Company names John Hoffman, former CIO and General Manager of eBusiness at Applied Materials, as its new Chief Executive Officer.

RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (RES), an IT outsourcing provider of infrastructure, software as a service, and on-demand solutions, recently announced that it has named John Hoffman as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Hoffman, former CIO and General Manager of eBusiness at Applied Materials, Inc., replaces George Macricostas, who has been appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the strategic alliance and planning committee. As CEO and board member, Hoffman will be responsible for day-to-day business decisions for RES.  He will also have an active role in business development and strategizing the company's world-class IT services and solutions to the marketplace on a global scale.

The RES board of directors unanimously selected Hoffman for his extensive experience and business leadership in the technology community. During his 17 year tenure at Applied Materials, Hoffman held various key senior positions including, Chief Information Officer, General Manager of the Etch Business Group, President and General Manager of the Wafer Inspection Division, General Manager of the Global Intel Account, and General Manager of the Global Service Division.

"RES is extremely excited to have a respected industry executive in John Hoffman as our new CEO," said George Macricostas. "John brings a wealth of industry experience and strong execution skills to the RES team. I'm confident he will continue to build on the success we've achieved in the IT outsourcing industry and he will certainly be instrumental in our future success."