GFT Technologies announced the appointment of Tom Cozzolino as its new Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) in the U.S. The C-suite expansion comes as a result of GFT?s growing business with U.S. clients, which saw a 15% year-over-year increase in its most recent financial results. As CSO, Cozzolino will support GFT?s continued local market expansion with a focus on deepening its AI and data-based offerings. Cozzolino will work alongside GFT?s U.S. executives to shape the digital strategies of banks, financial institutions, insurers and manufacturers.

He will specifically focus on working with GFT?s Customer Innovation Solutions team to guide the modernization of companies? legacy operations into digital, cloud-based architectures. As part of this, he will also drive further delivery and expansion of the GFT AI.DA Marketplace, the company?s catalog of ready-to-implement AI and data solutions.

Cozzolino brings over 25 yearsof technology and digital transformation experience to GFT, including more than a decade in management and technology consulting. In his most recent role as Senior Director at Salesforce, he oversaw go-to-market strategy for the company?s Salesforce Platform and Data Cloud products. He also introduced the company?s first thought leadership program for its modern architecture offerings.