[April 12, 2013] Pitney Bowes Appoints 2 New EVPs Tweet Apr 12, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Pitney Bowes announced it is planning to reorganize its business operations and is making two appointments in newly-constituted SMB Mailing and Software businesses. According to a release, Mark Shearer is joining the company as Executive Vice President and President, Pitney Bowes SMB Mailing Solutions and Mark Wright is joining as Executive Vice President and President, Pitney Bowes Software Solutions. These appointments are a continuation of the reorganization of business operations that began with the previously-announced establishment of the Global Client Services organization and the appointment of Kevin Connolly last month. Shearer and Wright will join the company on April 15, and both will report directly to President and CEO Marc Lautenbach. As president of Pitney Bowes SMB Mailing Solutions, the Company said Shearer takes on the leadership of an organization that will be focused on mailing products and technologies worldwide in the small and medium sized marketplace. Shearer's role is to drive an ever-improving client experience to this marketplace, to move best products and practices across national borders and markets, and to affect the ways in which clients can interact with the company in the future. Shearer had a 30-year career at IBM, where he held a broad range of general management, business and product strategy, and marketing senior leadership positions. He led both startup and mature businesses, with experience in the SMB space, and excelled at complex global organizations. Accomplishments at IBM included IBM's pre-defined services package for small and medium size clients, worldwide sales relationships with financial institutions and creating growth with telecom and media clients in Asia Pacific. He also held senior roles in marketing, which included the successful re-launch of the IBM mainframe, managing the $2B IBM System I business, and, in his last role at IBM, serving as VP of Marketing and Strategy for IBM's $20B hardware businesses. As President of Pitney Bowes Software, Wright will take over an expanded portfolio that will bring into one organization a broader spectrum of the company's software offerings. In addition to the current product lines that specialize in data management, location intelligence and customer communications for enterprise clients, the expanded Pitney Bowes Software will also include technologies that help consumers during life-changing events embodied in its Imagitas business. By bringing together Pitney Bowes software technologies into a single organization, the company will bring new scale to the marketplace, with resulting opportunities to develop solutions and enhance the experience enjoyed by Pitney Bowes clients. Pitney Bowes noted that Wright joins the Company with two decades of leadership in the information technology and enterprise software sales and marketing arena with a record of revenue and integrating diverse software businesses creating synergies and scale. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President for Infor Global Solutions, where he had led 15 business units with $512M in annual revenue. Prior to Infor, Wright was President & CEO of Aurema, successfully building a global provider of enterprise resource management software, and eventually selling the company assets to Citrix Systems in 2007. Wright's early career was at IBM, where over 18 years, he rose through the ranks from Sales Representative to Sales Leader to Business Unit Executive, eventually holding the title of Vice President, Software Sales and Marketing, Small & Midmarket Business, Americas. "When I joined Pitney Bowes, I said that this company's best days are ahead of it," Lautenbach said. "In Mark Shearer and Mark Wright, we have two executives who strongly share this view, and have the rich experience to make it happen. I am very excited to have them on board to help create a better experience for our clients around the world." The company also announced the departure of Leslie Abi-Karam, Executive Vice President and President, Pitney Bowes Communications Solutions, and John O'Hara, Executive Vice President and President, Pitney Bowes Software Solutions, both of whom will be assisting in the transition over the next several months. Abi-Karam joined Pitney Bowes in 1984 and served in numerous leadership positions over the course of her career. Prior to her current role, she served as Executive Vice President and President, Document Messaging Technologies. Abi-Karam's work ethic, commitment and execution resulted in expanding the DMT organization. In her current role, she has led significant transformational change focused on client retention and enhanced operational efficiency. She has also expanded Pitney Bowes's global presence, and improved the company's go-to-market strategies. Among her many other achievements, Abi-Karam was the initial architect of Pitney Bowes's move into the software business, overseeing the selection and integration of the company's purchases of Group 1 Software, Emtex Software, and MapInfo. O'Hara joined Pitney Bowes as part of the MapInfo acquisition in 2007, and was named President of Pitney Bowes Software in 2010. "Leslie Abi-Karam has had a long, distinguished and influential career at Pitney Bowes, and deserves the many accolades she has earned from across the industry. Within John O'Hara's tenure at Pitney Bowes, he has helped to drive a global culture and inspired innovation within the software business," said Lautenbach. "We wish both Leslie and John well as they move on to the next phase of their professional and personal lives." Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small, mid-size and large firms that help them connect with customers to build loyalty and grow revenue. More information: www.pb.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]