ESTC - Leadership updates

Veteran Microsoft technology executive brings deep expertise in AI, developer platforms and enterprise technology Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) today announced that it has nominated Julia Liuson to its Board of Directors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260827778055/en/Elastic nominates Julia Liuson to its Board of Directors Liuson is a veteran technology executive with more than three decades of experience spanning software engineering, AI, developer platforms and enterprise technology. She most recently served as President of Microsoft’s Developer Division, where she led technology and business strategy for Microsoft’s

Former HashiCorp and IBM executive joins Elastic to play key role in driving next phase of growth Elastic ® (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch®, today announced the appointment of Navam Welihinda as chief financial officer, effective February 28, 2025. In this role, Welihinda will serve as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250227725046/en/Navam Welihinda, Chief Financial Officer at Elastic (Photo: Business Wire) Welihinda joins Elastic from Grammarly, where he served as CFO and oversaw corporate finance and corporate

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today announced the appointment of Janesh Moorjani as the company's chief financial officer, effective December 16, 2024. Moorjani brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with deep expertise in driving growth and efficiency at scale. Most recently, Moorjani served as CFO and COO of Elastic NV (NYSE:ESTC), the Search AI Company. Reporting to chief executive officer Andrew Anagnost, Moorjani will lead and oversee Autodesk's global finance organization. Moorjani will succeed interim c

Former Cisco executive joins Elastic to help spearhead company's continued growth Elastic® (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch®, today announced the appointment of Mark Dodds as chief revenue officer, effective immediately. Reporting to Elastic CEO Ash Kulkarni, Dodds will be responsible for driving all aspects of the company's revenue growth, building on its ongoing success as the leading search analytics platform. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231211976269/en/Mark Dodds, Chief Revenue Officer, Elastic (Photo: Busines Wire) Dodds brings extensive global sales leadership experience to the

Elastic and Opster join forces to help users take charge of their search operations Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch®, today announced an agreement to acquire Opster, the creators of AutoOps, a powerful platform that provides deep insight to automatically detect and resolve issues with cluster health, improve search performance, and reduce hardware costs. "We are excited to welcome the Opster team to Elastic," said Ken Exner, chief product officer, Elastic. "Opster will help our users get more out of their Elastic deployments and is part of multiple efforts underway to make our cloud offering more fully-managed and easier to operate." "Having been long

Former Datadog Vice President of Product Joins Elastic to Drive the Next Generation of AI-Powered Observability Elastic® (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch®, today announced the appointment of Abhishek Singh as general manager for Observability. Singh will oversee the evolution of Elastic Observability, which converges all types of telemetry data, including metrics, logs, and traces for unified visibility and actionable AI-powered insights. He will help spearhead the delivery of rapid advancements like the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability, which leverages the power of generative AI and an organization's own proprietary data to make problem resolution faster

Ascend grows regional presence to better serve growing data management needs MENLO PARK, Calif., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend.io, the leader in data pipeline automation, today announced the appointment of Jeremy Poon as Head of APAC Sales, in addition to a number of sales and support hires for the Asia-Pacific region to better serve its global customer base, which includes Serko, Ports of Auckland, and Tonkin & Taylor. Poon comes to Ascend from Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) and is based in Melbourne, Australia. These new hires reflect Ascend's continued expansion of its global team, following the hiring of Robin Rostratter as Head of EMEA Sales earlier this year.

Senior executive with deep expertise in human resources for technology companies joins Elastic Elastic ® (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch®, today announced the appointment of Joanna Daly as chief human resources officer (CHRO) effective July 18, 2023. Reporting to Elastic CEO Ash Kulkarni, Daly will be responsible for Elastic's human resources (HR) strategy and operations, talent management, and compensation and benefits, as Elastic continues to build on its global reputation as the leading search platform. Daly has more than 20 years of global HR experience, including HR leadership roles in IBM's consulting and technology businesses and the company's compensati

Former Proofpoint CFO Brings 30+ Years of Technology Industry Expertise Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch®, today announced that it has nominated Paul Auvil to its Board of Directors. The appointment comes as the company continues to drive growth in Elastic Cloud, while investing with discipline to expand profitability. Mr. Auvil will bring more than 35 years of finance, technology and corporate leadership experience to the Elastic Board of Directors. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of security-as-a-service solutions from March 2007 until March 2023. From September 2006 to March 2007, he was an entrepreneur-in-resi

Senior executive with deep cybersecurity marketing expertise joins Elastic to drive continued growth Elastic (NYSE:ESTC), the company behind Elasticsearch, today announced the appointment of Mathew Donoghue as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) effective February 13, 2023. Donoghue will drive scalable growth across the company's $88 billion total addressable market (TAM) by leveraging innovative solutions and a customer-first approach. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230213005523/en/Mathew Donoghue (Photo: Business Wire) As the leader of the global marketing team, Donoghue will focus on engaging customers, partners and

16-year AWS Veteran Joins Elastic to Further Accelerate Cloud Innovation Elastic (NYSE:ESTC), the company behind Elasticsearch, today announced the appointment of Ken Exner as chief product officer (CPO) effective August 29, 2022. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220825005664/en/Elastic Names Ken Exner Chief Product Officer (Photo: Business Wire) Exner will be responsible for leading engineering, product management, and product design, with a focus on enhancing the Elastic Enterprise Search, Observability, and Security solutions and delivering a best-in-class cloud service to Elastic customers. Exner will report to

Former Informatica CEO and Oracle Executive Will Bring 30+ Years of Industry Leadership to the Elastic Board Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch, today announced that it has appointed Sohaib Abbasi to its Board of Directors. The appointment comes as the company further focuses on driving durable, profitable growth, widening its competitive moat, and fueling cloud growth. Abbasi will bring more than 30 years of enterprise technology and business transformation experience to the Elastic Board of Directors. From 2004 to 2015, he led Informatica as its President and Chief Executive Officer and as its Chairman from 2005 to 2016. From 1982 to 2003, he served in var

TORONTO, April 22, 2022 /CNW/ - FG Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") (TSX:FGAA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Pete Huitsing to the Company's board of directors. Mr. Huitsing has over 15 years of experience in technology, cyber security, and leadership roles encompassing public, private and government sectors. Mr. Huitsing has served as a Security Partner and Staff Security Engineer at Meta Platforms, Inc. ("Meta") (NASDAQ:FB) since 2017. Mr. Huitsing served as the VP of Engineering for ZeeMee, Inc., a venture capital-backed education technology company, from 2014 to 2017,and as the Chief Technology Officer of Petra Partners, a hedge fund focusing on alternative lending platforms,

Shay Banon Reassumes Role of Chief Technology Officer and Continues as Board Member Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, today announced the promotion of Ashutosh (Ash) Kulkarni to CEO and his nomination to the Board of Directors. Kulkarni will succeed Founder and CEO Shay Banon, who reassumes the role of Chief Technology Officer, and will continue to serve on the Board of Directors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220112005959/en/Ash Kulkarni, CEO, Elastic (Photo: Business Wire) Banon, who served as CTO prior to being named CEO five years ago, stepped down from

Former CIO of The World Bank Brings Proven Board Leadership from E*TRADE, MassMutual and Morgan Stanley Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) ("Elastic"), the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, today announced that it has nominated Shelley Leibowitz to its board of directors. Leibowitz will bring more than 30 years of information technology (IT) and business governance expertise to the Elastic Board of Directors, having formerly served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Morgan Stanley and The World Bank, as well as a board member for E*TRADE and MassMutual. She currently sits on the board of Morgan Stanley and several privately held fintech and information security companies. "I can't

8x8, Inc. (NYSE:EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform provider, today announced that Alison Gleeson, former Senior Vice President of Cisco Americas, has been appointed to the company's board of directors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210810005202/en/EGHT) announced that Alison Gleeson has been appointed to the company's board of directors. (Photo: Business Wire)">8x8, Inc. (NYSE:EGHT) announced that Alison Gleeson has been appointed to the company's board of directors. (Photo: Business Wire) Gleeson is a globally recognized executive who was previously Senior Vice President of Cisco Americas