10 Tech Executive Moves You Should Know This Week
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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.
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.
These are our top picks for the most important executive appointments and departures this week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's People on The Move.
1. AWS Veteran Charlie Bell Departs After 23 Years
After 23 years, AWS veteran Charlie Bell has reportly decided to leave Amazon’s cloud computing unit, sparking an executive reshuffle. In his place, SVP Peter DeSantis will lead the utility computing unit while VP Prasad Kalyanaraman will step up to replace DeSantis at the head of the company’s infrastructure and network service.
2. Shopify Names Legal and Government Affairs Leadership
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. The e-commerce powerhouse has also appointed Maryam Mujica as VP of Government Affairs.
3. Palo Alto Networks Expands Management Team
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks announced 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.
4. Intel Names a New Chief People Officer
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. She brings a long list of of HR experience at top companies including Verizon, where she most recently worked as Chief Human Resource Officer.
5. Twitch’s COO Announces Her Departure
Twitch's COO, Sara Clemens, has announced that she will be leaving company in mid-January 2022. Clemens, who has been with the company since 2018, is reportedly exiting to focus on governance and consulting full-time.
6. Freshworks Names Longtime Corporate Attorney Pam Sergeeff as Chief Legal Office
Freshworks announced Monday that longtime company attorney Pam Sergeeff will be promoted to Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. She will be responsible for the software company’s worldwide legal organization, corporate strategy, governance, product compliance, data protection, privacy and intellectual property.
7. Ex-Apple and Intel Exec Joins Bright Machines as CFO
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. Keogh takes over from Pat O’Malley, who had held the top financial position at the manufacturing tech company on an interim basis.
8. GoGuardian Hires Google Exec as CPO and COO After Becoming Unicorn
Freshly-minted education technology unicorn GoGuardian has named former Google education executive Cyrus Mistry as its new Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mistry was the original product lead responsible for getting Chromebook laptops into schools around the world.
9. JetBlue Announces New Senior Head of Technology for its Travel Products Team
JetBlue announced Monday that Ciprian Acatrinei will be promoted to Senior Head of Technology for JetBlue Travel Products, the airline’s wholly owned travel subsidiary.
10. Credly Hires a Revenue Chief After a Year of Intense Growth
Digital credentialing platform Credly has made the announcement that it has appointed Donna Koppensteiner as its Chief Revenue Officer. Alongside Koppensteiner, Bailey Showalter is also joining the Credly team as VP of Talent Solutions to continue expanding the company’s talent pool, which has already grown 30% since the onset of 2021.
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