Symphony names chief revenue officer and announces new commercial structure
- Press Release
New York and London, October, 19, 2021 – Symphony- the leading markets’ infrastructure and technology platform – has named StreetLinx co-founder and former CEO Gary Godshaw as the company’s chief revenue officer (CRO). In this newly created role Godshaw – who joined the company in August when Symphony acquired StreetLinx – will lead Symphony’s commercial organization and execution globally, including strategic account management, solutions, and client experience.
“Gary is a capital markets veteran with decades of experience leading high performing teams and markets businesses. His experience and industry profile is recognized by our clients, investors and securities industry stakeholders,” said Brad Levy, Symphony CEO. Levy added the CRO role wil be key as Symphony delivers its strategic plan: Prime23.
Additionally and as part of the company’s commercial structure, Symphony has named Jim Miller as chief client experience officer (CCXO). Jim joined Symphony when the company acquired Cloud9 Technologies (C9) – where he serves as chief operating officer – in June. Jim will own the B2B client experience, from the initial interaction and every touchpoint thereafter, seek improvements based on data and implement best practices across the board. He will also continue with his current C9 business operations activities.
Also joining the team is industry veteran Marie Patton, who has assumed the role of managing director for APAC. In this newly created role Marie will lead and execute Symphony’s strategy in APAC across revenue generation, brand awareness, location strategy and product development in partnership with respective global leads.
Levy concluded: “It’s an exciting time for Symphony as we continue connecting people with purpose, growing our business, and acquiring and integrating companies that will help us deliver true networked markets’ infrastructure to the financial services industry.”
About Symphony
Symphony is the most secure and compliant markets’ infrastructure and technology platform, where solutions are built or integrated to standardize, automate and innovate financial services workflows. It is a vibrant community of over half a million financial professionals with a trusted directory and serves over 1000 institutions. Symphony is powering over 2,000 community built applications and bots. For more information, visit www.symphony.com.
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