iVendi appoints two new Vice Presidents

Digital motor retailing and finance specialist, iVendi has made two new appointments.

Dale Reed has been named VP Product Management. He has been working in IT for 30 years, starting as a software engineer and specialising in data aggregation and business intelligence before migrating into product management. For the last decade, he was employed by Insurtech, building telematics solutions designed to help understand driver behaviour.

Initially, he will be helping coordinate between business stakeholders and product teams to build a long-term roadmap that will deliver on iVendi’s growth plans both in the UK and into Europe. He will also be improving the company’s product processes in order to ensure the products the company delivers bring the highest possible value to customers.

John Cross has become VP Engineering. During a career spanning almost 25 years, he has worked in a wide range of industries – from video gaming to banking. His most recent experience was at IRIS Software Group where he focussed on replacing legacy desktop accountancy and payroll software with cloud-based platforms.

He will be working with the managers of iVendi’s team of more than 65 software engineers to drive best practice in engineering, processes and people leadership, as well as helping to define company level objectives and key results.

Richard Tavernor, COO, said that the new recruits meant that iVendi now had the entire senior team it needed in place to drive its ambitious growth plans. “Our expansion targets, which we announced towards the end of last year, are aspirational but we have made a strong start and are confident that the addition of Dale and John to our team will help us to reach our goals. We now have an excellent, seven-strong team of VPs in place that means we are in good shape to grow.”