SDL Appoints Chief Transformation Officer and Head of Business Development
June 06 2016 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
New executives bring proven track record of
transformation, innovation and business growth to expanded
leadership team
SDL (LSE:SDL) today announced the appointments of Azad
Ootam as Chief Transformation Officer and Thomas Labarthe as Senior
Vice President of Business Development.
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As CTO, Ootam will be responsible for developing SDL’s
language-centric strategy, ensuring it has the business systems and
intelligence needed to make quality decisions. As SVP of Business
Development, Labarthe will create and execute a strategy to
accelerate business growth, identifying opportunities to further
leverage and extend the existing product portfolio while
researching and outlining new growth potential for SDL.
“Having now spent time with all SDL’s business lines and all the
regions where we operate, I am starting to see there are a number
of common themes and opportunities that we can leverage for growth.
The appointments of Azad and Thomas underscore our determination to
find the right, high quality people, with the right skills to drive
change, accelerate our language-centric strategy and drive growth.
We are thrilled to welcome them to our team,” said Adolfo
Hernandez, CEO, SDL.
Azad Ootam joins SDL from Royal Mail Group, where he most
recently served as Head of Business Operations, overseeing its
restructure and transformation in advance of the company’s
privatization. Leading up to this, Ootam managed the strategy and
organized the resulting successful restructure of the technology
function. His contribution enabled Royal Mail to adapt and the
company has since undergone significant improvements that made its
privatization possible. Prior to Royal Mail, Ootam was the
commercial director of the UK Border Agency and was a partner at
Accenture, working with several major IT and consulting providers
in the industry. In his past roles, Ootam has led strategic
direction setting at the Board level, managed organization redesign
as well as radical cost-reduction projects through to program and
project management.
“I have spent much of my career working for large, complex
organizations and have been focused on extensive transformational
engagements,” said Ootam. “I look forward to bringing this
experience to SDL, where I will aim to align with stakeholders
across the organization to advance and optimize the
language-centric strategy."
With significant international experience, Thomas Labarthe joins
SDL from Lookout, a leading mobile security software company, where
he designed and launched the go-to-market strategy in Europe for
both consumer and enterprise markets, achieving immediate growth in
priority areas. Prior to Lookout, Labarthe spent close to 15 years
with Alcatel-Lucent. In his tenure, Labarthe held several
leadership positions, all including a core focus of driving net-new
sales, developing new business and revenue growth as well as
continued investment in deriving value from existing technologies.
He has led the integration and consolidation of businesses and
solutions while continuing to keep pace with market
competitors.
“Throughout my career, I’ve been driven by adapting to
challenges within organizations and finding new paths to growth,”
said Labarthe. “I’m excited to join SDL at this pivotal time and
look forward to working closely with the leadership team. By
establishing and building on current relationships – both within
and outside of the company – we will cultivate innovative
strategies and execute on development plans that continue to
advance the business and ultimately drive growth.”
David Clayton, executive Chairman of SDL, added: “Since being
appointed to the role of CEO of SDL, Adolfo has quickly got to know
the business well, identifying the opportunities available to it
and some of the challenges it faces. I am delighted that he has
been able to attract such high quality, new management appointments
to the company providing him with the depth and breadth of
expertise to execute our language-centric strategy.”
About SDL
SDL (LSE: SDL) is the leader in global content management and
language solutions. With more than 20 years of experience, SDL
helps companies build relevant digital experiences that deliver
transformative business results on a global
scale. Seventy-nine of the top 100 global brands trust SDL to
simplify the complexity of managing content across multiple brands,
websites, languages, and devices. Go global faster with SDL.
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