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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.
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.
Executive Moves
Amazon has lost Larry Augustin, the VP of Applications at AWS, who has left the company after two years. His departure is considered a major loss for Amazon’s business application and open-source software endeavor. | Full Story
Robinhood has added three new members to its board. The new directors are Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple and Bridgewater Associates exec, Paula Loop, a PwC partner, and Robert Zoellick, former World Bank President. | Full Story
Rivian has hired Gerard Dwyer as its new VP of Business Finance. Dwyer stepped down from his role as Waymo's CFO in early May. | Full Story
Lime hired Sarah Binder as its new Global General Counsel. Binder joins Lime from Pizza Hut.
Splunk hired Shawn Bice as President of Products and Technology, effective June 1, 2021. Bice joins Splunk from AWS.
Waze announced that it has hired Neha Parikh as CEO effective this month. Parikh joins Waze from Hotwire.
SailPoint hired Wendy Wu as CMO. Wu joins from Box where she was VP of Marketing.
jCyte appointed John Sholar as General Counsel. Sholar was previously a partner at Husch Blackwell.
Icario named Craig Wigginton CTO. Wigginton was previously the CTO at Altruista Health.
Imperva hired Dave Temkin as SVP of Infrastructure and Cloud Operations. Temkin was previously the VP of Network Systems Infrastructure.
Rapid Micro Biosystems hired Kristine Williams as VP of Research and Development and Jonathan Paris as SVP and General Counsel.
Faction hired Anthony Faustini as Chief Revenue Officer and Rama Kolappan as Chief Product Officer.
Verseau hired John Edwards as CEO. Edwards was previously Executive Chair of Tilos Therapeutics.
Exberry hired Guy Melamed as CEO.
1Password announced the appointment of Raj Sarkar as CMO. Raj most recently served as CMO at Prisma Cloud.
VTEX hired Astha Malik as Global COO of Growth. Malik joins the team from Zendesk.
AppDirect hired Adam Christensen as CMO. Christensen was previously VP of Global Head of Marketing, Brand and Communications at Ingram Micro.
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