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Dave Gerhardt is returning to the marketing startup as its first-ever brand officer. He was the startup's first marketing employee back in 2015 and will work with both the CEO and CMO in his new role. 

Drift Chief Brand Officer Dave Gerhardt. Courtesy of Dave Gerhardt. 

Dave Gerhardt

Drift's First Marketing Employee Returns as Chief Brand Officer 

Twitter has found the leader for its initiative to create a decentralized social network standard, called Bluesky, as Happening founder Jay Graber revealed she had accepted the role in a tweet on Monday.

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Jay Graber

Jay Graber to Helm Twitter’s Bluesky Initiative

Joseph Holmes has joined autonomous vehicle (AV) technology startup Perrone Robotics as its VP of Global Business Development.

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Joseph Holmes

Perrone Robotics Adds a Global Business Development Leader

Digital identity management solutions provider ForgeRock has selected Cisco’s Tschudy Smith to serve as the company’s new Chief People Officer.

Tschudy Smith, Chief People Officer at ForgeRock. Image courtesy of Business Wire

Tschudy Smith

ForgeRock Recruits New People Chief From Cisco

Medtech startup theator has selected its first Chief Commercial Offer, Kavi Vyas, as it enters a new phase of growth.

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Theator Selects Kavi Vyas as Its Commercial Chief

Upwork, a platform that connects freelancers to businesses, has hired seasoned cloud, mobile and AI executive, Saty Bahadur as its CTO. 

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Ex-Amazon Exec Saty Bahadur Appointed as CTO of Upwork

At the end of 2019, independent workers represented 12% of the French population, or 3.6 million people -- one million more than in 2009. And it seems in 2020, the pandemic accelerated the trend with half a million new self-employed individuals creating their legal structure. More specifically, today freelancers account for more than 1 million individuals in France, as a recent study by BCG and freelance platform startup Malt shows.

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5 French Startups Helping Independent Workers and Small Businesses

EV startup Lordstown Motors has announced Eric Purcell will join the team as VP of Global Quality, just a few months after its CEO and CFO resigned amid production troubles. 

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Former Tesla Director Eric Purcell Joins Team at Lordstown Motors

This week, AWS lost one of its longest-tenured executives, Shopify named new legal leaders, and Twitch's COO announced she will step down in early 2022.

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10 Tech Executive Moves You Should Know This Week

Salesforce has officially entered the streaming wars. After hiring out a team of over 50 new editorial roles such as script writers and producers, The Org identified the key players at the company working on this ambitious new content marketing concept. 

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks on April 6 in San Francisco, to celebrate the milestone “Topping Off” of Salesforce Tower San Francisco. Courtesy of Salesforce. 

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The Team That Wants to Make Salesforce+ the Netflix of Business 

Ahead of self-described “aggressive” expansion plans, autonomous electric vehicle startup Beep has picked Aubrey Vaughan to serve as its Chief Revenue Officer.

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Beep Picks Up a Revenue Chief as to Expand AV Footprint

After the departure of Chief Legal Officer Joseph Frasca earlier this year, Shopify has selected two executives, Erin Zipes and Vivek Narayanadas, to lead its legal organization.

Shopify office in New York City. Image courtesy of Shopify

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Shopify Names Legal and Government Affairs Leadership

Intel has named its new top HR leader, Christy Pambianchi, who will take up the mantle as the tech giant’s EVP and Chief People Officer on September 7.

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Christy Pambianchi

Intel Names a New Chief People Officer

After 23 years, AWS veteran Charlie Bell will reportedly leave Amazon’s cloud computing unit, sparking an executive reshuffle.

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AWS Veteran Charlie Bell Departs After 23 Years

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US tech community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's People on the Move.

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The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks announced today that it’s expanding its management team, promoting Amit Singh into the role of Chief Business Officer and BJ Jenkins into the role of President, effective immediately.

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Palo Alto Networks Expands Management Team

Twitch's COO, Sara Clemens, has reportedly announced that she will be leaving the entertainment and live-streaming platform in mid-January 2022.

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Twitch’s COO Announces Her Departure

Freshly-minted education technology unicorn GoGuardian has named former Google education executive Cyrus Mistry as its new Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

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Cyrus Mistry

GoGuardian Hires Google Exec as CPO and COO After Becoming Unicorn

Industrial automation startup Bright Machines has hired Michael Keogh as its new CFO ahead of plans to go public later this year through a de-SPAC transaction.

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Michael Keogh

Ex-Apple and Intel Exec Joins Bright Machines as CFO

His promotion was announced alongside a slew of leadership changes at the New York-based airline. 

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