By Mary Ellen Podmolik | Enable Holdings, Inc., the Chicago-based parent of uBid, Inc.,
Red.Tag.com and Dibu Trading Corp., named Patrick Neville as its chief
executive and a director of the company.

Neville will join Enable March 1, replacing Timothy Takesue, who has served as the company’s interim chief executive since late December. Takesue will return to his post as executive vice president of asset management.

From 1997 to 2008, Neville was president, chief executive and vice chairman of Beautyfirst/Purebeauty, a 120-store chain based in Wichita, Kan., which he oversaw the sale of in 2008. Since 2008, Neville has led a consulting firm  in Wichita.