Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. announced that the board of directors has appointed Scott Landers, currently chief operating officer, as president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2016. Landers will succeed current president and CEO, Doug Shaw, as part of a planned transition process announced on March 9, 2015. In March, Shaw stated his intention to retire at the end of this year.

He will remain a member of Monotype's board of directors, and work for the company in a part-time advisory role through the first quarter of 2016. Since March, Landers has served as COO for Monotype, and previously served as chief financial officer until the appointment of Monotype's new CFO, Joseph Hill. Prior to joining Monotype, Landers was vice president of global finance at Pitney Bowes Software.