Avid Appoints Senior Management Positions

Avid has appointed two new 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.
Mr Lowenstein will be responsible for driving customer engagement and increasing customer service levels, while Mr Weaver will spearhead the company's software development efforts.
"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 Avid president and CEO Louis Hernandez Jr.
"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."
Mr Lowenstein brings more than 18 years of senior management experience in professional services. 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.
Mr Weaver boasts more than 34 years' experience in leading technical operations, specialising in large systems software development.
Most recently he was corporate vice president and general manager at Cadence Design Systems. He was previously president and CEO of Translogic Technology Incorporate, and general manager at both Mentor Graphics Corporation and HP.
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