Seattle-based consulting firm Slalom has named former Twilio executive Michelle Grover as Slalom's new chief technology officer.
Slalom announced the move Tuesday and said Grover will start her new position Oct. 1. Slalom said Grover is the firm's first CTO.
“I have first-hand experience as a customer of Slalom. I always felt heard; their consultants were true partners, working alongside my team to deliver solutions that drove meaningful impact,” Grover said in a release. “I knew this would be a great fit for my style of leadership — taking that same care to build a world-class IT organization.”
According to her LinkedIn page, Grover spent more than a year as the chief information officer at Twilio, a San Francisco-based cloud communications company that acquired Seattle-based Zipwhip for about $850 million in July 2021.
Slalom said in a release she was most recently the interim chief information and digital officer at the military-focused First Command Financial Services, and her new role with Slalom will include IT strategy and product engineering, among other responsibilities. Grover is also on the board of Apptentive, a Seattle-based customer feedback company.
Slalom, founded in 2001, offers a variety of strategy and technology services, including product strategy, user experience design and data visualization. The firm says it has more than 13,000 employees and is in 43 markets across six countries. In July 2021, the Slalom named former Washington Mutual and Barclays executive Deanna Oppenheimer to its board of directors.
Slalom said Grover will report to Tony Rojas, Slalom's president. Rojas has been with Slalom since 2005, his LinkedIn page shows.
“As we evolve, scale, and expand our global footprint, our own internal technology needs have become increasingly complex,” Rojas said in a release. “Michelle is the kind of leader that can quickly identify opportunities and deliver simple solutions for complicated issues. We’re lucky to have her onboard.”
