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Preferred International (now aap3 Ltd) has announced the appointments of two Cisco Senior Executives Brad Boston and Jim O’Donnell to its advisory board. Brad Boston, Senior Vice President, Global Government Solutions and Corporate Security Programs at Cisco, will head the board as non-executive Chairman. Jim O’Donnell, Senior Director of Information Technology, Cisco IT Client Services, will be a non-executive Director.

Boston is a recognised team builder and leader and is known for his business acumen. His career is marked by a consistent record of technological innovation and a proven ability to adapt to diverse corporate cultures. He has successfully managed organisations in a wide range of companies that are well known for harnessing technology for enhanced services, productivity gains and competitive advantage.
 
O’Donnell currently runs a multinational, multicultural team of over 1000 regular, vendor and temporary staff who work within every country Cisco do business. They partner and front end many of the IT technical organizations in the geographies around the world.

These recent changes follow a management re-structure, which has seen Rod Jackson, a former Cisco Vice President move from his role as Preferred’s non-executive Chairman to take over as Chief Executive of the Southampton Science Park based Preferred International Corporation. 

Commenting from his new position, Rod Jackson states “There are three elements that make a great company; great people, great products and great process. Preferred have a great team of over 300 people and our products and services are well-defined and demonstrating great progress in penetrating the market. Process is a continuum that needs to be constantly adjusting to our business growth and changes and this will be a major focus in the coming few months for the leadership team and myself.” 

These organisational changes also mark the company’s recent move to prestigious offices within the Science Park. Their new premise, at Delta House, will accommodate Preferred’s exciting growth plans across multiple geographies, industry segments & markets.