Personnel changes at Diebold, Pivot3

Pivot 3 has a new CEO, and Diebold is looking for a new leader of its security division, according to announcements, released today by the two companies.

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Diebold's Stephenshon to retire, Engelhardt to serve as interim VP

Diebold announced that Bradley J. Stephenson is retiring from his current post as leader of the company's security division. Diebold is conducting a national search to identify a replacement for Stephenson, according to the company.

In the meantime, Kevin Engelhardt, vice president, security operations, will serve as interim vice president, security solutions.

Stephenson joined Diebold in 1973 and during his tenure has been part of the significant evolution of the company's security business. He has served in a variety of senior management and technical positions, including general manager of physical security, card systems, fire services, NexusSoftware and the original equipment manufacturer division. He led the company's electronic security division from 1996 to 1999, developing security solutions to meet the needs of financial services, retail and higher education clients. Appointed to his current role in 2009, Stephenson's retirement will be effective in December.

Engelhardt joined Diebold in 2004 via the company's acquisition of New York's Antar-Com, Inc. In his operations role, Engelhardt is responsible for the business operations of electronic security solutions in North America for all vertical markets. He has managed and executed a multitude of successful project implementations, including those underway at World Trade Center (WTC) Tower 4 and the WTC Transportation Hub.

He has also managed purchasing, warehouse operations, contract administration and finance activities. In his current role, Engelhardt will be responsible for leading Diebold's security business, with a focus on large-scale enterprise security sales and installations. He will also continue to lead all security related application and project engineering teams, as well as Diebold's government, retail and event monitoring security business efforts.

Pivot3 names Rich Bravman CEO

Storage provider Pivot3, Inc, today announced that Rich Bravman has been named the company's new CEO, effective immediately.

Bravman takes over for Robert Fernander, who has served as the company's president and CEO since 2007. Fernander will continue in a business development role for Pivot3.

“Rich is a proven leader with an impressive track record in taking start-ups to global publicly-traded technology leaders. Having grown through the ranks from software engineer to CEO, and having been associated with technologies that are a mix of both hardware and software makes Rich a perfect fit for Pivot3,” said Ron Nash, Chairman of the Board of Pivot3 in a prepared release.

Most recently, Bravman served as vice president of corporate development and chief marketing officer at NCR Corp, a Fortune 500 technology leader in self-service solutions for ATM machines, retail and airline check-in systems. At NCR, Bravman was responsible for all corporate marketing, business development activities, and forged several strategic partnerships for the company. Previously, Bravman was chairman and chief executive officer at Intelleflex, Inc., where his leadership helped the RFID technology start-up raise $51M in venture funding and develop key partnerships with

Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi and Motorola. Bravman started his career at Symbol Technologies where, during his 26-year tenure at the company, he held several positions with increasing responsibility and eventually assumed the role of chief executive officer and vice chairman. As CEO, Bravman led a major turnaround effort at Symbol, which paved the way for the company's acquisition by Motorola in 2007.