Avid®, one of the world’s leading producers of post-production technology,
announced, on 10 January 2014, the appointments of two technology industry
veterans to senior management positions. Rick Lowenstein has been appointed
senior vice president of customer success and professional services, while Mitch
Weaver joins as vice president of software development.
“These appointments are part of our ongoing efforts to develop deeper
customer relationships, and to remain at the forefront of innovation with
solutions that solve our customers’ most pressing current and future
challenges,’ said Hernandez. “We welcome Rick’s experience in leading
professional services for a number of premier technology organisations, while
Mitch’s track record in leading technical operations will enable us to build on our
heritage of building groundbreaking solutions for the most complex workflow
environments.’
Reporting directly to Avid president and CEO Louis Hernandez Jr., Lowenstein
will be responsible for driving customer engagement and increasing customer
service levels. Weaver will spearhead the company’s software development
efforts, reporting to Chris Gahagan, Avid senior vice president of products and
services.
Lowenstein brings more than 18 years of senior management experience in
professional services, consulting and support at technology organisations
ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. He joins Avid from Adobe
Systems where, as vice-president of consulting, he managed the company’s
Americas enterprise consulting practice for all digital marketing products. He was
previously executive vice president of customer service at cloud-based
healthcare software provider Brightree, executive vice president of professional
services for enterprise software solutions provider Deltek, and vice president of
professional services for Agile Software, Workscape and PeopleSoft.
Weaver boasts more than 34 years’ experience in leading technical operations,
specialising in large systems software development, most recently as corporate
vice president and general manager at Cadence Design Systems. He was
previously president and CEO of Translogic Technology Incorporated, and
general manager at both Mentor Graphics Corporation and HP.
