Appointments

Europlacer has appointed a veteran of the electronics industry to head up the company’s marketing, business development and communications strategy worldwide. Bringing substantial expertise from leadership roles in major corporations and mid-sized companies, François Erceau joined the Europlacer Executive Management Team in December 2020 as Group Strategic Direction and Marketing Officer.

PICMG, a not-for-profit 501(C) consortium of companies and organisations that collaboratively develop open specifications, held its bi-annual election for officers. The group elected four officers to lead the organisation through 2022.

Global composites manufacturer, Exel Composites has bolstered its UK business by hiring Steve Cook as the United Kingdom and Ireland Regional Sales Manager. Cook will help to increase business opportunities and connect closely with existing customers.

Clarion Defence and Security has appointed Dr Michael Holden as DSEI Space Adviser as the event will focus on the development of space capabilities to support international requirements. The appointment of Dr Holden as the first Space Adviser for DSEI expands its growth as a truly multi-domain event across the aerospace, land, naval, and cyber domains.

Agilysys has announced the appointments of Ben Curtis as Managing Director, EMEA and Matthew Prosser as Senior Sales Director in EMEA. Curtis and Prosser are charged with accelerating Agilysys’ continued growth in the EMEA region.

STMicroelectronics has announced the appointment of Rajita D’Souza as President, Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility (CHRO). Effective Jan 1st, 2021, she reports directly to Jean-Marc Chery, President and CEO and is a member of ST’s Executive Committee.

SAS has announced the appointment of Bryan Harris to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Harris has more than 20 years of experience researching and developing analytic techniques, enterprise search technologies, distributed computing and cloud architectures, and user experiences for both the federal and commercial industries.

Vector Informatik has announced that it is expanding its executive board effective January 1st, 2021. Dr Stefan Krauß (51), who has been with the company for 19 years now, is joining the board of managing directors as its third member. With this step, Vector is taking account of the challenges of the company’s ongoing growth.

SiTime Corporation has announced that it has cumulatively shipped two billion units of its silicon MEMS timing solutions. Over a decade ago, SiTime saw the opportunity to siliconize the timing industry. 

HARMAN International has named Christian Sobottka as President of the Automotive Division, effective 1st January, 2021. Sobottka was most recently Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board at Robert Bosch Automotive Steering. He will also be appointed to HARMAN’s Senior Leadership Committee and will report to President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Mauser. Sobottka will be based o...