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LendingHome, a lender to real estate investors, has brought on two new executives to fill its top marketing and finance positions.

Bruce Schuman (L) and Cherie Yu (R). Images courtesy of LendingHome

LendingHome's Bruce Schuman and Cherie Yu

LendingHome Recruits Tech Leaders To Fill CFO & CMO Roles

Dr. Mohak Shah joins the world’s largest healthcare database, H1, as SVP of Data Science and Machine Learning. 


Veteran AI and ML Leader from LG Electronics and Bosch Joins H1 as SVP of Data Science and Machine Learning. Image courtesy of GlobeNewswire.

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Dr. Mohak Shah Joins H1 as SVP of Data Science and Machine Learning

Holly Briedis will join the fashion retailer as an Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer. 

Fossil Group Chief Digital Officer Holly Briedis. Courtesy of Fossil Group

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Fossil Group Appoints Chief Digital Officer

In-home fitness tech unicorn Tonal has recruited M. Andrea Soria from Calm as its first-ever Director of Legal.

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Tonal Secures a Top Lawyer After Massive Funding Round

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

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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

Steve Sordello and James Chuong

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

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

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

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. 