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INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Gulf Business Machines Oman appoints Mahmoud El Kordy as general manager

Gulf Business Machines Oman has announced the appointment of Mahmoud El Kordy as general manager succeeding Eddy Abboud .

In his new role , El Kordy will continue leading GBM Oman ’ s efforts in support of the Sultanate ’ s Digital Strategy , which strives to transform Oman into a modern digital society .
As GBM ’ s general manager , he will work hand-in-hand with GBM ’ s clients in the Sultanate , as they embark on their digital transformation journeys .
El Kordy brings over 30 years of experience in the IT industry across multiple geographies and joins GBM from IBM Middle East and Africa where he held several sales and leadership positions across systems and
Big Data and analytics . Prior to that , El Kordy was in IBM Europe for several years leading services sales .
El Kordy said : “ I am very excited to lead GBM ’ s Oman operations to drive the company ’ s strategy aimed at accelerating the Oman digital transformation and aligning with Oman vision 2040 . Our focus will be around Hybrid Cloud , AI and Security to meet The National Programme for Digital Economy .”
Mahmoud holds a bachelor ’ s degree in Engineering and a master ’ s degree from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands .
GBM Oman is a 100 % Omani-owned company with more than 30 years of experience . Today , the company consists of over 110 highly skilled professionals from 13 countries , of which 48 % are Omanis .
Mahmoud El Kordy , General Manager , Gulf Business Machines Oman
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Boomi appoints leaders to support customer growth after becoming independent

Boomi , an intelligent connectivity and automation vendor , has announced the appointment of Madeline Ling as chief financial officer ( CFO ), Marcy Campbell as chief revenue officer ( CRO ), and Fran Wilson as chief marketing officer ( CMO ). Additionally , Emmy awardwinning news journalist , Christa Delcamp joins Boomi to support public relations and media strategy and James Dyson joins to lead global diversity , equity and inclusion talent acquisition .

“ Boomi ’ s recent launch as a standalone company – coupled with our high growth and cutting-edge , cloud-based technology – provides the opportunity to build our leadership team as part of a much larger expansion , with several hundred new hires coming onboard this year ,” said David Meredith , CEO at Boomi . “ Our industry-leading platform and award-winning culture has enabled us to recruit top , globallyminded talent , with a demonstrated track-record of achievement and a passion to accelerate our mission to make the world a better place by connecting everyone to everything , anywhere .”
The new leadership appointments come after Boomi ’ s recent independence backed by premier private equity firms , Francisco Partners and TPG , in a US $ 4 billion transaction . As a global Softwareas-a-Service ( SaaS ) category leader with more than 20,000 customers – Boomi touts a growing user community of over 100,000 members and a worldwide network of more than 800 partners .
Madeline Ling , Chief Financial Officer , Boomi
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