Основатель и разработчик Game Neverending, Tiny Speck (Glitch), Ludicorp, Flickr, создатель и глава Slack с 2013 года Стюарт Баттерфилд объявил, что уходит с должности гендиректора платформы для деловых коммуникаций в январе 2023 года.
Последние два года Баттерфилд был занят интеграцией Slack в продукты Salesforce. Его место займёт топ-менеджер Salesforce Лидиан Джонс. Техническим директором Slack останется Кэл Хендерсон. Бывший директор Slack Ной Вайс станет новым директором по развитию продукта.
Ранее из Salesforce ушёл гендиректор Брет Тэйлор, а потом глава дочернего стартапа Tableau Марк Нильсон.
Баттерфилд поблагодарил команду Slack за плодотворное сотрудничество и пообещал, что проект продолжит развиваться.
«Мы начали эту компанию 13,5 лет назад, хотя прошло «всего» 10 лет с тех пор, как мы начали разработку самого Slack. Это был долгий и сложный забег с препятствиями. Я пока не собираюсь заниматься предпринимательством после ухода из компании. Хотя это может показаться избитым, на самом деле я собираюсь проводить больше времени со своей семьей. В январе у нас родится ребенок. Могу я вам кое-что сказать? Я мечтаю о садоводстве. Итак, я собираюсь поработать над некоторыми личными проектами, сосредоточиться на здоровье и постараться узнать как можно больше нового,» — пояснил Баттерфилд.
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In early January, I’ll be stepping down as CEO of Slack. Also, both Tamar and Jonathan Prince are leaving. Slack will have a new CEO: Lidiane Jones. This is good: Lidiane is amazing. More on this below.
(FWIW, this has nothing to do with Bret’s departure. Planning has been in the works for several months. Just: weird timing!)
Tamar and Jonathan arrived within a month of each other at a critical point in Slack’s development as a company. They were both more experienced than me and taught me a lot (probably more than I know, even now). They helped us grow up. Their individual contributions as leaders were indispensable but they were also team players and helped make us an all-star executive team. Their impact will be felt for as long as Slack is around.
Cal remains the CTO which is good because he’s plainly, no exaggeration, the best CTO in the world. And, Slack’s own Noah Weiss is the new Chief Product Officer. In his seven years (!) as part of Slack he’s led product development in nearly every area at one point or another, and the ambition of our product strategy owes a lot to his leadership. He’s going to keep the bar high, and then keep pushing it higher. Congrats, Noah.
So: why?? Well, we started this company 13.5 years ago (though it’s “only” been 10 years since we started development of Slack itself). It’s been a long and wild run. I am not going off to do something entrepreneurial. Though it may sound hackneyed, I actually am going to spend more time with my family. We have a new baby coming in January. Can I tell you something? I fantasize about gardening. So, I’m going to work on some personal projects, focus on health, and try to learn as many new things as I can.
So, about this Lidiane. You’re going to love her. She’s pragmatic and practical, insightful, passionate, creative, kind, and curious. She’s right at that little diamond-shaped heart in the four-circle Venn diagram of Smart, Humble, Hardworking, and Collaborative. Before Salesforce she spent four years leading product at Sonos where she fell in love with Slack. She has a deep respect for our approach to product, our customer obsession, and our unique culture. She’s one of us.
She also has enormous credibility inside of Salesforce and will be an effective advocate for Slack’s business, customers, and people. She earned that credibility as an EVP & GM, leading Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, and Flow through major technology and business transformations. This will be extremely helpful for us over the next few years.
Obviously, there are more details here, but I’m going to let each leader talk about it in their own words. I know this is pretty big news but, if you’ve known me for a while, you’ll know that I just don’t say things I don’t believe. I can’t. So you can trust me when I say that everything is going to be okay. Lidiane, Cal, and Noah already have a great chemistry and are committed to our collective and individual success. Bob is still our Chief Sales & Success Officer, Michael Peachey our SVP of Marketing, Stephen Lee our SVP of Legal, David Ard our SVP of Employee Success, and Robby Kwok is going to keep on Chiefing the Staff for Lidiane.
Thank you for everything. I cannot begin to express my gratitude and it wasn’t till I got to this line that I started crying, so I can tell that’s the heart of it for me. Thank you ❤️
(FWIW, this has nothing to do with Bret’s departure. Planning has been in the works for several months. Just: weird timing!)
Tamar and Jonathan arrived within a month of each other at a critical point in Slack’s development as a company. They were both more experienced than me and taught me a lot (probably more than I know, even now). They helped us grow up. Their individual contributions as leaders were indispensable but they were also team players and helped make us an all-star executive team. Their impact will be felt for as long as Slack is around.
Cal remains the CTO which is good because he’s plainly, no exaggeration, the best CTO in the world. And, Slack’s own Noah Weiss is the new Chief Product Officer. In his seven years (!) as part of Slack he’s led product development in nearly every area at one point or another, and the ambition of our product strategy owes a lot to his leadership. He’s going to keep the bar high, and then keep pushing it higher. Congrats, Noah.
So: why?? Well, we started this company 13.5 years ago (though it’s “only” been 10 years since we started development of Slack itself). It’s been a long and wild run. I am not going off to do something entrepreneurial. Though it may sound hackneyed, I actually am going to spend more time with my family. We have a new baby coming in January. Can I tell you something? I fantasize about gardening. So, I’m going to work on some personal projects, focus on health, and try to learn as many new things as I can.
So, about this Lidiane. You’re going to love her. She’s pragmatic and practical, insightful, passionate, creative, kind, and curious. She’s right at that little diamond-shaped heart in the four-circle Venn diagram of Smart, Humble, Hardworking, and Collaborative. Before Salesforce she spent four years leading product at Sonos where she fell in love with Slack. She has a deep respect for our approach to product, our customer obsession, and our unique culture. She’s one of us.
She also has enormous credibility inside of Salesforce and will be an effective advocate for Slack’s business, customers, and people. She earned that credibility as an EVP & GM, leading Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, and Flow through major technology and business transformations. This will be extremely helpful for us over the next few years.
Obviously, there are more details here, but I’m going to let each leader talk about it in their own words. I know this is pretty big news but, if you’ve known me for a while, you’ll know that I just don’t say things I don’t believe. I can’t. So you can trust me when I say that everything is going to be okay. Lidiane, Cal, and Noah already have a great chemistry and are committed to our collective and individual success. Bob is still our Chief Sales & Success Officer, Michael Peachey our SVP of Marketing, Stephen Lee our SVP of Legal, David Ard our SVP of Employee Success, and Robby Kwok is going to keep on Chiefing the Staff for Lidiane.
Thank you for everything. I cannot begin to express my gratitude and it wasn’t till I got to this line that I started crying, so I can tell that’s the heart of it for me. Thank you ❤️
21 июля 2021 года сервис обмена сообщений Slack рассказал, что Salesforce закончила процесс поглощения корпоративного мессенджера за $27,7 млрд. Сделка помогла Slack стать более серьёзным конкурентом для других игроков на рынке корпоративных мессенджеров, а также потеснить набирающий обороты сервис Microsoft Teams.
Компании совместно создали облачную цифровую штаб-квартиру, которая позволит каждой организации обеспечить связь сотрудников, клиентов и партнёров друг с другом и с приложениями, которые они используют каждый день из любого места в мире. Согласно публикации в блоге Slack, сочетание Salesforce и Slack объединило два динамичных сообщества в индустрии программного обеспечения и создало открытую и обширную экосистему, которая основана на следующем поколении цифровых приложений и рабочих процессов для бизнеса. Девиз тандема: «Если у вас нет цифрового способа связи со своими сотрудниками, клиентами и партнёрами, у вас мало шансов выжить».
