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N’Jeri Eaton has revealed that she will join Netflix as its first Head of Podcasts. 

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Netflix Recruits First Podcast Leader From Apple

Earlier this week, Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon's CEO, passing on the top position to the former head of Amazon Web Services, Andy Jassy. Since stepping up, Jassy has already welcomed two additional executives to the 'S-team,' a group of senior leadership members at Amazon that spearhead decision-making in the company. The Org has taken a look into Amazon's exclusive 'S-team' in the post-Bezos era. 

Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon's CEO earlier this week. Image courtesy of Mike Mareen via Shutterstock. 

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Meet the Team Guiding Amazon in the Post-Bezos Era

After losing Fidji Simo to Instacart, Facebook has elevated longtime executive Tom Alison to run its core social media app. 

Tom Alison. Images courtesy of Tom Alison via Linkedin, Facebook

Tom Alison

Facebook Picks a New Leader For Its Core App

On Thursday, Instacart revealed a reorganization at the top of its organization by naming Fidji Simo as its next CEO. Current CEO Apoorva Mehta will transition to become the company’s Executive Chairman.

Instacart's incoming CEO Fidji Simo (L) and soon-to-be Executive Chairman Apoorva Mehta (R). Image courtesy of Instacart

Instacart's Fidji Simo and Apoorva Mehta

Instacart Names New CEO and Exec Chair Ahead of Potential IPO

With rumors swirling for a public listing in the fourth quarter of this year, Instacart has quietly pulled in a new team from some of the biggest names in tech, such as Facebook, Google, Uber. Take a look at its org chart to see who is leading the company through its next chapter. 

Reception at Instacart's office in San Francisco. Courtesy of Instacart. 

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Instacart Has Quietly Built Out an Executive Team as it Prepares to Go Public. Here's the Org Chart. 

Once a company achieves product-market fit and reaches scale, founders have to go through an important transition - from functioning as a (co-)founder to becoming a professional CEO. The Org's contributor, Katy Trost, shares insights into how to make this transition.

From founder to CEO - evolving your role while scaling up. Image courtesy of Jon Tyson via Unsplash.


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From Founder to CEO Mentality: A Seven Step Transition

Hinge has made the move to promote Michelle Parsons to Chief Product Officer, allowing its current CPO, Tim MacGougan, to take on the newly-created Chief Design Officer role.

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Hinge Promotes a New Product Head and Creates New Design Role

LinkedIn has quietly named James Chuong as its new Chief Finacial Officer, replacing longtime finance chief Steve Sordello.

CFO Emeritus Steve Sordello and CFO James Chuong. Images courtesy of LinkedIn

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Exclusive: LinkedIn Replaces Its Longtime CFO

Adaire Fox-Martin, a seasoned sales executive, joins Google as its EMEA Cloud President. She will replace Chris Ciauri, who left the company in May 2021. 

Adaire Fox-Martin joins Google as its EMEA Cloud President. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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Former SAP Executive, Adaire Fox-Martin Joins Google Cloud

The new position comes as the company looks to ramp up the growth of its machine-learning product portfolio and reach its goal of bringing novel medicines to patients 50% faster by 2025.

Eran Ben-Ari will be BenchSci's first-ever Chief Platform Officer. Courtesy of BenchSci.

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Google-Backed AI Startup BenchSci Gets A Chief Platform Officer

Former Head of Product Security at Splunk, Hardik Parekh, has joined cloud contact center, Five9 as its new Chief Information Security officer. Parekh will report directly to Panos Kozanian, EVP of Cloud Operations, where he will execute the company’s global cybersecurity strategies. 

Hardik Parekh, Five9 CISO. Image Source: BusinessWire.

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Five9 Hires Hardik Parekh as Chief Information Security Officer

Former Monzo President and CEO Tom Blomfield will serve as a Board Member for Generation Home, a UK-based fintech company looking to disrupt the traditional homeownership model for first-time buyers, according to TechCrunch.

Monzo Founder and President Tom Blomfield. Image credit: Monzo

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Monzo’s Tom Blomfield Joins Generation Home’s Board

Fully autonomous vehicle technology startup Perrone Robotics has made two new hires to advance its talent pipeline and boost its safety, reliability, security, and maintainability.

VP of Talent, Janet Bourland and VP of Assurance, Danny Vinson. Image courtesy of Perrone Robotics

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Perrone Robotics Selects New Talent and Assurance Leaders

Shane Battier has worked as the Miami Heat’s VP of Analytics and Basketball Development for over five years, where he oversees the organization’s strategic initiatives with data-based solutions. 

Shane Battier has worked as VP of Basketball Development and Analytics at the Miami Heat for over five years. Courtesy of Yext. 

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Yext Appoints NBA Exec to its Board of Directors

Unqork has appointed Philip Lacor as Chief Revenue Officer as it continues to scale and expand its global footprint.

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Unqork Finds a CRO to Continue Rapid Growth

Machine learning-powered Fintech company FlexPay has recruited Steve Arentzoff to serve as SVP of Marketing and Ray Watson to take on the role of SVP of Channel Partnerships and E-commerce.


According to a recent survey by Deloitte, 43% of 2,737 executives said AI “will transform” their organizations in the next 1-3 years. Image Courtesy of Shutterstock.

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FlexPay Expands Operations With Marketing and Payments Executives

Fidelis Cybersecurity, which provides extended detection and response (XDR) solutions to Fortune 100 firms and governments, revealed that it has brought in Stephanie Broyles as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

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Stephanie Broyles

Fidelis Cybersecurity Appoints Veteran Marketing Head Amid Growth

After ByteDance founder Zhang YiMing saw the success of TikTok's sister company Douyin in the Chinese market, he wanted to grow it internationally. He launched TikTok in September 2016 to tackle the geographical barriers of Douyin, and it has since exploded in popularity globally. The Org takes a look into the executive team leading the popular video sharing platform. 

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The Faces Behind TikTok - A Look Into the Popular Social Media Platform's Org Chart

Victoria's Secret's brand has long been defined by a man's vision, but recently the lingerie company has been working hard to change that. In May this year, L Brands announced it would be separating from its Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret businesses, and a new board of directors would be composed for the standalone companies. The Org looks into the careers of the six women who will be responsible for shaping the company's future.


Victoria's Secret is separating from L Brands, inviting a new board of directors to run the show. Image Courtesy of Shutterstock.

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The Future of Victoria's Secret Lies in the Hands of These Six Women

Amazon VP Dorothy Li is joining trucking logistics startup, Convoy, as its new CTO. Li will oversee the engineering team and the freight network at the company backed by high profile investors such as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Marc Benioff.

Convoy Trailer. Image courtesy of Convoy.