Infor has named Ali Shadman as SVP of a new organization that it said would help customers upgrade to the company’s latest technologies. Shadman, who reports to CEO Charles Phillips, is responsible for building tools and programs to accelerate customer upgrades to the latest release of Infor applications. One specific goal was to utilize virtualization in hybrid cloud, on-premise deployments. Previously, Shadman was VP and chief technologist for HP’s Technology consulting division. He also held executive positions with Unisys over eight years in two different tenures with that company.