Mark Sherwood Joins Nuance as Chief Information Officer
July 16 2018 - 8:00AM
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) today announced that it
has appointed Mark Sherwood as Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Officer. Mr. Sherwood, most recently Vice President of
Information Technology at Symantec Corporation, brings nearly 30
years’ experience in advancing cloud-based application and service
strategies, enforcing a strong security posture, and developing
robust hosted infrastructures for optimal efficiency, stability and
customer service. Mr. Sherwood will be located in Nuance’s
Burlington, MA headquarters and report to Mark Benjamin, CEO.
Mr. Sherwood has held various positions of increasing
responsibility within the IT industry, from senior engineer to the
leader of large global teams. His technical expertise and deep
understanding of business operations have made him an expert in
leading organizations through complex technological
transformations, leveraging IT as an enabler of business
performance and better outcomes. As the leader of Nuance’s global
IT organizations and operations, Mr. Sherwood will oversee the
company’s infrastructure operations, core data services, business
systems, SaaS delivery, and information security.
“We are excited to welcome Mark Sherwood to Nuance,” said Mark
Benjamin, CEO of Nuance. “He has a deep understanding of hosting
operations and the technical intricacies involved in our complex
deployments, which will be instrumental as we work to optimize our
structure to increase efficiency, mitigate costs, and expand cloud
and hosting options for our customers.”
“Nuance has long been the market leader in natural language
understanding and artificial intelligence technologies, and the
company continues to push the limits of what its technology can
achieve for its customers,” said Mark Sherwood. “It’s
exciting to join the company at this pivotal time and I look
forward to what the future holds.”
Most recently, as vice president of IT at Symantec, Mr. Sherwood
led an expansive, global team responsible for all back office,
customer, and partner-facing applications, and directed integration
strategies and analytics technologies for the company’s on-premise
and cloud-based offerings. Earlier in his career, he held
leadership roles at Cisco Systems where he oversaw global teams
tasked with improving functionality and cost-efficiencies for the
company’s IT investments, maintaining a state-of-the-art security
posture, developing roadmaps for customer outcomes, and overseeing
on-premise and cloud-based integrated collaboration and messaging
systems. Mr. Sherwood earned an MBA from the California State
Polytechnic Institute-Pomona and a Bachelor of Science degree from
the University of California, Irvine.
About Nuance Communications,
Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) is the pioneer and
leader in conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to
everyday work and life. The company delivers solutions that can
understand, analyze and respond to human language to increase
productivity and amplify human intelligence. With decades of domain
and artificial intelligence expertise, Nuance works with thousands
of organizations – in global industries that include healthcare,
telecommunications, automotive, financial services, and retail – to
create stronger relationships and better experiences for their
customers and workforce. For more information, please visit
www.nuance.com.
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Contact Information
For PressRichard MackNuance Communications,
Inc.Tel: 781-565-5000Email: richard.mack@nuance.com
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