Executive Moves You Should Know About This Week (October 8, 2024)
Each week we explore some of the top executive moves across every industry and highlight them here. This week, we look at changes to the leadership team at Vouched, Amazon, and more.
Vouched
David McGrath joins Vouched, a startup that produces AI-powered identity verification software, as their new Vice President of Sales. McGrath will lead their sales and GTM strategy across all their verticals, with a focus on driving growth in the healthcare sector. Prior to Vouched, McGrath served as a Platform Sales Executive at Human API, a healthtech startup that was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
Amazon
Amazon has hired J Allard as a VP of Product for their Devices and Services team which includes products like Alexa and Echo. He will be working under Panos Panay who was hired last year to lead their Devices and Services team. Allard was at Microsoft from 1991 to 2010 with his most recent role as Chief Experience Officer and CTO of their Entertainment and Devices Division. His last full-time role was Chief Product & Technology Officer at GoFundMe.
Flexe
Pirasenna Thiyagarajan has joined warehouse logistics and shipping startup, Flexe, as their new Chief Product & Technology Officer. Thiyagaranjan has held several engineering leadership roles at a variety of startups primarily in the Bay Area. Flexe became a unicorn in their last round of funding in 2022, but has since gone through multiple rounds of layoffs.
Zoom
Zoom welcomes former Microsoft Executive, Michelle Chang, as their new CFO. She will be succeeding Kelly Steckelberg, who is stepping down after seven years at Zoom. Chang was at Microsoft for nearly 25 years and most recently served as the CFO for their Commercial Sales & Partner Organization.
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