Bower & Branch welcomes two new executives to their leadership team, Brian Gerhart and Michael O’Hara. This month, the e-commerce startup announced Gerhart as chief operations officer. Gerhart will lead the development and execution of short and long-term growth strategies.
Prior to accepting his role with Bower & Branch, Gerhart served as corporate vice president at Lucknow-Highspire Terminals.
O’Hara was announced as chief strategic officer, overseeing strategy, finance and marketing. He will oversee finance, planning, development, and execution of multiple marketing objectives.
In past years, O'Hara served as a fractional and full-time COO, CMO, or CEO as Principal of oharaCXO. He also served as CEO for TechnologyAdvice in Nashville, COO at Leadnomics in Philadelphia and EVP/Division President for EducationDynamics in Hoboken.
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