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Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, a global leader in retail technology, announces that Eugene Shvartsman will now serve as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) effective immediately. In this role, Shvartsman will lead a global revenue strategy across sales, partnerships, and customer success by aligning go-to-market execution with the company's broader growth objectives. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in the retail technology industry, he will work closely with sales, product, marketing, and regional teams to identify new opportunities, expand key accounts, and accelerate the adoption of Toshiba's retail technology solutions across the Americas.
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“Eugene is a rare leader who combines deep retail industry expertise with an unwavering commitment to customer success to drive results. In 2024, our sales organization achieved record-breaking growth, reflecting the strength of our portfolio, confidence from the market, and the impact of his leadership,” said Rance Poehler, President and CEO of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions. “Eugene has also been instrumental in advancing our segment strategy across hospitality, convenience, grocery, and specialty retail, ensuring that every customer benefits from focused expertise and solutions built specifically for their business.”
As SVP, Americas Sales, he led high-performing teams that expanded Toshiba’s presence with global retailers and delivered wins across multiple regions—strengthening Toshiba’s role as a global leader in retail innovation.
"I'm honored to help lead an organization that retailers around the world have trusted for more than 50 years. Toshiba's strength lies in our people, our proven technology, and our relentless commitment to empowering retailers to navigate an increasingly complex landscape,” said Shvartsman. “Together, we will accelerate innovation, deepen our customer partnerships, and set the standard for what retail technology can deliver.”
Shvartsman joined Toshiba in 2012 after 14 successful years at IBM, where he held multiple leadership positions with a primary focus on maintenance and outsourcing services.
About Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions empowers retail to thrive and prosper through a dynamic ecosystem of smarter, more agile solutions and services that enable retailers to resiliently evolve with generations of consumers and adapt to market conditions. Supported by a global organization of devoted employees and partners, retailers gain more visibility and control over operations while enjoying the flexibility to build, scale, and transform retail experiences that anticipate and fulfill consumers’ ever-changing needs.
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Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Tec Corporation, which is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Eugene Shvartsman will now serve as Toshiba's Chief Revenue Officer and will lead a global revenue strategy across sales, partnerships, and customer success.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The future the Pittsburgh Pirates once envisioned fully became the present on Tuesday night.
Paul Skenes on the mound. Konnor Griffin at shortstop. Two first-round picks drafted a year apart — Skenes in 2023, Griffin in 2024 — who have embraced the pressure that comes with being labeled the cornerstones of a franchise that appears intent on being taken seriously in 2026 and beyond.
For a tidy 2 hours, 29 minutes during a 7-1 victory over San Diego that gave the Pirates their sixth win in seven games, Skenes and Griffin took turns showcasing why Pittsburgh believes its decade-plus playoff drought could end this fall.
Skenes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, struck out five of the first nine Padres he faced and didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning. Griffin, called up last Friday at just 19, beat out an infield single in the fifth, then nearly caught teammate Spencer Horwitz while racing from first to home on Oneil Cruz's two-run double that gave Skenes and three relievers all the offense they would need.
Griffin, whose night on defense included a laser throw to first to nail Fernando Tatis Jr. on a slow chopper, later tacked on a two-run single in the eighth for the first multi-hit game of his career.
Yes, it's early April. Yes, the season is not even two weeks old. Still, for a team that insisted from the moment it arrived in spring training that it was time to win — and made a couple of uncharacteristically aggressive moves in the offseason by trading for All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe and signing All-Star outfielder/first baseman Ryan O'Hearn to a two-year deal in free agency — the early returns have been encouraging.
“We’re in a good spot,” Skenes said after improving to 2-1. “A lot of season to go, for sure, but the first couple of weeks have been pretty dang fun. ... I’m excited to see what it turns into because I don’t even think we’re playing our best baseball yet – which is scary to think about."
Skenes challenged the front office to get serious after a frustrating 2025 that was doomed by a miserable start that cost former manager Derek Shelton his job. The ace pitcher pledged to take on more of a leadership role, and the tone he sets has permeated a roster that's a mix of young homegrown talent and veterans in contract years with something to prove.
Griffin leaned into the opportunity to get an up-close look at Skenes while he kept the Padres off balance, taking another step forward following a forgettable opening-day start against the New York Mets in which he failed to make it out of the first inning.
“The way he competes on the mound, the way he fires us up in this clubhouse, we want to get runs for him because he’s going to dominate every time he goes out there,” Griffin said. "If we can just scratch some runs for him, then we’ll get him a win.”
Skenes, less than two years removed from arriving in the majors with outsized expectations of his own, has marveled at the way Griffin has deftly handled the attention that comes along when you're considered the No. 1 prospect in baseball, which Griffin was when he was called up on April 3.
Griffin provided a splash of adrenaline in his debut, lacing an RBI double in his first major league at-bat. An 0-for-13 stretch followed before Griffin raced down the line for an infield hit, and his two-run single in the eighth came after a hard-hit grounder in the seventh turned into a double play.
The setback didn't appear to rattle Griffin in the slightest, one of the many reasons the Pirates — who signed Griffin to a nine-year deal worth at least $140 million early Wednesday — are so bullish on him and why Skenes is optimistic about the direction the franchise is headed after years of feeling rudderless.
“It’s the player that we all know that he is and that he’s going to be,” Skenes said. "Sometimes, it takes a little bit to break out. It was nice to see today. It’s going to be exciting to watch.”
Skenes called Griffin, who turns 20 on April 24, “a big leaguer through and through.”
He's not the only one. Nick Gonzales, a first-round pick in 2020, played alongside Griffin at second base on Tuesday and at times couldn't help but shake his head.
“He’s a kid,” Gonzales said. “He’s doing things that I wish I could do. He hits the crap out of the ball. He’s mature beyond his age.”
And the Pirates might be — seven years into the top-down overhaul general manager Ben Cherington began methodically orchestrating when he took over in the fall of 2019 — contenders for the first time in a long time, with two players not old enough to rent a car without paying extra because they're still a ways away from their 25th birthdays at the center of it all.
It's a start.
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Konnor Griffin (6) singles off San Diego Padres pitcher Adrian Morejon, driving in two runs, during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes follows through on a pitch during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
