Movers & Shakers

Local News
- 18 Jul 2019 ( #932 )
1 min read
Torres
Torres
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Riwal
has appointed Pedro Torres as CEO, effective immediately.
Torres joined Riwal in 2012 as regional director and was promoted to COO in 2015. He has strongly contributed to the positive operational results of the company and the implementation of The Riwal Way, the continuous improvement program that transformed the company's culture.
Together with René Timmers (CFO) and Søren Rosenkrands (CBDO), he successfully has given direction to the continued growth of Riwal's international operations.
Ellen Meijer, member of Riwal's board of directors, comments: "We are so glad to have been able to select the right person for the job from within the company. The other members of Riwal's executive management team fully support Pedro Torres' appointment. Pedro's operational and strategic skills, as well as his ability to enable team performance, makes him highly suited for the job."

Raleigh, NC, United States
SensorThink
, a Tompkins International company, has named Tom Martin as vice president of engineering.
Martin has over 25 years of development experience, building high-performance global teams focused on customer success. As vice president of engineering, he leads SensorThink's software development team.
Before joining SensorThink, Martin was vice president of services at Augmentum, responsible for the Eastern US region. In this role, he led multiple development teams, creating innovative products and solutions across healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and logistics in many different environments.
Then, as vice president of engineering and chief architect for Vitria's BusinessWare EAI platform, he helped pioneer the application integration space, giving Martin a clear understanding and deep knowledge of what is necessary in SensorThink's' highly scalable platform and integration solutions. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from DePaul University.
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