Philly Tech People News 12/23/2012: Vijay Vijayasankar joins SAP from IBM; NBCU Names Atish Banerjea CIO

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Leading the way for women in cable (phillyBurbs.com)
Comcast's LeAnn Talbot.


NBCU Names Atish Banerjea CIO
Former top Pearson, Dex One executive will oversee Information Technology organization (Broadcasting & Cable)

May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way – I am Joining SAP ! (Vijay's thoughts on all things big and small)
Vijay Vijayasankar joins SAP from IBM as Global Vice President - SAP Labs.

Robert Litzenberger Selected as the Recipient of the 2012 IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year Award (Business Wire)

Philadelphia launches office of new urban mechanics (CivSource)
To be co-directed by Jeff Friedman and Story Bellows.

Poptent Hires Charles “Sandy” Dondici as Chief Technology Officer, Surpasses $7 million in Creator Cash Payments (Business Wire)

Veteran Software Analyst Yun Kim Joins Janney Capital Markets; Expansion of Technology Research Team Adds to Firm’s Research Offering
(Business Wire)

evoke interaction Bolsters HCP Marketing Practice With Appointments of Heather Coyle, Executive Vice President, and Brian Whalen, Ph.D., Vice President (Marketwire)


Leadnomics Hires Andrew Gansler as Chief Operating Officer (Leadnomics.com)




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Young entrepreneurs create their own jobs, to mixed results (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Overhaul of California government payroll system at risk of collapse
The controller finds that the firm hired for the project is in over its head and may be unable to reach its goal. The system upgrade is five years overdue and has nearly tripled in cost. (LA Times)
SAP is managing the project, after having taken over from BearingPoint in 2010.