{"id":66007,"date":"2015-12-07T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=66007"},"modified":"2015-12-08T07:12:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T03:12:49","slug":"cymax-acquires-key-talent","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/cymax-acquires-key-talent","title":{"rendered":"Cymax Acquires Key Talent to Spearhead Furniture E-Commerce Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 11px 33px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5734\/23483710132_e8d9edc1cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"174\" \/>On the heels of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techvibes.com\/blog\/cymax-raises-25-million-2015-10-14\">$30 million Series A funding<\/a>, Cymax today announced three appointments to its marketing and technology teams.<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<p>Two new vice presidents and a senior director will strengthen the Vancouver company&#8217;s position as a leader in online furniture sales and play a vital role in its evolution from a data driven e-tailer to an integrated ecommerce technology company.<\/p>\n<p>Rizwan Somji joins Cymax as vice president of technology, bringing 15 years of experience leading diverse technology teams.<\/p>\n<p>On the retail side, Grant McTaggart joins Cymax as vice president of merchandising and marketing. McTaggart brings over 25 years of experience, most recently as a VP at Best Buy Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Cymax is also adding to its data team with the appointment of Nathaniel Payne as senior director of data analytics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The calibre of talent we&#8217;ve attracted to Cymax&#8217;s growing leadership team is a strong testament to the market opportunity in front of us,&#8221; said Arash Fasihi, founder and CEO of Cymax, a technology focused furniture e-tailer that has seen 71 per cent growth over the past five years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techvibes.com\/blog\/cymax-a-tech-company-that-sells-furniture-2015-06-01\">Cymax, a $100 Million Tech Company that Sells Furniture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the former co-founder and VP of engineering for ResponseTek Networks, Somji brings a track record of building highly scalable, hosted SaaS applications to Cymax&#8217;s growing development team.<\/p>\n<p>With deep knowledge of merchandising and consumer behavior, McTaggart will expand and diversify the company&#8217;s furniture e-tail business with an increased focus on customer experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The proven track record of these three outstanding individuals will help lead our teams through a time of rapid expansion and scale, and be vital to Cymax in the coming months,&#8221; said Fasihi.<\/p>\n<p>Cymax continues to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techvibes.com\/company-directory\/cymax-stores\">hire agressively in Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of a $30 million Series A funding, Cymax today announced three appointments to its marketing and technology teams. 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