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Twilio Welcomes Khozema Shipchandler as Chief Financial Officer
Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), the leading cloud communications platform, today announced that Khozema Shipchandler will join as the companys chief financial officer, effective Nov. 12, 2018. Shipchandler brings more than 20 years of business strategy and corporate finance leadership to the role. At Twilio, Shipchandler will oversee the companys accounting, business intelligence, corporate development, facilities, finance and technical operations teams. He will report to Twilios co-founder and chief executive officer Jeff Lawson.
Khozema has a proven track record of operational excellence, said Jeff Lawson, chief executive officer and co-founder of Twilio. We were looking for a leader who was passionate about creatively solving business problems and found that type of leader in Khozema. Were excited to welcome him to the team.
Shipchandler most recently served as GE Digitals chief commercial officer. Khozema previously served in a variety of positions within GE, including as the chief financial officer and EVP of corporate development at GE Digital and the vice president of corporate audit staff of GE. Khozema earned his bachelors degree from the Indiana University Bloomington.
Millions of developers and thousands of world-class businesses rely on the Twilio platform to power their mission critical communications every day, said Shipchandler. I feel incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to be part of the Twilio operating team and contribute to the companys next phase of growth.
Shipchandler replaces Lee Kirkpatrick, who is leaving the company as previously announced. Lawson states, I want to thank Lee for the contributions hes made to Twilio. During the past six years, Lees been a great partner to me, and the rest of the Twilio team, as he helped lead Twilio through our rapid growth around the world and entry into the public markets. We wish him the best.
Source: Twilio Inc.
About Twilio
Millions of developers around the world have used Twilio to unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, and video by virtualizing the worlds telecommunications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the worlds most demanding applications. By making communications a part of every software developers toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across every industry from emerging leaders to the worlds largest organizations to reinvent how companies engage with their customers.