Surgere, Nair will unify marketing, sales and service delivery to create a streamlined, customer-centric approach that optimises every stage of the revenue cycle.
“Nykaj’s business development and strategic acumen speak for themselves and we couldn’t be happier to welcome him to Surgere,” said William Wappler, the CEO at Surgere. “This company started at my kitchen table in 2004. The sky has always been the limit for our growth potential and we firmly believe Nykaj will be instrumental as we capitalise on the supply chain technology market and accelerate the growth of our platform.”
Prior to his tenure at Cisco, Nair held leadership and management positions at Ingram Micro, Canon and Tech Pacific (India) Limited. He holds his bachelor of engineering degree from Bangalore University and his master of business administration degree from Queensland University of Technology.
To learn more about Surgere, visit www.Surgere.com.
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August 1, 2024
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Subeca, an internet of things (IoT) startup that provides low cost and easy to use water technology, raised US$ 6m in Series A funding. The Series A was led by SUEZ with participation from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon’s sustainability focused corporate venture fund and Burnt Island Ventures.
May 21, 2024
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Analog Devices, Inc. has announced that Richard C. Puccio, Jr. will join the company on February 5, 2024 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. In this role, Mr. Puccio will set ADI’s financial strategy and lead the company’s global finance operations. Mr. Puccio will report to CEO and chair Vincent Roche.
“Rich brings tremendous experience and capability from his more than three decades of leading financial advisory and high-growth business operations activities in complex technology sectors, and this makes him a great addition to ADI’s leadership team. We welcome Rich’s sharp business acumen to enable ADI to accelerate the effectiveness of our operations in a world of increasing opportunity and complexity,” said Vincent Roche, ADI’s CEO and chair. “I would also like to thank Jim Mollica for his partnership and contribution as interim CFO, and I look forward to Jim’s continued leadership in ADI’s finance organization.”
Mr. Puccio joins ADI from Amazon Web Services (AWS) where he served as CFO. In his role at AWS, Mr. Puccio partnered closely with the business to manage more than 200 fully featured services, including compute, storage, databases, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile and security, among many other technologies. Prior to his role at AWS, Mr. Puccio was at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for nearly 29 years, where he served as a partner for over two decades. During his tenure at PwC, Mr. Puccio primarily served clients in the global technology, semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment industries.
“With its innovative spirit, amazing talent and dedication to enriching lives and the world around us, ADI has exceptionally strong growth potential. I’m delighted to be joining ADI as the company’s new CFO and look forward to bringing my digital, software, and platform experience to the company as we play an increasingly important role in creating the Intelligent Edge and driving new levels of shareholder value,” said Richard C. Puccio.
Richard Puccio earned his AB in Economics from Harvard University and his MBA from Boston University.
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January 26, 2024
Posted by: Magda Dabrowska
Semtech Corporation, announced that its board of directors has appointed Mark Lin as Semtech’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, He will commence his employment after taking over Emeka Chukwu in that role. Lin will join Semtech not later than October 4, 2023. (more…)
September 12, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL Axiata) continues to strengthen its position as the initial operator to introduce convergence services through XL SATU. To maximise services, XL SATU is now adopting fibre to the room (FTTR) technology, which will soon be introduced and can be used by customers, to further enhance the convenience of internet at home. (more…)
July 24, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Telit Cinterion has announced that it is continuing the execution of its growth roadmap with the appointment of Sashidhar Thothadri as chief commercial officer and Neset Yalcinkaya as senior vice president sales, Americas. These appointments are indicative of the company’s commitment to adapting its executive management to align with the new market of digital transformation, leveraging Telit Cinterion’s expanded module portfolio, embedded-managed connectivity plans, and device management and data orchestration platforms. (more…)
July 11, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Exostellar has announced the appointment of Tony Shakib as its new co-CEO (chief executive officer). Shakib will work alongside current CEO Hakim Weatherspoon during a transition period, with the plan for Tony Shakib to assume the role of CEO in future. (more…)
July 4, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
DZS has announced that its integration partner Summit Technology Solutions (STS) will leverage DZS Access and Subscriber EDGE technology over fibre as the security and smart network (SSN) infrastructure. This will be for the Iconic Tower and Crescent Tower projects in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, which is being developed by Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD). (more…)
June 30, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
LocatorX, a company known for connecting business processes at the edge with the enterprise through its open IoT hardware and software platforms, has announced Chester Kennedy as the new chief executive officer of Atlanta-based company. Kennedy comes to LocatorX from Infleqtion, formerly known as ColdQuanta, and brings over 35 years of experience in the aerospace and commercial electronics industries. His previous experience includes leadership roles at companies including ColdQuanta, BRIDG, and Lockheed Martin. Kennedy has experience companies through technological development and expansion. Kennedy will assume the role of chief executive officer as previous CEO, Scott Fletcher, transitions to the position of chief commercial officer, continuing his leadership presence at the company. (more…)
June 22, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban