LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yankee Group today announced that Simon Rodd has joined the firm as a portfolio manager within the European sales team. Rodd brings with him more than 10 years of sales and business development expertise in both technology and market research.
Prior to joining Yankee Group, Rodd was senior director of institutional sales at Coleman Research, an expert network services firm that helps financial institutions contact industry experts to conduct primary research for due diligence. Before Coleman, Rodd spent five years as senior director of business development for health care and life sciences at Frost & Sullivan, where he managed a 13-member sales team across the EMEA region. He has also held roles as business development manager at Thomson Dialog/Profound and sales director for Greenergy International.
“Simon brings a wealth of sales and business development expertise to our European team,” said Andy Morison, VP of global sales at Yankee Group. “He will be a tremendous asset as we continue to serve our growing client base with new services, including our new European Mobile User Study.”
Rodd will be based in Yankee Group’s London office, supporting its growing team of European analysts and driving the firm’s sales efforts across Europe. To learn more about additional open Yankee Group positions in Boston, London and other locations, visit http://www.yankeegroup.com/careers.do. Yankee Group also today announced its 2011 European Mobile User Study, which will be available in July (see related press release).
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