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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.
Amazon announced that Adam Selipsky will replace Andy Jassy as the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) effective May 17th. | Full Story
ByteDance hired Shou Zi Chew as CFO. Chew was previously SVP at Xiaomi Corp. | Full Story
Google has announced that Chris Ciauri, Google Cloud's EMEA Sales Chief, will leave the company. | Full Story
Okta hired Kendall Collins as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, Collins was an Executive in Residence at Accel.
Facebook’s Chief Revenue Officer, David Fischer, has decided to part ways with the company after over a decade of service. He will leave the social media giant later this year after selecting his replacement. | Full Story
The Trade Desk’s Chief Marketing Officer, Susan Vobejda, will be stepping down from her role in June. Ian Colley, VP of Communications and Editor-in-Chief, will serve as interim Chief Marketing Officer.
Zapier promoted Mike Knoop to President. Knoop was previously the Head of Research & Development.
Merkle hired Tracie Kambies as Global Head of Analytics and promoted Shirli Zelcer to Head of Analytics and Data of Merkle Americas. Kambies was previously a Principal at Deloitte.
Cogito hired Doug Wendell as its new CFO. Prior to joining Cogito, Wendell was CFO at Quick Base.
Freshworks just hired Stacey Epstein as Chief Marketing Officer. Epstein was mostly recently Chief Marketing Officer and Customer Experience Officer at ServiceMax.
Confluent hired Cory Scott as Chief Information Security Officer and Melanie Vinson as Chief Legal Officer. Scott was previously Google’s Head of Security and Product Privacy for their Devices and Services division and Vinson was General Counsel and Board Secretary at Adaptive Insight.
Tableau promoted Mark Nelson as its CEO. Nelson was previously EVP of Product Development.
Observe.AI hired Jon Heaps as VP of Channel. Heaps was previously the VP of Global Cloud Distribution at Talkdesk.
LogMeIn named Michael Oberlaender as Chief Information Security Officer.
Acepodia appointed Jimmy Lai as CFO. Lai has over three decades of financial management and capital markets experience.
Nuvalent appointed Christopher Turner, as Chief Medical Officer. Turner was previously the VP of Clinical Development at Blueprint Medicines.
Futuri named Jason J. Sosa as Chief Technology Officer. Most recently, Sosa was CEO and Founder of Blackbox AI.
Yellowbrick Data hired Jonathan Reid as its Chief Revenue Officer. Reid was previously the SVP of Global Sales & Business Development at AppDirect.
Devo hired J.C. Vega as Chief Information and Security Officer, Lars Wiesner as SVP of Product Engineering and Operations, Kayla Williams as VP of IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance, and Matt Westover as VP of North America Sales.
Zivaro hired Greg Klang as Chief Strategy Officer of Banking and Finance Vertical. Klang worked at Freddie Mac, Citi Group, Union Bank of Switzerland, and State Street over the past decade.
Metagenomi appointed Jian Irish as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Irish served as SVP of Global Head of Manufacturing at Kite Pharma.
DaySmart appointed Cristi Tobelmann as VP of Human Resources. Tobelmann previously worked at Barracuda Networks as its Director of Worldwide Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning.
Complia Health appointed Rich Berner ss CEO. Berner was previously the CEO at MDLIVE.
Semperis hired Coley Burke as Chief Revenue Officer. Burke joins the team from Zerto where he served as Chief Revenue Officer.
Bolster appointed Nick Vann as VP of Sales. Previously, Vann was the VP of Sales at Vulcan Cyber.
VuWall hired Pierre-Yves Desbiens as COO and CFO. Desbiens was previously the President at Financium Inc.
ExecOnline promoted current CFO, Michael Pickrum, to CFO and COO and hired Dani Cushion as Chief Marketing Officer. Cushion joined the team from Cardlytics where she served as Chief Marketing Officer.
Valtech hired Warren Cable as VP of Commerce for Client Business Strategy and Process and Tim Steele as VP of Commerce for Client Technology Architecture and Infrastructure. Prior to joining Valtech, Warren served as VP at Rogers Communications and Steele was the Director of Engineering at Express.
Securitize hired Dan Garzia as Chief Marketing Officer, Erin Sheehan as VP of Sales, Jay Proffitt as Chief Operating Officer of Securitize Markets and promoted Pat O'Mara to Chief Compliance Officer of Securitize, Scott Harrigan as CEO of Securitize Markets and Tom Eidt, General Counsel.
Virtana appointed Christina Richards Chief Marketing Officer. Richards previously served as VP of Global Marketing at Aeris Communications.
Infostretch hired Rishabh Mishra as Head of Corporate Development. Most recently, Mishra led corporate development and investor relations at Zensar Technologies.
Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company hired Knicks Lau as its new CFO. Lau previously served as Controller at MGM Growth Properties.
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