Northwest Analytics announces Peter Guilfoyle as chief executive officer
November 18, 2019 -- Northwest Analytics' board of directors announced that Peter Guilfoyle has been appointed chief executive officer, president and director. Robert Ward, former CEO, will assume an advisory role. These changes were effective November 12, 2019.
Guilfoyle was the Vice President of Marketing for Northwest Analytics. In that role, Guilfoyle drove the company to the #1 ranking in unaided brand awareness for manufacturing analytics companies in a recent market survey (Publitek, Nov. 2018); and positioned the company's flagship platform, NWA Focus EMI, as the foundation for Industry 4.0 and digital transformation initiatives for global manufacturers.
Prior to joining Northwest Analytics in 2010, Guilfoyle was executive vice president at Coaxis and Viewpoint Software. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Science from Virginia Commonwealth University.
About Northwest Analytics
Northwest Analytics is a provider of Industry 4.0 manufacturing analytics solutions for manufacturers, delivering process decision guidance for 35% of the Forbes 1000 manufacturers and more than 3,000 manufacturing customers worldwide.
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