PLEASANTON, CA, February 15, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ThinkHR Corporation, the largest national HR firm specializing in wholesale insurance broker distribution, today announced the appointed of Dan Riordan as Chief Operating Officer. Effective immediately, Mr. Riordan will be responsible for the day-to-day operations management of ThinkHR including driving activities to increase operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and financial results.
Mr. Riordan joins ThinkHR with over 25 years of senior management and sales experience at leading technology start-up companies. Most recently, he was at Level 5 Networks, Inc. (which was acquired by SolarFlare) where he the effort to bring their EtherFabric technology to market. He was hired as VP Sales and Marketing and took over the COO responsibilities which eventually lead to the acquisition of the company by SolarFlare. Prior to Level 5, he was VP of Asia Pacific at Extreme Networks and VP of Sales/Marketing at Optranet (which was acquired by Extreme in 2002) focusing on WAN technologies & Network Management solutions. In addition, he has held leadership roles at SkyStream Networks, C-Cube Microsystems and PMC Sierra. Mr. Riordan is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a BS in Electronic Engineering and has an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Pete Yozzo, CEO of ThinkHR Corporation, commented, "Dan is a veteran of several start-up ventures who brings years of experience in identifying and implementing business improvement and value-generating opportunities to ThinkHR. We are excited that Dan is joining the ThinkHR team at a time when our people-based national HR model is growing rapidly and we are becoming the standard for National HR support."
In a world of technology solutions, ThinkHR provides "people-based" solutions to brokers to provide to their clients with help addressing the complex issues that every company confronts in today's competitive business environment. Founded in 2004, ThinkHR is a privately-held company serving clients nationwide through offices in California and Georgia. For more information, visit http://www.thinkhr.com.
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