Globetouch: VC-backed Globetouch hires COO

Oakland, California and India-based Globetouch, a provider of global connectivity services for the connected car and the internet of things, has named Alfredo de Cárdenas as chief operating officer. His work background includes serving as chief operating officer at Syniverse Technologies. Globetouch's backers include Hermes Growth Partners, Impact Venture Capital, Spark Telecom Ventures and Wholesale, Verizon Ventures, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, Digicel and NTT DoCoMo, 263 China and Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.