{"id":15551,"date":"2015-12-08T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=15551"},"modified":"2015-12-08T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:30:47","slug":"mark-durrett-joins-bell-and-howell-as-vice-president-of-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2015\/12\/mark-durrett-joins-bell-and-howell-as-vice-president-of-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Durrett Joins Bell and Howell as Vice President of Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brings 25 years of experience in marketing, product management.<\/em><\/p>\n

Durham, NC, December 8, 2015<\/em> \u2013 Ramesh Ratan, CEO of Bell and Howell<\/a>, announced that the company has hired Mark Durrett<\/a> as its new vice president of marketing. Based out of the company\u2019s headquarters in Durham, Durrett will oversee Bell and Howell\u2019s activities in demand generation, market intelligence, brand development and corporate communications.<\/p>\n

Durrett has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, product management and engineering leadership roles with entrepreneurial growth-stage technology companies. Most recently, he served as vice president of marketing and product management at cyber-threat intelligence startup Emerging Threats, which was acquired in 2015 by Proofpoint.<\/p>\n

Durrett\u2019s distinguished career also includes serving as vice president of marketing at Overture Networks, founding publisher-editor of CarrierEthernetNews.com, and global marketing co-chair of the Metro Ethernet Forum. He has designed and marketed technology solutions for industry pioneers such as Hatteras Networks (which he also co-founded), Covelight Systems, NetEdge Systems, and Wandel & Goltermann.<\/p>\n

Durrett earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University. In addition to contributing to numerous industry standards organizations, he holds a U.S. patent for a method of providing Ethernet service.<\/p>\n

\u201cBell and Howell has completed its turnaround to profitability and is now investing in growth initiatives,\u201d said Ratan. \u201cI look forward to Mark\u2019s leadership in marketing to help drive that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For additional information, contact marketing@bhemail.com or call 1-800-220-3030. Visit www.bellhowell.net<\/a> or www.linkedin.com\/company\/2289823<\/a>, or follow @bellandhowell on Twitter.<\/p>\n

About Bell and Howell<\/em><\/p>\n

Bell and Howell is a trusted partner to many of the world\u2019s largest providers in banking, insurance, telecommunications and postal services, as well as public utilities, freight operators, governments, and print and mail service bureaus. We have evolved our competencies in software and hardware technologies to enrich customer communications and commerce in print, mail and parcels operation, eCommerce, and information infrastructure. Our service capabilities expand beyond mail to include wide-format print, robotics, cash management, and smart card production and issuance. Supporting these solutions is one of the largest technical service organizations across the United States, Canada, the U.K. and Germany. For further information, please visit www.bellhowell.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brings 25 years of experience in marketing, product management. Durham, NC, December 8, 2015 \u2013 Ramesh Ratan, CEO of Bell and Howell, announced that the company has hired Mark Durrett as its new vice president of marketing. Based out of the company\u2019s headquarters in Durham, Durrett will oversee Bell and Howell\u2019s activities in demand generation, market intelligence, brand development and corporate communications. Durrett has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, product management and engineering leadership roles with entrepreneurial growth-stage technology companies. Most recently, he served as vice president of marketing and product management at cyber-threat intelligence startup Emerging Threats, which was acquired in 2015 by Proofpoint. Durrett\u2019s distinguished career also includes serving as vice president of marketing at Overture Networks, founding publisher-editor of CarrierEthernetNews.com, and global marketing co-chair of the Metro Ethernet Forum. He has designed and marketed technology solutions for industry pioneers such as Hatteras Networks (which he also co-founded), Covelight Systems, NetEdge Systems, and Wandel & Goltermann. Durrett earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University. In addition to contributing to numerous industry standards organizations, he holds a U.S. patent for a method of providing Ethernet service. \u201cBell and Howell has completed its turnaround to profitability and is now investing in growth initiatives,\u201d said Ratan. \u201cI look forward to Mark\u2019s leadership in marketing to help drive that.\u201d For additional information, contact marketing@bhemail.com or call 1-800-220-3030. Visit www.bellhowell.net or www.linkedin.com\/company\/2289823, or follow @bellandhowell on Twitter. About Bell and Howell Bell and Howell is a trusted partner to many of the world\u2019s largest providers in banking, insurance, telecommunications and postal services, as well as public utilities, freight operators, governments, and print and mail service bureaus. We have evolved our competencies in software and hardware technologies to enrich customer communications and commerce in print, mail and parcels operation, eCommerce, and information infrastructure. Our service capabilities expand beyond mail to include wide-format print, robotics, cash management, and smart card production and issuance. Supporting these solutions is one of the largest technical service organizations across the United States, Canada, the U.K. and Germany. For further information, please visit www.bellhowell.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[2548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15552,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15551\/revisions\/15552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}