SugarCRM has had its share of executive and manager turnover this year. Part came during a declared reorganization in February. But it has not stopped. Ken Lorenz, who was enterprise sales director from July 2012 through September, to become regional sales director at Ticomix. Dawn Jaeger, director of channel development, moved to Acumatica in June to become director of partner recruiting.

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Sage North America has created a new unit, Sage Accountants Solutions, to accelerate its efforts with accounting professionals. The company named Jennifer Warawa, who has headed the Sage Accountants Network, as VP and general manager of the new organization. Warawa says that SAN has been more about efforts across the Sage product portfolio. The new effort aims a broader involvement between Sage and accounting professionals.

SugarCRM has hired Jennifer Stagnaro as its SVP of marketing. In the new job, Stagnaro leads branding and marketing initiatives. She was previously VP of global marketing for Immersion. Before that, she was VP of marketing for Audience. She was also executive director for the Meth Project, which was aimed at reducing methadone use among youth. Sugar's previous marketing leaders included Lorna Heynike, who was SVP of marketing until she became the open source software company's group VP of product strategy in April 2012.