Emergn Names Don Kirkwood as Vice President of Sales, North America

Company continues to bolster North American presence to help clients adopt better ways of working

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emergn, a global digital business services firm helping companies deliver valuable digital products and customer experiences faster, today announced Don Kirkwood will serve as the company’s Vice President of Sales, North America. Kirkwood joins the North America leadership team as the company continues to work with the world’s most respected businesses—including Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and Global 2000 companies—to develop and deliver their most promising ideas into valuable digital products and customer experiences faster.

Emergn offers product innovation, enterprise transformation, experience design, product development, intelligent automation, and data and analytics capabilities. In his role, Kirkwood will be focused on bringing Emergn’s mission to life, and as a business development leader, he will lead the growth of the business in the North American market. Kirkwood will also be responsible for fostering Emergn’s engagement and relationship management practices to continue the company’s advisory-led approach, including providing high-touch, high-quality account management.

“Don is an invaluable sales leader with decades of experience working with a wide variety of clients, which will be instrumental when engaging with Emergn’s new and existing client base,” said Richard Meirion-Williams, Chief Revenue Officer, Emergn. “He will help build our world-class sales team in North America, and I look forward to working with him closely to help our clients achieve their ambitious goals.”

Kirkwood has achieved unprecedented performance in high-profile sales positions for both start-ups and world-class technology companies. He is a seasoned sales leader with more than 25 years of experience in advising and creating tangible value for clients. Prior to joining Emergn, Kirkwood worked at Aera Technology, where he built relationships with Tyson, Alcon, Keurig Dr Pepper and more. Prior to his time at Aera Technology, he worked for Deloitte Consulting for more than 15 years and most recently served as a managing director, client relationship executive, where he played a critical role in cultivating strategic relationships with the firm’s largest portfolio clients.

"I have been very impressed with the outcomes organizations have achieved through Emergn's VFQ approach for delivering products and services," said Kirkwood. “I am excited to join this talented team to grow Emergn’s presence in North America and help organizations deliver valuable digital products and customer experiences, that win in this market."

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About Emergn

Emergn is a global digital business services firm with a mission to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. Emergn helps some of the world’s most respected businesses—including Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and Global 2000 companies—develop their most promising ideas into valuable digital products and customer experiences, faster. Emergn offers learning, consulting, and technology services to help clients own their transformation, and create high-performing teams. Our capabilities span product innovation, experience design, product delivery, intelligent automation, learning skills and capabilities, data and analytics, and business transformation. Emergn has spent more than a decade perfecting its context-specific and outcomes-driven approach to transformation based on three principles: Value, Flow and Quality. This unique approach provides Emergn’s clients with the frameworks, models and tools needed to drive lasting, sustainable change to the way they work and transform. Emergn has a strong presence in over a dozen countries, with its U.S. headquarters in Boston and EMEA headquarters in London. For more information, visit Emergn’s website and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.