Greater Manchester-headquartered parcel delivery business InXpress has made four senior appointments to its board including a vice president at Etsy and former directors at Dell and PayPal.
The Rochdale company, which was acquired by New York private investment firm Hudson Hill at the end of 2020, has added Omar Simmons, executive chairman of one of the largest Planet Fitness franchise and managing director at Exaltare Capital Partners; Arnold Goldberg, former senior vice president and senior product technologist at PayPal; Brendan Mulryan, vice president at Etsy; and Jan Uhrich, former VP Services at Dell.
InXpress was founded in 1999 by John Thompson who initially ran the business from his bedroom.
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In 2006, the business entered the US market, followed by Australia and New Zealand, and now has 400 franchisees across 14 countries and 30,000 customers.
Hudson Hill Capital managing partner Eric Rosen said: "These senior executives within technology, ecommerce, and franchising will strengthen the InXpress business globally.
"Each individual brings many years of relevant experience that will strengthen our technology, franchise, and service expertise to enhance the experience of our customers."
Mr Simmons currently serves as managing director at Exaltare Capital Partners, which he co-founded.
He is also executive chairman of ECP-PF Holdings, one of the largest Planet Fitness franchise with health clubs in Connecticut, New Mexico, and New York.
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Prior to that, he worked as a Director at Windjammer Capital Investors and co-founded Reliant Equity Investors.
He also worked at leading private equity firms such as Summit Partners and McCown DeLeeuw.
Mr Goldberg spent the majority of his 30 year career as a senior product and technology executive working with four high-growth companies – PayPal, Box, LinkedIn, and eBay.
He joined PayPal in 2013 and served in senior product and technology positions, including his most recent role as senior vice president, chief product architect, where he partnered with the CEO to transform the product and engineering functions.
Prior to PayPal, Mr Goldberg worked as vice president, engineering at Box; vice president, platform engineering at LinkedIn; and senior director, systems development at eBay. He also served with Hyperion Software, IBM, and ABB.
From 2013 to 2016, Ms Uhrich was chief delivery officer at Sutherland responsible for global services delivery, technology, IT, and human resources.
She spent 17 years with Dell delivering new solutions and services, including starting and building Dell Global Support Services.
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Prior to Dell, she served for eight years as senior director product development with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and began her career at Apollo Computer.
Mr Mulryan currently serves as vice president, member services at Etsy. Prior to that, he worked as vice president, customer success at SaaS start-up Docurated and held various program management roles at Google.
Mark Taylor, Global chief executive of InXpress, added: "We look forward to benefiting from the diverse skills and insights that Omar, Arnold, Jan, and Brendan bring to help accelerate our growth, build strong relationships with our partners, and enhance our software platform."