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HootSuite names technology lead

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Social relationship platform HootSuite has appointed Ajai Sehgal as chief technology officer (CTO).Sehgal brings expertise in building high-growth, high-volume development organisations to his role at HootSuite, heading the company’s team of software engineers and driving product strategy.He boasts over 18 years of product and technology experience, having most recently worked as vice president of product and technology at Groupon. He played a crucial role in the development of Groupon Travel, the travel arm of the group-buying website pioneer.Prior to Groupon, he spent over a decade in senior leadership and software engineering roles at leading online travel website Expedia. As vice president of technology, Sehgal oversaw a global team of over 300 developers, software engineers and managers.This announcement comes at a time of expansion for HootSuite, which now has over 8 million users including 744 of the Fortune 1000 organisations.The addition of experienced senior talent with proven skills in leading teams and scaling infrastructure through rapid expansion is strategic for the company. “Ajai’s experience in scaling high growth organizations adds great value to our senior leadership team,” Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite, said.Simon Stanlake, HootSuite’s former CTO, has played a key role in the development of HootSuite’s platform since 2010 and will remain a part of HootSuite’s engineering leadership team.   

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