{"id":616,"date":"2025-02-14T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightingnewsnow.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:11:31","slug":"markettime-appoints-terri-harwood-as-chief-operating-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightingnewsnow.com\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"MarketTime Appoints Terri Harwood as Chief Operating Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dallas-based <a href=\"https:\/\/markettime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MarketTime<\/a> \u2013 a leading B2B sales enablement technology provider for the gift, home, and toy industries \u2013 has appointed Terri Harwood as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). \u00a0She brings a distinguished background in directing overall business operations, enhancing customer experience, and building a customer-centric culture for multi-billion-dollar companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her expertise spans operational planning and administration, productivity improvement, business transformation, customer satisfaction and retention, and strategic planning and analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harwood joined MarketTime in December, affording her the opportunity to meet with customers across a variety of industries during winter markets. \u201cI have been incredibly impressed by the candor and willingness of our customers to share their experiences and feedback,\u201d she said. \u201cThese valuable insights will be instrumental as we continue to strengthen our platform and better serve the needs of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Terri to the MarketTime team,\u201d said Chris Lee, CEO of MarketTime. &#8220;Her expertise in customer satisfaction and relationship-building will be invaluable as we strengthen the partnerships with our customers and use their feedback to drive product development. At MarketTime, we are deeply committed to providing the best possible experience with our suite of sales tools, and that means listening to our customers. With Terri on board, and our soon-to-be-announced Chief Product &amp; Technology Officer, we will be able to deepen our customer focus, collaborating with them to innovate, enhance our support, and deliver truly exceptional value.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas-based MarketTime \u2013 a leading B2B sales enablement technology provider for the gift, home, and toy industries \u2013 has appointed Terri Harwood as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). \u00a0She brings a distinguished background in directing overall business operations, enhancing customer experience, and building a customer-centric culture for multi-billion-dollar companies. 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