Leadership

Verily Names Myoung Cha As Chief Product Officer

By Annie Baker ● Feb 6, 2024

Verily (an Alphabet precision health technology company) announced the appointment of Myoung Cha as Chief Product Officer. And Cha will join Verily’s leadership team to lead strategy and development across the company’s care (Verily Onduo), research (Verily Viewpoint), and products (Verily Numetric) portfolio as the company furthers its precision health strategy.

KKR: Digital Global Education Platform Launched For Advisors And Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2024

KKR - a leading global investment firm - recently unveiled "KKR Alternatives Unlocked," a digital platform designed to empower financial advisors and their clients to understand the alternative investing landscape better.

MyFitnessPal: Mike Fisher Named As CEO

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 22, 2024

MyFitnessPal - a leading global nutrition and food tracking app - recently announced the appointment of Mike Fisher as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Fisher succeeds Dinesh Lathi, who will remain involved with the company as a member of the Board of Directors. Under Fisher's leadership, MyFitnessPal will further its mission of helping people worldwide improve their health through better food choices.

LivePerson: John Sabino Named As CEO

By Annie Baker ● Jan 9, 2024

LivePerson - a global leader in enterprise conversations - announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed John Sabino as CEO, effective January 10, 2024. Sabino will become a member of the LivePerson Board on that date.

Twilio: Khozema Shipchandler Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2024

Twilio - the customer engagement platform that drives real-time and personalized experiences for today’s leading brands - announced that Khozema Shipchandler, formerly President of Twilio Communications, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and will join the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Shipchandler is succeeding Jeff Lawson, Twilio’s co-founder, who is stepping down as CEO and as a member of the Twilio Board. Jeff Epstein (a member of the Twilio Board and Lead Independent Director since 2017) has been appointed as Chair of the Twilio Board.

Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign Co-Founder Dr. Josh Makower Joins Sofinnova Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 5, 2024

Sofinnova Partners - a leading European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan - recently announced that Dr. Joshua Makower, co-founder and director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, has joined Sofinnova as an advisory Venture Partner.

Canaan: Dana Malman Warren Joins As Venture Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 6, 2023

Canaan - an early-stage venture capital firm - that raised $850 million in new capital earlier this year, has announced its newest venture partner, Dana Malman Warren.

Carta Healthcare: Brent Dover Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 6, 2023

Carta Healthcare - a health tech company aiming to harness the value of clinical data - announced today the appointment of Brent Dover as chief executive officer. Dover succeeds former CEO Matt Hollingsworth - who co-founded Carta Healthcare in 2017 and remains a board member. And in his new role, he will continue to focus on product innovation, business development, and strategic partnerships for Carta Healthcare’s market-leading solutions.

Menlo Security Names New CMO And CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2023

Browser security leader company Menlo Security recently announced the appointments of industry luminaries Pejman Roshan and Naresh Bansal as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively.

Laudio Ramps Up Marketing And Sales With New Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2023

Laudio - an innovator in frontline leader solutions that drive efficiency and engagement for health systems - recently announced the appointment of Emma Smith as Chief Marketing Officer. And the company also hired Michael Vipond as Executive Vice President of Sales.

Clear Street: Steve Bisgay Hired As CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2023

Clear Street - a New York-based independent prime broker - recently announced the appointment of Steve Bisgay as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately.

Apollo.ai: JD Sherman Joins Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2023

Apollo.io - a leading go-to-market (GTM) solution for revenue teams - recently announced the appointment of JD Sherman to its Board of Directors. Sherman has a track record of growing iconic multi-billion-dollar global brands and previously held leadership positions at Dashlane, IBM, HubSpot, and Akamai. This announcement arrived on the heels of Apollo’s $100 million Series D last month, which valued the company at $1.6 billion.

MongoDB: Jim Scharf Named As Chief Technology Officer

By Annie Baker ● Oct 4, 2023

MongoDB has announced Jim Scharf has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Scharf is going to lead MongoDB's global engineering organization, partner with other senior leaders to set and execute the company's technical vision and strategy and oversee the development and delivery of MongoDB's products and services.

Human8: Camille Nicita Named As New Global CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2023

Human8 (previously called InSites Consulting) - the new human-driven consultancy - recently announced that Camille Nicita, currently Managing Director for North America, will accept the CEO role from current CEO and co-founder Kristof De Wulf.

Lucas Oil: Deidra Colvin Named As Chief Strategy Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2023

Lucas Oil Products recently announced a new addition to the executive leadership team, hiring Deidra Colvin as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). In this new role, Colvin is going to play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s strategic vision, aligning cross-functional objectives with company goals, and establishing operational infrastructure for successful plan execution.

Bessemer Venture Partners Expanding Growth Stage Team Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2023

Bessemer Venture Partners works with audacious founders at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey and the firm invests all over the world, wherever great founders are building.

Clear Street Hires Former Morgan Stanley Executive Jon Daplyn As Chief Information Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2023

Clear Street - a New York-based independent prime broker - recently announced it has expanded its technology leadership team with the appointment of Jonathan “Jon” Daplyn as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Hari Godbole as Managing Director and Vice President of Engineering, effective immediately.

Greater Washington Partnership Welcomes Dave Calhoun And Tim Sands As Board Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 23, 2023

The Greater Washington Partnership recently announced the addition of two distinguished Board partners: Dave Calhoun, chief executive officer at The Boeing Company, and Tim Sands, president at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). They bring cross-sector expertise to strengthen a competitive tech workforce in the region.

Cano Health Names Mark Kent As Permanent CEO

By Annie Baker ● Aug 21, 2023

Cano Health - a leading value-based primary care provider and population health company - recently announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mark Kent as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Board also elected Kent - who has served as interim Chief Executive Officer since June 16, 2023 - to Cano Health's Board of Directors. The Board also announced that Dr. Marlow Hernandez stepped down from the Board effective immediately.

TIFIN AMP: Sal Gagliano Appointed As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 18, 2023

TIFIN AMP - a leading artificial intelligence (AI) platform for the intelligent distribution of funds - announced it has appointed Sal Gagliano as the Chief Executive Officer. And the firm also announced the addition of Charlie Shaffer as the President and Chief Revenue Officer. Dr. Vinay Nair will continue as the Founder and Executive Chairman.

Julie Heath Appointed To Oversee IU Innovates Hub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2023

Julie Heath - a leader in launching innovative public-private initiatives and social impact organizations and the architect of Indiana’s first entrepreneurship ecosystem strategy - will oversee a new Indiana University initiative to support students and faculty university-wide in creating and growing startup ventures.

PayPal Appoints Alex Chriss As President And CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2023

PayPal announced its Board of Directors appointed senior Intuit executive Alex Chriss as President and CEO, effective September 27, 2023. Chriss will also join the Board on that date.

JMI Equity: Growth Investment Firm Reveals Promotions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2023

JMI Equity (JMI) - a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies - recently announced the promotions of Lindsay Mehta to Director, Investor Relations & Marketing, and Christian Kurth to Principal. And Mehta will continue to lead the Firm’s relationships with its limited partners and marketing initiatives. As a Principal, Kurth will provide strategic and operational support to JMI’s portfolio companies while continuing to source and evaluate investment opportunities. Plus, JMI announced the promotions of Dina Berdichevsky and Josh Wang to Vice President.

ARMA International: Nathan Hughes Joins As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2023

ARMA International - the world’s leading membership organization serving professionals who manage and govern information assets - announced the promotion of Nathan Hughes, CAE, IGP, to Chief Executive Officer. Hughes has been pivotal in the transformative growth of the organization and the continued expansion of support provided to ARMA International’s members globally.

Elie Girard Becomes Executive Chairman Of Quantum Leader Alice & Bob

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2023

Alice & Bob - a global leader in the race for fault-tolerant quantum computing - recently announced the appointment of Elie Girard as its new Executive Chairman. Girard will utilize his decades of business strategy experience to advise Alice & Bob in its pioneering efforts to develop high-quality, logical qubits based on Cat Qubits technology.