Here are 10 recent hires and promotions we noticed in the technology and startup space.
• Jobs site Indeed Inc. said Nov. 17 it promoted five people to its senior leadership team: LaFawn Davis, new senior vice president of environmental, social and governance, and the first Black member of its senior leadership team; Sean McSherry, senior vice president of finance; Anthony Moisant, chief information office and chief security officer; Lisa Ramirez, senior vice president of operations; and Brendan Sterne, group vice president and general manager of job seeker. "We always tell our employees that we want their next job to be at Indeed. Today I am proud to share that five members of our team have done just that, and have joined our senior leadership team," CEO Chris Hyams stated. "Each one has demonstrated their passion and commitment to our mission to help people get jobs. I am excited for Indeed to continue to grow world class talent from within.
• Invicti Security Corp. said Nov. 18 that Michael George is its new CEO and that he's tasked with leading the cybersecurity startup during its "next chapter of growth through global expansion." Invicti, which makes cybersecurity software to protect apps, just announced in October a $625 million majority investment from Summit Partners. A spokesperson said George will split his time between Boston, Austin and Europe. George has been based in Boston for years, including when he was brought on by Summit to serve as CEO of Continuum, a managed IT services provider, where he spent more than eight years. At Invicti, George replaces Ferruh Mavituna, who's moved from CEO to strategic advisor. The company currently employs 364 globally, with 72 in Austin, according to a spokesperson.
• Austin-based app and server monitoring software startup Zenoss Inc. said Nov. 16 it has hired Pritesh Upadhyay as its chief revenue officer. He was previously running global sales for New York-based IT services company Optanix. Before that, he was vice president of sales at CA Technologies. Zenoss has raised $53 million in funding since its founding in 2005 by Bill Karpovich and Erik Dahl, according to Crunchbase. Its most recent raise appears to be a $7.5 million round in 2019.
• Austin venture capital firm Next Coast Ventures LLC said Nov. 17 it has expanded Scott Miller's role to include venture partner. Miller was most recently co-founder and vice president of products at Austin's TrustRadius. Before that, he was chief operations officer at Vast.com, which was acquired by Vroom.com. Next Coast in 2019 closed on its $130 million second fund, which followed an $85 million initial fund.
• Austin- and Akron, Ohio-based RV rental marketplace RVshare said Nov. 15 it has promoted Morgan Larkin to chief operating officer. She was most recently vice president of business operations at the company, and she has worked there since 2018. Larkin has a long history with rental marketplaces, having worked as director of strategy and operations in Expedia's Vrbo division, as well as earlier serving as HomeAway's director of North American operations. RVshare is led by CEO Jon Gray, who was previously chief revenue officer at HomeAway. The startup has raised about $150 million, including a $100 million round announced a little over a year ago.
• Ninnion LLC, an Austin-based pharmaceutical startup working with psychedelic therapeutics, said Nov. 8 it has added Bill Massey as its chief development officer. He has previously worked at Merck, Astra Merck, AstraZeneca and several other companies, in addition to being a researcher at the drug abuse research center at the University of Chicago. Ninnion, led by founder and CEO Jeremy Caudill, was founded in 2020 and is developing shorter-acting psychedelics aimed at the payer-reimbursed market. "The movement to develop psychedelic pharmaceutical therapeutics represents a seismic shift that will significantly change the way we treat CNS disorders forever," Massey said in a statement.
