Digiterre, a software and data engineering consultancy, today announced the appointment of Theresa Cantwell to an expanded role as Director of HR and Engagement Management. In addition, as part of the growth of the HR function, Helen Chilton has been appointed Senior Technical Recruiter.Software organisation Digiterre has appointed Theresa Cantwell as its director of HR and engagement management.
Ian Murrin, CEO and Founder, Digiterre, said: “We are delighted that Theresa has agreed to take on an expanded role, responsible for both HR and engagement management, and to welcome Helen who will lead our ambitious recruitment plans. Our values of care, quality and leadership are applied and nurtured in everything we do, and our people management function is instrumental as we continue to bring together and deploy exceptional teams that embody these values. Scaling, retaining and motivating agile software development teams, with the highest quality technical expertise, is critical to achieving the technical and cultural components of meaningful digital transformation for our clients.”Theresa Cantwell, Director of HR and Engagement Management, Digiterre, said: “I look forward to working more closely with our clients and consultants to deliver on our clients’ needs and enable our consultant teams to deploy their technical and consultative expertise effectively to maximise the benefits to all involved.”Theresa Cantwell has nearly 20 years’ experience as a people leadership specialist in the technology sector scaling development teams in the UK, Ireland and globally. Theresa was previously Digiterre’s Director of HR and Talent Management before her role was expanded to Director of HR and Engagement Management. Prior to joining Digiterre, Theresa was Head of Recruitment, and subsequently Engagement Manager, at Equal Experts, Head of Recruitment at AKQA, and Recruitment Team Leader for Microsoft’s European operations.Helen Chilton has spent 10 years in recruitment, with the last five years focused on technology, having worked in-house at EDF Energy and in recruitment consulting. Prior to that, Helen was a financial futures broker for 15 years developing strong domain expertise in capital markets, trading and technology.