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Epicor appoints Vaibhav Vohra chief product & technology officer

By TechTaffy Desk

Epicor has appointed Vaibhav Vohra as the company’s chief product and technology officer, unifying the product development and product management teams under his leadership.

Previously, Mr. Vohra was chief product officer with Epicor. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of Product at Gecko Robotics, and VP and Product head at Bossa Nova Robotics. He was also vice president and head of Product Management at SAP Digital Interconnect.

The transition comes after a succession planning effort alongside Bill Wilson, who over the past year has served as CTO, says Epicor.

[Image courtesy: Epicor]

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