The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

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.

Workplace Tech

Pluralsight, a technology workforce development company, today announced the appointment of Greg Ceccarelli as EVP and General Manager of Pluralsight Flow. Most recently, he served as Director of Data Science at GitHub.

SturdyAI, an AI-powered customer intelligence solutions provider, named Cynthia Beldneras VP of Customer Success and Sabino Gadaleta as the Director of Data Engineering. Beldneras and Gadaleta join from Gloat and HPE.

ActiveCampaign, a customer experience automation company, has appointed Michael Rico as its first Chief People Officer. Rico joins ActiveCampaign from Salesforce’s HR team.

Envoy, a workplace platform to manage hybrid work, named Annette Reavis as Chief People Officer. Reavis was most recently Chief People Officer at Athos and Root.

Alida, a Total Experience Management (TXM) startup, appointed Gaurav Bhide as VPt of Corporate Development. Prior to joining Alida, Bhide was a member of the Mergers and Acquisition team at OpenText.

Kinly, a global collaboration service provider, announced that John Steinhauer has joined the company as SVP of Sales for the Americas. He most recently was the VP of Americas Sales for Barco.

Fintech

Greenlight has hired Brian Dong as its CFO. He joins Greenlight from Goldman Sachs where he served as Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division.

Greenlight named Sameera Rao as CTO. Rao was most recently the Head of Consumer Engineering at PayPal.

Greenlight selected Will Yu as the company’s COO. He joins Greenlight from real estate fintech Cadre.

Q2, a digital transformation solutions provider for the banking and lending industry, appointed Kirk Coleman as Chief Banking Officer. Prior to joining Q2, Coleman founded Centerline Advisors.

Symbridge, a digital asset exchange named Alexander Kravets as its new CEO. Kravets joins Symbridge from CEX.IO, where he was CEO of the company’s US division.

InsurTech

Branch, a full-stack insurance company, announced that Brian Brizard has joined as Chief Business Officer. Brizard was previously the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Homepoint.

Health Tech

GoHealth, a health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company, announced that Vance Johnston will join as CFO on December 7, 2021. Prior to joining GoHealth, Johnston was the CFO at IAA.

E-Commerce

TrueCar, a digital automotive marketplace, picked Rich DiStefano as its new SVP of Product. DiStefano previously led social commerce at Walmart.

WeCommerce, an e-commerce enablement software provider, promoted Alex Persson to CEO. Persson previously oversaw WeCommerce’s acquisitions and managed the company’s portfolio of e-commerce technology companies.

Fast, a tech company enabling one-click and headless checkout, announced that Robert Mitchell has been appointed as the company's first CFO. Mitchell comes to Fast from PayPal, where he most recently served as the Venmo Business Unit CFO.

Ag Tech

Iron Ox, a farming technology startup, has hired former Impossible Foods and Tesla executive Myra Pasek as General Counsel.

Media Tech

PointsBet, a premier global online gaming operator, announced today the hiring of Liam Roecklein as SVP of Content. Roecklein previously served as the Senior Vice President & General Manager at Cheddar News.

Nativo, a content technology platform, today announced the appointment of Mark Putrus to the role of Chief People Officer. Before joining Nativo, Mark served as Chief People Officer for Zovio.

Vimeo, an all-in-one video software solution, has appointed Adobe’s Eric Cox as its first Chief Revenue Officer. The company also named Canva’s Crystal Boysen as its first Chief People Officer and ex-Salesforce exec Micheal Schiff as its Head of Business Operations.

Connectivity

Verizon has appointed Krista Bourne as Verizon Consumer Group’s (VCG) Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2022. She was most recently Verizon’s SVP & President of Consumer Sales and Operations.

Transportation Tech

Fleet Complete, a telematics technologies and solutions provider, named Frank Friesacher as its new Chief Product Officer. He previously headed the Digital Accelerator at Cummins.

Logistics Tech

Project44, a supply chain visibility platform, revealed that Elliott Rodgers, a project44 Executive Advisory Board Member, has been named Chief People Officer. Project44 also named Jennifer Coyne as General Counsel and hired Andy Grygiel as Chief Brand Officer

Cybersecurity

Socure, a digital identity verification and fraud solutions provider, announced that Jordan Burris has joined Socure as Senior Director of Product Market Strategy, Public Sector. Prior to his role at Socure, Burris served at the intersection of policy and delivery as the Chief of Staff in the White House Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer.

Onfido, a global identity verification and authentication provider, named Nate Skinner as Chief Marketing Officer. Skinner joins Onfido from Oracle, where he was SVP of Global Marketing for Oracle’s Advertising and Customer Experience (CX) business.

Internet

Foursquare named Oren Teich as its new SVP of Product. Teich joins Foursquare after four years as Google’s Director of Product Development.

IT

Sumo Logic, a continuous intelligence software company, has appointed Stewart Grierson as CFO, effective Dec. 13, 2021. He joins Sumo Logic from Delphix, where he served as CFO.

SolarWinds, an IT management software provider, named Jeff McCullough as VP of Worldwide Partner Sales. He most recently served as a VP with Park Place Technologies.

Appian, low-code automation platform, announced that Mark Lynch intends to retire from his role as CFO effective March 31, 2022.

CoreStack, a global cloud governance provider, appointed Manish Bharti, former President at UiPath, as its Chief Revenue Officer

Imply, a database for modern analytics applications, announced the appointment of Jennifer Palecki as the company’s first Chief People Officer. She has previously led people, culture and diversity and inclusion initiatives at Skytap, Highspot, and Dell EMC.