Puppet Labs,
the leading provider of IT automation software, today announced two new
additions to the company's executive team, coming on the heels of
another year of stellar growth while nearing cash-flow profitability.
Simon Hayes joins the company as senior vice president of business and
corporate development to build upon Puppet Labs' dynamic partner
ecosystem. Jamie Hull joins as vice president of product, and will drive
further innovation in Puppet, the world's most widely used IT
automation tool.
"I'm happy to announce two great additions to our executive team who
will accelerate product innovation and drive further growth in our
ecosystem during an important time of our growth," said Luke Kanies,
founder and CEO of Puppet Labs. "Jamie and Simon will be fantastic
assets to Puppet Labs. Their strong leadership skills will propel Puppet
Labs forward as we bring automation and its benefits, from 15 percent
penetration, to the entire market."
As the head of business and corporate development, Simon will drive
Puppet Labs' partner strategy and execution. Simon joins Puppet Labs
from Citrix where he was vice president of portfolio, strategy and
alliances. In that role, Simon built the strategic alliances
organization to create and manage partnerships with global technology
companies like Cisco, Microsoft, SAP, IBM and Fujitsu, all of which were
key to Citrix's success. During his time at Citrix, he was also
responsible for the "Citrix Ready" ecosystem program and the company's
open source development organization, and led the portfolio strategy
team for Citrix's Enterprise Service Provider Business.
"Puppet Labs' leadership in IT automation has been enabled by the most
robust partner ecosystem in the industry, and a strong commitment to
collaboration and customer success," said Simon. "I look forward to
helping Puppet build its next phase of growth through strategic
partnerships and by building a world-class ecosystem."
Jamie Hull will lead the Puppet Labs product team. As the former vice
president of mobile products at Evernote, Jamie will bring an empirical
user-first perspective to how Puppet Labs builds, develops and ships
software to its users. At Evernote, Jamie headed up the iOS and Android
product teams and led development of the two core mobile platforms, from
initial design through development and to deployment. Prior to joining
Evernote, Jamie led product and development teams at a mix of consumer
product and B2B service companies, including Comcast (Plaxo), UpMo,
Blurb and AOL/Advertising.com. She began her career in web development,
where she managed engineering, product development and user experience.
"Puppet Labs has a long history of building products that its users
love, and that provide real results for businesses," said Jamie. "I'm
excited to work with Luke and his team to build upon these successes and
to shape the future of Puppet for the next decade."