Calian Announces Chief Commercial Officer
OTTAWA, November 2, 2020 – Calian Group Ltd. (TSX:CGY) today announced that Michele Bedford has joined Calian as the new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
The CCO role is new for Calian and will be responsible for driving our marketing and brand strategy, as well as leading the implementation of common sales processes and proposals capability.
“To enable our success, we are investing in adding the right talent to the team.” said Kevin Ford, Calian CEO, “Having global marketing leadership to help guide the strategic discussions with our corporate leadership team, is key to helping us achieve our growth objectives. We are extremely pleased to have found the right candidate in Michele and are looking forward to tapping into her wealth of marketing and business experience as we continue to raise the Calian profile as an innovative, global growth leader.”
Ms. Bedford has held senior roles in the areas of global marketing, sales, and operations, most recently at Microsoft. She possesses a deep passion for partnering with customers to help them realize their innovative goals and objectives. Michele has spent significant time focused on partnering with government organizations to utilize technology to accomplish their mission, including progress towards UN sustainable development goals and smart city initiatives. This focus was maintained through her leadership of the global government marketing efforts, and later as Managing Director of Microsoft’s federal government sales practice. Prior to her time with Microsoft, Michele was a product marketing lead and competitive analyst for Canadian-based technology start-ups; guiding products from initial design specifications, through development, production and deployment. Michele holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Management & Marketing from Clarkson University in New York.
About Calian
We keep the world moving forward. Calian® helps people communicate, innovate, learn and lead safe and healthy lives. Every day, our employees live our values of customer commitment, integrity, innovation, respect and teamwork to engineer reliable solutions that solve complex problems. That’s Confidence. Engineered. A stable and growing 40-year company, we are headquartered in Ottawa with offices and projects spanning North American, European and international markets. Visit calian.com to learn about innovative healthcare, communications, learning and cybersecurity solutions.
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