Axis41 Hires New Business Head

Axis41, a digital agency based in Salt Lake City, has hired Scott Townsend as its new director of business development.In the position, Townsend is charged with growing the agency’s client roster and maintaining relationships with current clients such as Starbucks, Penton Media and Kenneth Cole. He will also support account management and Axis41’s own marketing efforts. Most recently, Townsend was director of marketing at Cayenta, a San Diego-based information technology company. Before that, he spent three years at 3Com as senior manager of marketing communications in the Mobile Connectivity Group, where he managed integrated marketing and communications.