PhillyTech People News 9/5/2018: IoT, Clinical Trials tech leads

Edison Partners hires new partner, Daniel Herscovici.
Previously, Dan worked at Xfinity Home where he was senior vice president and general manager.

The Amazon-Berkshire-JPM health venture led by Atul Gawande has a COO: Jack Stoddard (CNBC)



CRF Health and Bracket announced the closing of their merger in early September, creating a leader in Clinical Trials Technology based in Wayne. Bracket's current CEO, Mike Nolte, will assume the role of CEO for the combined company. An experienced leadership team from both organizations will help guide the strategic direction of CRF Bracket, the company says in a release.



Rick Bulotta is now Director, Azure IoT Strategy for Microsoft. Bulotta said on LinkedIn that he'd be working part time for Microsoft, based out of the Philly area. Bulotta, who co-founded ThingWorx, also has his own shop.



Leading Philadelphia based visual search company, Slyce, was awarded the prize for Mobile Solution of the Year at the Retail Systems Awards 2018 held in London, England in June. The award came as recognition for the company’s work with Tommy Hilfiger in producing its snap to shop app, TommyNow Snap.

Ted Mann, CEO of Slyce, who was in London to collect the award said, “This award is a great achievement for the entire Slyce team who went above and beyond to bring TommyNow Snap to life. It’s also fantastic recognition in Europe, a market we believe will be a strong one for our technology going forward. The app itself was a huge success which we’re very proud of - even Tommy himself was quoted as saying that the technology marked a ‘breakthrough in shopping!”

Slyce provided the cutting edge visual search technology at the heart of the app, the 1st ever retail shopping app built entirely around the camera and visual search.


Slyce is now expanding into France and has been selected to join Lafayette Plug and Play - the premier business accelerator for the retail and e-commerce industries.




MissionOG recently made what it considers two important hires for the firm's future.

Michael Heller is now an operating partner at MissionOG. Previously, he was the president and co-founder of Argus Information & Advisory Services, an information services firm that serves the banking industry.

Liz Haerling is its new VP of finance. She joins MissionOG after ten years with Graham Partners.

Managing partner George Krautzel emphasized two things in an email note:
1) how MissionOG is attracting top talent to a growing investment firm here in Philly
2) how MissionOG continues to accelerate and build a world-class investment firm here in Center City




Q&A: Entercom Comms Head Esther-Mireya Tejeda Is Wooing Marketers Back To Radio
(Holmes Report)

Entercom Taps New HR, SVP and Names Pair of PDs . (RadioWorld)



Dilworth Paxson appoints new co-COOs; Raju to serve another term as CEO
(Philadelphia Business Journal)



Connexus Technology CEO Wins Philadelphia Business Journal Award (PR Newswire)