Facilities supply distributor and commerce provider Essendant appointed Patrick Allard as President of Essendant Fulfillment Services, effective Sept. 16.

Allard, an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, joined Essendant from Radial Inc., where he held the position of CCO. Before his time at Radial, Allard was the Senior VP and CRO of Global eCommerce at Pitney Bowes. Additionally, Allard spent 12 years with Newgistics, focusing on sales and market strategy development.

Essendant said Allard will lead the company’s initiative to expand its fulfillment services and will work to accelerate the growth of its Connected Commerce services in his new role.

“Patrick’s experience in business development, marketing and product sales combined with his expertise in general business operations in B2B and B2C markets will help us realize outsized growth in our 3PL and Connected Commerce services,” Essendant Interim CEO David Boone said in a Sept. 16 news release.

Essendant is a distributor of JanSan, foodservice, technology accessories, office furniture and safety products. It also provides connected commerce services for a range of customers.