Groupon announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Shutterfly president and CEO Jeffrey Housenbold to its Board of Directors. He has led Shutterfly since January of 2005. Before that, he worked at eBay in various roles like Vice President of…
Tim Cook Says New Hire Angela Ahrendts Is ‘Wicked Smart’
Apple announced on Monday evening that it has hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to take on a new position at the company: Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores. Ahrendts will report directly to CEO Tim Cook, and will…
Groupon Continues To Revamp Its Leadership Team
Groupon continues to make big changes in its high-level executive offices. Groupon fired CEO Andrew Mason earlier this year. He was replaced by Eric Lefkofsky (pictured). Today, Groupon announced that it has appointed four new executives. Robbie Schwietzer is the…
Pandora’s New CEO Was Advertising Age’s First ‘Digital Executive Of The Year’
Pandora announced on Wednesday that its Board of Directors has appointed Brian McAndrews as the company’s new CEO. He will replace outgoing CEO Joe Kennedy. The company announced that Kennedy would be stepping down after about a decade in the…
Demand Media Gets New SVP Of Technology For United TLD
Demand Media announced on Wednesday that it has appointed recent hire Wayne MacLaurin to Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD, a subsidiary of the company. The company says United TLD is investing in infrastructure to become a leader…
Google Reportedly Gets A New M&A Leader
A report from Reuters is out today, saying that “according to a source familiar with the matter,” Google is replacing its head of mergers and acquisitions, David Lawlee, with Don Harrison (pictured), who is currently a lawyer at Google, and…
Apple Cans Scott Forstall Over Maps, Retail Chief Out As Well
Apple announced a big company-wide reorganization at the upper level late Monday. The shakeup saw the company let go of two execs – Scott Forstall and John Browett, and it also saw others given more responsibilities in Cupertino. “Apple today…
Yahoo Gets A New Executive To Lead Talent Acquisition
Yahoo announced today the appointment of Jacqueline Reses to the role of Executive Vice President of People and Development. She’ll be responsible for leading HR and talent acquisition. She’ll also lead corporate and business development at the global level. Previously,…
Marissa Mayer, New Yahoo CEO, Is Also Pregnant
Talk about an exciting year. Yesterday, we heard the surprising news that Yahoo had tapped Marissa Mayer to be the company’s new CEO. It wasn’t surprising that Yahoo would pick Mayer – as nobody questions the qualifications of the first…
What Yahoo’s New Hires Are Responsible For
Yesterday, Yahoo announced some new additions to the company. They provided some Q&A with the new hires, but didn’t really get into what exactly they will be doing. We reached out to Yahoo to find out a little bit more about each new hire’s role with the company.