By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com
October 8, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Domain registrar and web hosting provider Network Solutions (www.networksolutions.com) announced on Wednesday it has named Scott Ableman as chief marketing officer and Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy as chief knowledge officer.
These are the first major appointments the company has announced since February, when it named Travis Fore the company's senior vice president of sales.
In his position as CMO, Ableman will lead marketing, Web sales, product marketing, and other marketing functions. He has extensive experience in product marketing and management, customer marketing, marketing analysis, search marketing and user experience.
Ableman previously served at Network Solutions as vice president of marketing, where he was instrumental in expanding the company's line of products and services. Ableman returns to the company after serving as senior vice president of marketing for cell phones and wireless services retailer Simplexity.
He has also held the senior vice president/chief marketing officer position at telecommunications provider Winstar Communications, as well as held several management positions in consumer and business-to-business marketing at MCI Communications.
As CKO, Dr. Priyadarshy will lead the competitive intelligence division comprised of customer information, research and data analytics. He has a wide range of experience including strategic, business, and technology consulting to chief executive officers, chief technology officers and senior leaders of global technology companies.
He previously held various positions including senior research scientist among others at AOL, as well as multiple scientific positions at Rutgers, University of Pittsburgh, and The University of Sydney, Australia. Having authored over 30 research papers, Dr. Priyadarshy's expertise is in creating and analyzing data for product improvement, enhancing consumer experience and innovation
Both Ableman and Dr. Priyadarshy will report to Network Solutions' CEO, Roy Dunbar.
"We are pleased to have both Satyam and Scott join our team in these critical roles, serving our customers while continuing to drive the success of our organization," says Dunbar.
Network Solutions offers a full range of services that includes web hosting, web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, SSL certificates, email services and domain name registration.
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