Discord is a proprietary freeware VoIP application and digital distribution platform designed for video gaming communities, that specializes in text, image, video and audio communication between users in a chat channel.

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Rachel Wittman Beckerman is the Head of Policy Communications at [Discord](/org/discord). Rachel has over 15 years of experience in global communications, issues management, crisis communications, policy, media relations, reputation and brand management.

Rachel began their career at [Accenture](/org/accenture), where they spent two years as the Global Communications, Issues Management & Policy Lead for tech platforms. In this role, they were responsible for leading issues management, crisis communications, policy, media relations, reputation and brand programs for tech and social media clients.

In January 2019, Rachel joined Adobe as the Head of Communications for Tech Policy. In this role, they led a team charged with global strategic communication and PR programs across the following topic areas: Tech Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation, Privacy, Trust & Safety, Security, Legal, Government Relations, Public Policy, Deep Fakes and Content Authenticity. Rachel was also a member of Adobe's AI Ethics Committee representing public affairs and communications.

In addition to their work on Tech Policy, Rachel also designed strategic product communications for Adobe’s global creator network, Behance, toward engagement with and awareness of its 25 million users. Rachel also led PR programs for Spark, Adobe’s SMB platform.

Most recently, Rachel has been driving the Content Authenticity Initiative's PR and communications strategy and working on Adobe’s attribution tool developed to provide credit to creators toward combating plagiarism and theft of work.

Rachel has received coverage from CNN,

Rachel Wittman Beckerman has an MPA from [New York University](/org/nyu) in Management, a MA from the [University of Sussex](/org/university-of-sussex) in Global Political Economy & International Relations, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from UMass Boston in Political Science.

Rachel Wittman Beckerman

Florina Xhabija Grosskurth is the Chief of Staff, Engineering at [Discord](/org/discord). Florina has previously worked as the Director of People Operations at Wealthfront Inc., the Manager of Technical Brand, Culture, and Innovation Programs at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin), the Project Manager at University of Toronto, and the Marketing and Development Director at Aesthetic Earthworkers. Florina is also the owner of Go with the Flo! and was a Member Associate at Hart House, University of Toronto.

Florina Xhabija Grosskurth completed a H.B.Sc. in Computer Science & Psychology at the University of Toronto, followed by Forest Hill C.I.

Their manager is Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder & CTO. They work with Yen Pai - Head of Data Platform & ML, Prachi Gupta - VP, Engineering, and Chen Chang - Head of Data Engineering.

Florina Xhabija Grosskurth

Chen Chang is the Head of Data Engineering at [Discord](/org/discord). Chen was previously the Head of Data Engineering and AI at Meta, and a Senior Data Scientist at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin). Chen has also worked as a Predictive Modeler at Allstate Insurance. 

Chen Chang has a wealth of experience in the field of data engineering and analytics. Chen is an expert in predictive modeling and has used their skills to help companies improve their bottom line. Chen is passionate about using data to improve the way businesses operate and they are always looking for new ways to make data work for their employers.

Chen Chang attended the University of California, Berkeley where they studied computer science and statistics. Chen then went on to earn their Bachelor's degree in computer science from [UC Berkeley](/org/uc-berkeley).

Chen Chang reports to Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder & CTO. They are on a team with Yen Pai - Head of Data Platform & ML, Sergei Sorokin - VP, Product, and Raj Ramalingam - Head of Data Science & Analytics.

Chen Chang

Tim Chen is the Head of Corporate Development at [Discord](/org/discord). Tim was previously at Twitter from January 2015 to December 2021, where they were in charge of Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to that, they were at Square from January 2014 to December 2015, where they worked in Finance and Strategy. Tim also worked at [Morgan Stanley](/org/morgan-stanley) from January 2011 to December 2014 as an investment banker advising clients on M&A processes, LBO transactions, debt financings, and equity offerings.

Some of Tim's notable M&A experience includes advising on the $29.0Bn Cross-Border Merger of Equals between Tokyo Electron and Applied Materials, as well as the $25.7Bn Bid for Dell by The Blackstone Group (Bid Withdrew). Tim has also worked on smaller deals such as SAP's Acquisition of Fieldglass for $1.0Bn.

In terms of financing experience, Tim has worked on IPOs for [ServiceNow](/org/servicenow), [FireEye](/org/fireeye), Nimble Storage, and MobileIron. Tim has also worked on [Airbnb](/org/airbnb)'s financing and IPO prep, as well as [Dropbox](/org/dropbox)'s financing and IPO prep.

Tim Chen attended the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business where they earned their B.S. in Business Administration. Tim is also certified by [FINRA](/org/financial-industry-regulatory-authority-inc) in Series 63 and Series 79.

They are on a team with Jordana Bruner - VP, Communications, Renee Rodriguez - Chief Accounting Officer, and Michael Poon - Head of Financial Systems. Their manager is Tomasz Marcinkowski, CFO.

Tim Chen

Rich Chew is the current head of growth marketing at [Discord](/org/discord). Rich has previously worked as an advisor at HLO, director of business strategy and analysis at [Smule](/org/smule), and director of growth marketing at [Discord](/org/discord). Rich has also worked as a part-time advisor on growth and marketing at [PLAYSTUDIOS](/org/playstudios). Rich has a wealth of experience in mobile customer and user acquisition, international and global expansion, mobile ad monetization, strategic planning and analysis, financial modeling, and analytics infrastructure design. Rich has played a key role in capital fundraising efforts for [Smule](/org/smule) and [Discord](/org/discord), leading to favorable financing terms and increased company valuations. Rich is a strategic thinker with a proven track record of success in growi

Rich Chew has a BA in Applied Mathematics and a BS in Management Science from [UC San Diego](/org/uc-san-diego).

Rich Chew reports to Julia Tang, VP, Product Marketing & Research. Some of their coworkers include Molly Kosty - Sr. Director of Marketing Operations, Jesse Wofford - Director of Product Marketing, and Cherry Park - Director of Product Marketing.

Rich Chew

Allen Levy is the current Head of Learning & Development at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to this, they were with [Riot Games](/org/riot-games) from December 2019 to February 2021 as the Head of Learning & Development. Before that, they were with [Pinterest](/org/pinterest) as the Training and Development Manager from November 2017 to November 2019. From April 2017 to October 2017, they were a Senior Instructional Designer at Google. Allen was with [Kinecta Federal Credit Union](/org/kinecta-federal-credit-union) from March 2014 to March 2017 as a Facilitator and Instructional Designer II. From June 2013 to January 2014, they were a Training and Development Consultant (Contracted) at Anthem. Allen was with [Bank of America](/org/bank-of-america) from July 2009 to June 2013 as the Lead Trainer - Foreclosure Specialist II. And from July 2012 to June 2013, they were a Consulting Associate at The Executive Advisory.

Allen Levy has a Master's degree in Organizational Communication from [California State University, Northridge](/org/california-state-university-northridge) and a Bachelor's degree in Criminology/ Law and Society & Political Science from UC Irvine.

Allen also has certifications from [FranklinCovey](/org/franklincovey) in Speed of Trust and from TTI Success Insights in DISC.

Allen Levy reports to Irene Edan Canes-Vargas, Head of Global People Operations. Allen Levy works with A.J. Figliolini - Head of Global Total Rewards, Emmy Negrin - Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Purpose.

Allen Levy

Marietta Sanders is currently the Treasury Manager at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to their current role, Sanders served as a Senior Treasury Manager at [TripActions](/org/tripactions) from February 2020 to September 2021. In that role, they were responsible for daily cash positioning, Commercial Paper issuance and short-term investment. Sanders also opened and closed bank accounts, managed banking relationships andescalations from Lines of Businesses, trained and mentored new team members, performed SOX testing, audit and month end reporting, and managed Letter of Credit issuance and reporting.

Sanders has also held the role of Treasury Manager at Box from November 2018 to February 2020, and Expert Treasury Analyst at Pacific Gas and Electric Company from January 2015 to October 2018. In their role as Treasury Project Manager at [Cisco](/org/cisco) from February 2006 to January 2015, Sanders was responsible for driving continuous improvement of Cash Management processes and tools by implementing a streamlined approval process for Letter of Credit issuance and amendment. Marietta also successfully project managed the development of an official Cash Positioning Training Module for the team, as well as the redesign of an existing SharePoint Site for Cash Management which improved collaboration and sharing.

Marietta Sanders has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from [San Jose State University](/org/san-jose-state-university) and an Associate of Arts in Business Administration and Management from De Anza College. Marietta also has certifications from the Association for Financial Professionals in AFP Cash Management Fundamentals and from Global Knowledge Training in Project Management Fundamentals.

Marietta Sanders reports to Renee Rodriguez, Chief Accounting Officer.

Marietta Sanders

Gary Colman is the Director of Platform Engineering at [Discord](/org/discord). Gary was previously the Director of Engineering at Adobe, responsible for a globally-distributed organisation of 50+ engineers driving operational excellence, observability, performance, automation, tooling, and reliability for services across Adobe's Experience Cloud. Gary was also responsible for the production operating budget of $XXXM revenue services.

 Prior to Adobe, Gary was the Senior Engineering Manager, Performance Engineering at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) from December 2015 to December 2018. Before [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin), they were the Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Mixpanel, Inc. from February 2015 to November 2015 and Manager, Production Engineering at Facebook from October 2012 to February 2015.

Gary Colman has a degree from the [University of Cape Town](/org/university-of-cape-town), as well as Herzlia School. Gary also has a certification from [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) in Jodi Glickman's "Make 'Em Love You at Work" course.

Gary Colman reports to Prachi Gupta, VP, Engineering. They are on a team with and Vivek Tripathi - Senior Director of Engineering.

Gary Colman

Tzu-San Hung is the current Head of Growth Strategy & Operations at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to this, they served as Vice President, Strategy & Planning at [Imperfect Foods](/org/imperfect-foods-inc) from July 2020 to August 2021. In this role, they were responsible for standing up Imperfect's first Strategy team and partnering with cross-functional leadership to assess and operationalize new growth and strategic initiatives. 

Hung also has extensive experience in tech investment banking, having served as Vice President, Tech Investment Banking at [Credit Suisse](/org/credit-suisse) from July 2010 to February 2017. In this role, they oversaw corporate development and strategic efforts in fleet tech, core ridesharing, mapping, payments, insurance & safety, and other greenfield opportunities.

Hung graduated from [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university) in the City of New York with a B.A. in Economics and Tzu-San'spanic Studies.

Tzu-San Hung reports to Liz Hamren, COO. They work with and Steve Lin - VP, Operations.

Tzu-San Hung

Michael Poon is the current head of financial systems at [Discord](/org/discord). Michael has over 20 years of experience in finance and has held various leadership positions in both public and private companies. Prior to joining [Discord](/org/discord), Michael was the VP of business systems for the Flex Energy Solutions Division. In this role, they were responsible for designing the business systems architecture to scale NEXTracker, as well as architecting and managing the implementation of NetSuite, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce CPQ, Jira Service Desk (on-prem), Confluence, Microsoft Power BI, SpringCM and Mulesoft, Adaptive Insights.

Before joining Flex, Michael was the head of finance at RiskIQ, where they were responsible for leading the finance team and overseeing all financial operations. Michael also has experience working in various other finance roles, including as a financial analyst and controller. Michael is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of California, Berkeley.

Michael Poon attended [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university), [Santa Clara University](/org/santa-clara-university), and [Boston College](/org/boston-college). Michael majored in Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, and Biology respectively. Michael also attended Prospect High School.

Their manager is Tomasz Marcinkowski, CFO. Some of their coworkers include Renee Rodriguez - Chief Accounting Officer, Claire Conly - VP, Finance, and Tim Chen - Head of Corporate Development.

Michael Poon

Irene Edan Canes-Vargas is the head of Global People Operations at [Discord](/org/discord). Irene has over ten years of experience working in Human Resources. Irene has worked as an HR business partner, HR manager, and Sr. HR generalist. 

Irene started their career as an HR assistant at [Zazzle](/org/zazzle) in 2007. Irene was promoted to HR manager at Meridian Herbal Patients Group in 2010 and then to Sr. HR generalist at [Zazzle](/org/zazzle) in 2015. In 2018, they left [Zazzle](/org/zazzle) to become the Director of People Operations at Hired, Inc. 

Irene is a highly experienced and successful Human Resources professional. Irene is passionate about their work and takes pride in their ability to help others. Irene is a strong leader and an excellent communicator.

Irene Edan Canes-Vargas has a B.S. in Business Administration from [San Francisco State University](/org/san-francisco-state-university)'s Lam Family College of Business and an Associate of Arts from De Anza College.

Some individuals on their team include Emmy Negrin - Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Purpose, Allen Levy - Head of Learning & Development, and A.J. Figliolini - Head of Global Total Rewards. Their manager is Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO. They work with Stanislav Vishnevskiy - Co-Founder & CTO, Tomasz Marcinkowski - CFO, and Julia Tang - VP, Product Marketing & Research.

Irene Edan Canes-Vargas

A.J. Figliolini is the current Head of Global Total Rewards at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to this, they worked as the Head of Compensation, Benefits, & Performance for [ByteDance](/org/bytedance) and [TikTok](/org/tiktok) from July 2020 to March 2022. Before that, they were the Senior Manager of Total Rewards at [Nordstrom](/org/nordstrom) from October 2016 to July 2020.

At [ByteDance](/org/bytedance) and [TikTok](/org/tiktok), A.J. led the total rewards & performance team that sets the vision & policy and executes programs for [ByteDance](/org/bytedance) and [TikTok](/org/tiktok) in the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. They supported rapid growth in all functions (including sales, engineering & product) through designing and implementing programs in scalability, benchmarking, compliance, pay-for-performance, hiring, and analysis.

At [Nordstrom](/org/nordstrom), A.J. led the compensation team that supports Software Development (including Machine Learning), E-Commerce, Data Science, Strategy, Credit, Finance, and HR (for HR). They worked directly with CEO and other C-suite executives to create and implement new compensation structures and career framework for all levels of employees. They also implemented Workday during their time there.

A.J. Figliolini has a MBA in Strategic Operations from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management, a MILR in Human Resources from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university), and a BA in Government from [Harvard University](/org/harvard). A.J. Figliolini also has a certification from WorldatWork in CCP - In Progress (2 exams passed), a certification from [Boy Scouts of America](/org/boy-scouts-of-america) in Eagle Scout, and a certification from PMI in PMP - In Progress. Finally, A.J. Figliolini has a certification from [Johnson & Johnson](/org/johnson-johnson) in Six Sigma Green Belt (training).

A.J. Figliolini reports to Irene Edan Canes-Vargas, Head of Global People Operations. Some of their coworkers include Emmy Negrin - Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Purpose, Allen Levy - Head of Learning & Development.

A.J. Figliolini

Jordana Bruner is currently the VP of Communications at [Discord](/org/discord). Jordana has extensive experience in marketing and communications, having served as Marketing Director at ALLDAYEVERYDAY, Senior Digital Strategist at Taylor, and Account Executive at [WE Communications](/org/waggener-edstrom-worldwide-inc). Jordana has also worked in sales for the Seattle SuperSonics. Throughout their career, they have worked with a variety of clients in different industries, including Standard Hotels, Club Monaco, The Sydell Group, [NBCUniversal](/org/nbcuniversal), Microsoft, [T-Mobile](/org/t-mobile), HTC, [Texas Instruments](/org/texas-instruments), and more.

Bruner earned a field in General Studies from the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington). Afterward, they pursued a Marketing Management degree from the same school.

Their manager is Tomasz Marcinkowski, CFO. They are on a team with Claire Conly - VP, Finance, Michael Poon - Head of Financial Systems, and Renee Rodriguez - Chief Accounting Officer.

Jordana Bruner

Vivek Tripathi joined Discord as a Senior Director of Engineering in July 2022. Vivek has ~13 years of industry experience with ~7 years of management experience in the field of Software Engineering. Throughout this time, Vivek has led engineering orgs of up-to ~150 people distributed across geographies and built high performing teams with strong culture.

Most recently, Vivek was a Software Engineering Director at LinkedIn.

Vivek Tripathi

Stanislav Vishnevskiy is the co-founder and CTO of [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), Stanislav was a Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, Inc. from January 2012 to April 2013. At GREE, Stanislav worked on Guildwork.com, a social network and web hosting service built to fill the needs of gamers involved with group activities on large scales within MMORPGs. 

Some of the notable things Stanislav accomplished during their time at GREE include architecting and developing a python web framework on top of FriendFeed’s Tornado web server to suit the unique needs of building a scalable social web hosting service, as well as developing a MongoDB Document Mapper which they open-sourced on GitHub as MongoAlchemy. 

Skills used by Stanislav throughout their career include but are not limited to: Python, Lua, Erlang, JavaScript, jQuery, MongoDB, Redis, memcached, HTML, CSS, AJAX, Comet, and Amazon Cloud.

Stanislav Vishnevskiy reports to Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO. Some direct reports include Chen Chang - Head of Data Engineering, Prachi Gupta - VP, Engineering, and Sergei Sorokin - VP, Product. Some of their coworkers include Anjney Midha - VP, Platform Ecosystem, Julia Tang - VP, Product Marketing & Research, and Clint Smith - Chief Legal Officer.

Stanislav Vishnevskiy

Sergei Sorokin is currently the VP of Product at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to this, they were the Lead for Mobile Growth & Analytics at Yahoo from October 2014 to May 2016. Before Yahoo, Sergei was the Director of Product at MessageMe from October 2013 to October 2014. Sergei was also the Director of Product at 6waves Lolapps from July 2009 to May 2012. Additionally, Sergei has experience in product management and growth from their time at Facebook from April 2008 to September 2008 and at TinyCo from May 2012 to October 2013.

Sergei Sorokin graduated from [Stanford University](/org/stanford) with a B.A. in Economics and International Relations. Sergei then attended Theresianische Akademie Wien, where they studied economics.

Sergei Sorokin reports to Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder & CTO. They work with Yen Pai - Head of Data Platform & ML, Chen Chang - Head of Data Engineering, and Prachi Gupta - VP, Engineering.

Sergei Sorokin

Prachi Gupta is the current Vice President of Engineering at [Discord](/org/discord). Prachi was previously the Director of Engineering at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) from May 2010 to July 2020. During their time at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin), they led the R&D teams for the Feed, Sharing, and Content Platform teams, focused on reimagining the conversation and knowledge sharing experience on [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin). Prachi was recognized by Business Insider as one of the most powerful female engineers in Tech in 2018.

Prior to their role as Director of Engineering, Prachi led engineering for the Messenger, Groups, Identity Engagement and Insights teams at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin). These include products and frameworks like [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) messaging, real time platform, InMails, Groups, Skill Endorsements, Who Viewed My Profile/Mirror, Profile Recommendations, Year In Review, Site Promotions, Microsites etc.

Prachi co-founded various programs at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) that drove the spirit of innovation forward, such as:
* Conceived and piloted [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin)'s current development model used across all of engineering
* Developed features and frameworks that helped increase membership growth by >15%.
* [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) labs site
* [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin)'s internal and public hackathons.
* Internal and public events promoting and encouraging Women in Technology.
* [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) [in]cubator; a program to drive grass roots innovation at Linkedin.

Prachi Gupta has a Bachelors in Computer Applications from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya and a Masters in Computer Applications from the same school in the field of Computer Science. Prachi also has a certification from Big Nerd Ranch in Android Programming.

Their manager is Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder & CTO. Prachi Gupta works with Florina Xhabija Grosskurth - Chief of Staff, Engineering, Chen Chang - Head of Data Engineering, and Sergei Sorokin - VP, Product. Some direct reports include Gary Colman - Director of Platform Engineering, Vivek Tripathi - Senior Director of Engineering.

Prachi Gupta

Julia Tang is the current VP of Product Marketing and Research at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), Julia was the Head of Product at [Victorious](/org/victorious), which was acquired by [Headspace](/org/headspace) in January 2019. Julia has also held positions at Instagram, Facebook, and Google as a Product Marketing Lead. Julia began their career as a consultant at ZweigWhite from 2006-2007 before moving into product marketing. Julia has expertise in product vision and development, team and org development, business strategy, and creative direction.

Julia Tang has a background in marketing and business administration. Julia received their BS from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and their BA from the University of California, Berkeley. Julia then went on to complete an executive education at The Wharton School.

Julia Tang works with Tomasz Marcinkowski - CFO, Anjney Midha - VP, Platform Ecosystem, and Liz Hamren - COO. Cherry Park - Director of Product Marketing, Molly Kosty - Sr. Director of Marketing Operations, and Jesse Wofford - Director of Product Marketing report to Julia Tang. Julia Tang reports to Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO.

Julia Tang

Clint Smith is the Chief Legal Officer at [Discord](/org/discord). Clint has previously served as a board member for Boku, Inc. and the Software Alliance. Clint was also the Vice President, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary for TrialPay and MySQL.

Clint Smith attended Gunn High School and then went on to [Pomona College](/org/pomona-college) where they earned their B.A. in mass media and political behavior. Clint continued their education at the University of California, Berkeley where they earned their J.D. and M.A. in law and political science.

Clint Smith works with Anjney Midha - VP, Platform Ecosystem, Kathy Wang - Chief Security Officer, and Stanislav Vishnevskiy - Co-Founder & CTO. Clint Smith reports to Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO. Angela Chien - Senior Director, Legal, Elena DiMuzio - Senior Director, Litigation & IP report to Clint Smith.

Clint Smith

Liz Hamren is the current COO at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to their current position, Hamren served as a board member for Owl Cameras Inc., [LegalZoom](/org/legalzoom), Plume Design, Inc., and SNUPI Technologies. Liz was also the Vice President of Marketing for Dropcam and Head of Global Marketing & Sales for Oculus VR. Hamren has been with [Discord](/org/discord) since 2015.

Liz Hamren's educational career includes a BSE from Princeton University in Civil Engineering & Operations Research and an MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).

Liz Hamren reports to Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO. Some of their coworkers include Kathy Wang - Chief Security Officer, Heather Sullivan - Chief People Officer, and Anjney Midha - VP, Platform Ecosystem. Some individuals on their team include Steve Lin - VP, Operations, Tzu-San Hung - Head of Growth Strategy & Operations.

Liz Hamren

Bob B. is the current Head of Growth Partnerships at [Discord](/org/discord). Bob has had a long and successful career in business development, including previous positions as WW Head of BD for Digital Native, B2C Customers at AWS, SVP Business Development at [InMobi](/org/inmobi), CEO at [Gigwalk](/org/gigwalk), VP of New Business Development at TRUSTe, and Vice President, Business Development and Operations at YuMe, Inc. Bob also served on the Board of Advisors for StumbleUpon from 2009 to 2012.

Bob B. completed their BSFS at [Georgetown University](/org/georgetown-university) and is now an MBA candidate at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. Bob graduated from Los Gatos High School.

Their manager is Kelly Liang, SVP, Partnerships. They are on a team with and Kenny Layton - Head of Entertainment Partnerships.

Bob B.

Cherry Park is the current Director of Product Marketing at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to their current position, Cherry served as the Head of Consumer Product Marketing at [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) from October 2017 to April 2020. At [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Cherry was responsible for creating a powerful alignment of professional strengths and personal beliefs. 

Before their time at [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Cherry was the Director of Marketing at [Imgur](/org/imgur) from June 2015 to October 2017. At [Imgur](/org/imgur), Cherry created and launched new revenue products, conducted a Millennial + GenPop study on geek culture, and lead all marketing initiatives which included brand marketing, product/sales marketing, product management, and event marketing.

Cherry is passionate about the internet and believes that it should be open and accessible to all. Cherry is a strong advocate for individuals being empowered, safe, and independent online.

Cherry Park completed a BA in Multimedia Interactive Art at [Scripps College](/org/scripps-college) and then attended [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) for the Network Effects Program.

Some of their coworkers include Jesse Wofford - Director of Product Marketing, Rich Chew - Head of Growth Marketing, and Molly Kosty - Sr. Director of Marketing Operations. Their manager is Julia Tang, VP, Product Marketing & Research.

Cherry Park

Angela Chien is the Senior Director of Legal at [Discord](/org/discord). Angela previously worked as Senior Counsel at Google from May 2008 to November 2016. At Google, Angela worked on a variety of projects, including experimental hardware and research, Glass, smart contact lens, and baseline human clinical trials. Angela also provided product and commercial counsel support to various teams, managed outside counsel, and interviewed candidates to grow the legal team. Prior to their work at Google, Angela was Corporate Counsel at an unnamed company. Angela is licensed to practice law in New York.

Angela Chien has a J.D. from Columbia Law School and an A.B. cum laude in Economics and East Asian Studies from [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Angela Chien works with and Elena DiMuzio - Senior Director, Litigation & IP. Angela Chien reports to Clint Smith, Chief Legal Officer.

Angela Chien

Steve Lin is the current Vice President of Operations at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), Steve held various leadership positions at Got It Inc., GREE International, Inc., and OpenFeint. Steve began their career as a developer and QA manager at Kick.com, Inc. in 2000. In 2003, they joined Google as Manager II of Branded Entertainment. Steve left Google in 2009 to join OpenFeint as Vice President of Operations. In 2011, GREE International acquired OpenFeint and Steve remained with the company as GM GREE Canada until 2015. In 2016, Steve joined the Advisory Board of The Video Game Steve'story Foundation where they remained until 2017 when they joined [Discord](/org/discord).

Steve Lin reports to Liz Hamren, COO. They work with and Tzu-San Hung - Head of Growth Strategy & Operations.

Steve Lin

Claire Conly has over 15 years of experience in finance and analytics. Claire is currently the Vice President of Finance at [Discord](/org/discord), a position they have held since July 2021. Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), they were the Vice President of Analytics and Strategic Finance at [Thumbtack](/org/thumbtack) from March 2015 to July 2021. At [Thumbtack](/org/thumbtack), they built and led the global Analytics team, a team of over 50 analysts who embedded data-driven decision making throughout the company. Claire was also a member of [Thumbtack](/org/thumbtack)'s leadership team. Prior to [Thumbtack](/org/thumbtack), they worked at [Bain & Company](/org/bain) as a Senior Manager from September 2005 to March 2015. At Bain, they led Bain and client project teams for engagements with Fortune 100 companies. Claire was responsible for delivering multi-million dollar results quickly by generating rigorous analytical insights and aligning executives to action. Claire was recognized for success leading, motivating, and developing teams.

Claire Conly studied business at the [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school), where they earned their MBA. Claire also holds a BS from [Yale University](/org/yale-university).

A direct report to Claire Conly is and Song Mu - Director of Finance. They are on a team with Jordana Bruner - Head of Communications, Michael Poon - Head of Financial Systems, and Tim Chen - Head of Corporate Development. Claire Conly reports to Tomasz Marcinkowski, CFO.

Claire Conly

Kathy Wang is the current Chief Security Officer at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to their current role, Kathy held various security positions at different companies including [Discord](/org/discord), Opal, Island, [Wing Security](/org/wing-security), Panther, Incode Technologies, [SafeBase](/org/safebase), Firebolt Ventures, and SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO Investments. Kathy has a wealth of experience in security and has been instrumental in keeping [Discord](/org/discord) safe and secure.

Kathy Wang has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Kathy also has certification from Columbia Business School in Corporate Governance Program and (ISC)² in CISSP.

They work with Kelly Liang - SVP, Partnerships, Anjney Midha - VP, Platform Ecosystem, and Irene Edan Canes-Vargas - Head of Global People Operations. Their manager is Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO.

Kathy Wang

Molly Kosty is the Sr. Director of Marketing Operations at [Discord](/org/discord). Molly was previously a Client Partner at AKQA, Group Account Director at [Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners](/org/butler-shine-stern-partners), and Director of Shopper Marketing at Safeway. Molly has also held the positions of Account Director at Foote Cone & Belding and Account Supervisor at Kowloon Wholesale Seafood Company and Publicis & Hal Riney.

Molly Kosty is a marketing student at [Western Washington University](/org/western-washington-university). Molly is expected to graduate with their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in the spring of 2020.

Molly Kosty reports to Julia Tang, VP, Product Marketing & Research. They are on a team with Jesse Wofford - Director of Product Marketing, Rich Chew - Head of Growth Marketing, and Cherry Park - Director of Product Marketing.

Molly Kosty

Kenny Layton is the Head of Entertainment Partnerships at [Discord](/org/discord). Kenny has held this position since October 2020.

Prior to joining [Discord](/org/discord), Layton was the Director of Talent Partnerships at VidCon from March 2020 to October 2020. Kenny was responsible for maintaining relationships with VidCon's talent partners and expanding the company's talent partnerships globally.

Before VidCon, Layton was the Director of Talent Partnerships at [Omaze](/org/omaze) from July 2018 to December 2019. At [Omaze](/org/omaze), they were responsible for developing and executing strategies to expand the company's talent partnerships.

Layton began their career as an agent trainee at Creative Artists Agency in September 2007. Kenny was promoted to agent in March 2014 and worked at the company until June 2018 when they joined William Morris Endeavor. At William Morris Endeavor, Layton represented a variety of clients in the entertainment industry.

Kenny Layton earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science/Bioscience from the [University of Iowa](/org/university-of-iowa).

Their manager is Kelly Liang, SVP, Partnerships. They work with and Bob B. - Head of Growth Partnerships.

Kenny Layton

Emmy Negrin is the Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Purpose at [Discord](/org/discord). Emmy has over ten years of experience in social impact, diversity & inclusion, and community engagement. Emmy started their career as a teaching associate with [Citizen Schools](/org/citizenschools) where they quickly rose to the role of senior recruiter with Galileo Learning. From there, Emmy went on to lead social impact initiatives as the Head of the Yahoo Employee Foundation and later as the Director of Global Social Impact & Community Impact for adidas. Emmy is passionate about using their platform to create inclusive environments and empower underrepresented communities.

Emmy Negrin has a background in Communication and Culture, International Development and Social Change from their time at [Clark University](/org/clark-university). Emmy furthered their education by completing an Executive Business Program and Social Impact Strategy from the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania). In addition to their degrees and certification, Emmy Negrin has also completed a program on Creating Psychological Safety for Diverse Teams and is certified in Executive Coaching and Leading Change.

Emmy Negrin reports to Heather Sullivan, Chief People Officer. Emmy Negrin works with A.J. Figliolini - Head of Global Total Rewards, Allen Levy - Head of Leaning & Development, and Irene Edan Canes-Vargas - Director of Global People Operations.

Emmy Negrin

Yen Pai is the head of data platform and machine learning at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), Yen was the sr. director of engineering at [Sonder](/org/sonder) Inc., a hospitality company that went public in January 2022. At [Sonder](/org/sonder), Yen led and supported engineering teams responsible for distribution, pricing, payments, financial reporting, experience quality, and operational efficiency. Yen also transitioned the engineering team to a more comprehensive remote orientation as a response to Covid and for the future.

Yen has also worked at Swift Ventures, where they were responsible for Clarifying domains, missions, and relevant metrics, aligning the engineering organization as necessary. Yen also established Frontend and Backend Guilds to drive technical initiatives that cut across team domains.

Yen Pai graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Yen also holds certifications from [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) in Privacy by Design: Data Classification, Jeff Weiner on Leading like a CEO, Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership, Developing Executive Presence, Fred Kofman on Managing Conflict, and Jeff Weiner on Managing Compassionately.

They work with Florina Xhabija Grosskurth - Chief of Staff, Engineering, Sergei Sorokin - VP, Product, and Chen Chang - Head of Data Engineering. Yen Pai reports to Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder & CTO.

Yen Pai

Song Mu is the Director of Finance at Discord, a communication platform for gamers. Song was previously the Vice President at [Qatalyst Partners](/org/qatalyst-partners), an investment banking firm, where they advised R&D and Engineering Teams. Song also led a superstar accounts team to grow business 20%+ in three consecutive years. Song has also won the annual service award at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Song has a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Song Mu has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Engineer from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Their manager is Claire Conly, VP, Finance.

Song Mu

Elena DiMuzio is currently the Senior Director of Litigation & IP at [Discord](/org/discord). Elena has held this position since July 2021. Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), they were the Director of Litigation and Regulatory at [Dropbox](/org/dropbox) from May 2018 to July 2021. Before that, they were a Senior Corporate Counsel at Oracle from March 2015 to April 2018.

Elena began their legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Lucy Koh at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from August 2010 to August 2011. Elena then worked as a senior associate at Covington & Burling from October 2011 to February 2015. Elena was an associate at [Heller Ehrman LLP](/org/heller-ehrman-llp) from January 2005 to December 2008 and at Covington & Burling from October 2008 to August 2010. Elena also interned at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in January 2004 and was a summer associate at Cooley LLP in January 2003.

Elena received their J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2005.

Elena DiMuzio is a graduate of [Kenyon College](/org/kenyon-college), where they earned their B.A. in Biology. Elena then went on to [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university), where they earned their M.S. in Plant Genetics. Finally, they attended Stanford Law School, where they earned their J.D.

Elena DiMuzio reports to Clint Smith, Chief Legal Officer. They work with and Angela Chien - Senior Director, Legal.

Elena DiMuzio

Jesse Wofford is the current Director of Product Marketing at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to this, they were the Head of Marketing - Play by We at [WeWork](/org/wework) from July 2019 to January 2020. Before that, they were the Global Product Marketing Lead, Innovation at Snap Inc. from April 2017 to July 2019, where they were responsible for Business Presence, Snapcodes, Feed Monetization, and Filters and Stickers Monetization. Jesse was also the Head of Emerging Platforms at [Anheuser-Busch InBev](/org/ab-inbev) from January 2014 to December 2017, where they managed the evaluation and strategy for emerging sports platforms.

Jesse Wofford completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and Government at the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania).

Jesse Wofford reports to Julia Tang, VP, Product Marketing & Research. Jesse Wofford works with Molly Kosty - Sr. Director of Marketing Operations, Rich Chew - Head of Growth Marketing, and Cherry Park - Director of Product Marketing.

Jesse Wofford

Renee Rodriguez is currently the Chief Accounting Officer at [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to their current position, they served as the VP of Corporate Controller at Netflix from January 2009 to February 2022. In this role, they managed a team of individuals responsible for critical operational and accounting functions, such as revenue and receipts, g/l accounting, monthly close and consolidation, technical accounting, financial reporting, and SEC compliance.

Renee has been praised for their work in partnering with executives and business owners to provide timely guidance on the accounting and disclosures for complex transactions and arrangements. Renee was also instrumental in building an international accounting team that supports global expansion through key decisions and processes related to local tax compliance, statutory financial reporting, foreign currency accounting, and transfer pricing.

In addition, Renee served as chairperson for the disclosure committee that is responsible for all SEC filings, including quarterly and annual reports on Form 10Q and 10K. Renee also helped improve the close process and post-close financial statement analysis and reporting processes through continual drive towards automation and efficiency.

Finally, Renee was responsible for establishing a treasury function from the ground up that today supports global operations. Renee has also served on various working groups for financing transactions that have successfully raised billions in debt and equity to support the Company’s rapid expansion.

Renee Rodriguez has a Masters of Professional Accountancy from Montana State University-Bozeman and is certified in CPA.

Some of their coworkers include Jordana Bruner - VP, Communications, Michael Poon - Head of Financial Systems, and Claire Conly - VP, Finance. Renee Rodriguez reports to Tomasz Marcinkowski, CFO. and Marietta Sanders - Treasury Manager reports to Renee Rodriguez.

Renee Rodriguez

Jason Citron is the co-founder and CEO of [Discord](/org/discord). Prior to [Discord](/org/discord), they were the founder and CEO of OpenFeint, which was acquired by GREE in 2011. Jason also served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Youweb Inc. and was a programmer at Doublefine Productions and Stormfront Studios. Jason began their career as a game programmer at Papaya Studio.

Jason Citron's educational career consists of a Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Development from [Full Sail University](/org/full-sail-university).

Some individuals on their team include Tomasz Marcinkowski - CFO, Julia Tang - VP, Product Marketing & Research, and Stanislav Vishnevskiy - Co-Founder & CTO.

Jason Citron

Anjney Midha

Tom spent the last five years as Head of Finance for [Pinterest](/org/pinterest), helping to lead the company’s finance operations during a time of rapid growth. Before that, he served as Vice President of Technology Investment Banking at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) for almost a decade, advising a broad range of clients such as Square, [Yahoo!](/org/yahoo), [Yelp](/org/yelp), and more.
Tom’s extensive expertise in growing, scaling, and advising leading internet companies will help us continue to build on this momentum in 2021 and beyond.

Tomasz Marcinkowski

Lester Chiang

Rachel Kung

Isaac Luiz

Simone Ramos

Kelly Liang is the SVP of Partnerships at [Discord](/org/discord). 

Before joining [Discord](/org/discord), Kelly was the SVP of Partnerships at Verizon Media. 

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