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Boomi appoints Alison Biggan chief marketing officer

By TechTaffy Desk

Boomi has appointed Alison Biggan, former president of corporate marketing at SAP as its chief marketing officer.

Most recently, Ms. Biggan served as president, corporate marketing at SAP. Prior to that, she led Product and Field Marketing, and also served as the COO of the global marketing organization at SAP. Ms. Biggan joined SAP through the acquisition of Business Objects.

Ms. Biggan attended the University of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma in Marketing Communications from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

In another development, Boomi appointed Arlen Shenkman, formerly EVP and CFO at Citrix  as the company’s president and CFO.

[Image courtesy: Boomi]

 

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