Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Spredfast Names Lombardi's Favaron CEO

Austin-based social media management software developer Spredfast said late last night that it has named former Lombardi executive Rod Favaron as its CEO. Favaron also joins the board. Favaron was most recently Chairman and CEO of Lombardi Software, which he sold to IBM in 2010. Favaron also has served at Mediaprise, pcorder.com, and Mentor Graphics.As part of the move, Spredfast co-founder Ken Cho becomes Chief Strategy Officer. Spredfast is venture backed by Austin Ventures. Spredfast was previously known as Social Agency.