Manchester, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 4 February 2012
Codethink Limited, a provider of open source engineering services for mobile/embedded devices, today named Gabriel Vizzard as vice-president of business development and marketing.
Mr Vizzard is responsible for marketing, business development and solutions/product strategy for Codethink worldwide. A veteran of the IT and telecommunications industries, he started his career with telecommunications policy and economics at graduate school followed by software, hardware and services business development for IBM to a wide range of enterprises, especially wireless service providers, in Europe and worldwide.
Gabriel Vizzard most recently provided business development and strategy consulting services involving mobile semiconductor supply chains, mobile and embedded device product development, open source software business strategies and mobile advertising. Prior to that he had served as a board member, chief marketing officer and acting CEO for LastMile Communications Ltd, a mobile content delivery and broadband radio products company.
As IBMs global leader for wireless broadband solutions Gabriel Vizzard led a global team which successfully launched innovative services solutions to a range of customers segments. Previously at IBM he managed partner alliances, where he created the first ISV partner programs for Java and the Internet. Prior to working at IBM, Mr Vizzard served in a variety of IT industry positions, both creating and selling solutions.
“Codethink has built a very strong software engineering team and is ready to expand its offerings. To accomplish this we’re thrilled to have someone with Gabriel’s calibre, depth and breadth of experience to lead our business development, marketing and strategy,” says Codethink CEO Paul Sherwood. “His experience with embedded systems, mobile telecommunications and cloud computing will be essential in our efforts to raise awareness of our software engineering services, solutions and, soon to come, new products for wireless telecommunications companies, consumer electronics, automotive, industrial and medical products companies.”
