Arevon Energy Elevates Narayanan and Rand to Senior Ops Roles as Portfolio Hits 6 GW
Arevon Energy announced the promotion of Anand Narayanan to senior vice president of Asset Management and Operations and Jeremy Rand to senior vice president of Project Execution, effective April 1, 2026. The moves come as the company’s operating portfolio expands from 2 GW to more than 6 GW and it adds 1.7 GW of capacity in 2025. Executives say the new structure is designed to sharpen execution and coordination across a rapidly growing renewables platform.
Salaria Sales Solutions Expands SDR Outsourcing to Meet Growing B2B Demand
Salaria Sales Solutions announced an expansion of its sales development representative (SDR) outsourcing services to help B2B companies secure a steady flow of qualified meetings. The move responds to rising demand from sales leaders who want reliable outbound execution without...
![[Industry News] CodeDev Targets Triple-Digit Growth; Reunites Former MPG Leadership with Appointment of Andy Norman as COO](/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,quality=75,format=auto,fit=cover/https://mcvuk.com/wp-content/uploads/SLT-Hire-PR-Image.png)
[Industry News] CodeDev Targets Triple-Digit Growth; Reunites Former MPG Leadership with Appointment of Andy Norman as COO
CodeDev, the Unreal Engine co‑development studio known as “The Unreal Guys,” announced Andy Norman as its new chief operating officer as it targets a headcount jump from 40 to 80 by the end of 2026. Norman, who previously led Keywords...
Ex-Flutterwave Executive Awa Koné Joins Cauridor as Chief Operating Officer
Cauridor, a Guinea‑based cross‑border payments platform, has hired former Flutterwave Global Head of Operations Awa Koné as chief operating officer. Koné brings over five years of experience scaling payment infrastructure across Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia, plus a stint as...
Ocasta Appoints Retail Tech Veteran Mike Hardy as Chief Growth Officer to Boost Frontline Execution
Ocasta announced the appointment of Mike Hardy, former Managing Director for Europe at StoreForce, as its new Chief Growth Officer. The hire is intended to accelerate the company’s push into better frontline communications, task execution and operational control for multi‑site...
SuperStuff.ai Appoints Sonia Khurana as COO and Partner to Accelerate Growth
SuperStuff.ai announced that Sonia Khurana, former COO of Digitas India, will join as Chief Operating Officer and partner. The move is intended to strengthen the company’s growth engine, deepen agency relationships and expand its AI‑driven marketing platform across India and...
Ballard Power Systems Names Ralph Robinett COO, Stock Slides 3.9%
Ballard Power Systems announced Ralph Robinett as its new senior vice president and chief operating officer, replacing Lee Sweetland effective April 13, 2026. Robinett brings more than 25 years of global manufacturing and supply‑chain experience, most recently at GAF Energy....
Taco Bell Turns Top General Managers Into Growth Engine with Golden Bell Program
Taco Bell’s annual Golden Bell awards recognize 150 top general managers and pair recognition with a week‑long retreat in Maui. The company says award‑winning managers delivered 19% sales growth in 2025, helping the chain post 7% same‑store sales growth in...
Tesla’s Ex-President Boosted Sales With a Trick Learned From Domino’s Pizza
Tesla’s former president Jon McNeill borrowed Domino’s 10‑click ordering model to slash Tesla’s online purchase steps from 64 to about five. By trimming the catalog to two‑to‑three pre‑configured models, he aimed to eliminate decision fatigue and meet Elon Musk’s 2,000 % digital‑sales...
J&T Express Posts 26% Q1 Parcel Volume Rise, Southeast Asia Near 80% Surge
J&T Express announced a 26.2% year‑on‑year increase in first‑quarter parcel volume to 8.326 billion, driven by a 79.9% surge in Southeast Asia. The company added 6,200 line‑haul vehicles and expanded sorting capacity, signaling aggressive scaling across its core markets.
BharatPe Cofounder Shashvat Nakrani Steps Down To Launch New Venture
BharatPe co‑founder and COO Shashvat Nakrani will step down from daily duties, moving to a strategic advisor and board director role while remaining its largest individual shareholder. The transition comes as the fintech unicorn finalises its leadership overhaul, with CEO...
Former Alberta Innovates Exec Joins Toast as COO
Nicole Shokoples, former chief of staff and vice‑president at Alberta Innovates, has been named chief operating officer of Toast, a Calgary‑based recruitment platform that connects women with STEM roles. Toast, founded in 2022, recently launched the not‑for‑profit Toast Institute to...
Etihad Airways Adds Five China Cities and 28 Weekly Flights, Boosting UAE‑China Corridor
Etihad Airways announced on April 13 it will launch services to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, adding 28 weekly flights and taking its mainland China schedule to 35 weekly flights across six cities. The expansion, powered by Boeing 787‑9...
ElevenLabs to Hire 120 New Sales Reps, Doubling Team Amid $500M Funding
ElevenLabs, the AI voice‑cloning startup valued at $11 billion, announced it will add 120 sales employees this year, effectively doubling its sales force. Vice‑president of sales Carles Reina says candidates must be ready for “a huge amount of hours” and aggressive...
Customer Science Hires James Johnstone as First COO
Customer Science, a Sydney‑based CX and digital transformation integrator, has appointed James Johnstone as its first chief operating officer. Johnstone, who brings more than 20 years of consulting experience at Cisco, Datacom, HPE, Fujitsu and Microsoft, will oversee operations and...
Founders Must Codify Early Sales Before Handing Off
Most founders who close the first deals never write any of it down. Amanda Zhu did. As co-founder and COO of https://t.co/89V4UujZHN, she personally closed $7M in enterprise deals. Then she built a playbook from everything she learned before handing sales...
Time‑Boxed 5‑Phase Discovery Calls Close More Deals
Founders: Your discovery call structure in 5 phases: Minutes 0-3: Rapport (not weather talk) Minutes 3-5: Agenda setting Minutes 5-15: Discovery questions Minutes 15-25: Relevant demo only Minutes 25-30: Concrete next step Reserve final 5 min for close. Clock management wins deals.
Tivan Names Robert Gerrard COO to Accelerate Critical Minerals Projects
Tivan Limited announced the appointment of Robert Gerrard as Chief Operating Officer, effective 20 April 2026. Gerrard brings more than 18 years of experience in large‑scale mining and LNG projects, most recently at KBR, to oversee engineering, construction and commissioning of the company’s...
Self Labs Acquires Loam to Build Privacy‑First Identity Infrastructure for the Agentic Internet
Self Labs announced the acquisition of Loam, merging its privacy‑first proof‑of‑humanity platform with Loam's agentic workflow expertise. The deal brings Loam founder Birju Shah on board as COO and positions Self to offer full‑stack identity infrastructure for AI‑driven applications.
Eleco Sells Veeuze to 3A Consult in €1.5 M Deal, Refocusing on Core Software
Eleco plc has transferred its German visualisation subsidiary Veeuze GmbH to 3A Consult UG in a management buy‑out that includes a nominal upfront payment, a profit‑share cap of €250,000 and a €1.5 million financing package. The move eliminates a unit that...
Trust-Led Growth Dominates 2026, but Teams Stay Manual
Heads up, CROs & GTM Leaders: “Trust-Led Growth” is the battle cry for 2026. But most of you are still trying to manual your way through it by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/rl93jz7QM6 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #SalesEnablement
Citi Elevates Shailaja Suvarna to VP of Talent Acquisition Operations for APAC
Citi has promoted Shailaja Suvarna to Vice President of Talent Acquisition Operations (TAO) for the APAC region. With more than two decades of HR shared‑services experience, she will lead the Recruiting Coordinator vertical and push automation and process‑standardization. The move...
Product Reporting!
SaaS firms that expand beyond a single product often stumble when boards ask about bundling strategy, because their data models still treat revenue as a single ARR line. The article outlines a four‑stage roadmap—flat visibility, product‑line win rates, bundle economics,...
BayCom Overhauls C‑Suite, Swaps CEOs as Shares Drop 10% to $29.19
BayCom Corp. announced a complete senior‑leadership turnover, installing former PacWest Bancorp executives as CEO, EVP chair and CFO. The move, aimed at accelerating organic growth, sent the stock down more than 10% to $29.19.
The Silent Revenue Leak CEOs Often Overlook
#TimTalk – The “Silent” Leak: What is a revenue leak that most CEOs or CROs are completely oblivious to until it’s too late? with Sandy Yu https://t.co/gZMzxhaIMt via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #RevOps #Leadership #Sales #Marketing
Kia Commits $38 Billion to Manufacturing Overhaul, Targets 4.1 M Global Sales by 2030
Kia Corporation announced a KRW 49 trillion (~$38 billion) investment plan at its 2026 Investor Day, earmarking new Atlas® manufacturing systems for 2028‑29 and expanding its EV lineup to 14 models. The automaker set a 4.13 million‑unit global sales target for 2030, aiming for...
Taco Bell Turns Top General Managers Into Growth Engine, Driving 7% Same‑Store Sales Rise
Taco Bell’s U.S. chief operating officer Michelle Beasley said the chain’s Golden Bell awards program, which honors 150 top general managers, helped lift fourth‑quarter same‑store sales 7% and drove 19% sales growth at award‑winning stores in 2025. The initiative treats...
Stanford GSB Hires Charles Schwab Veteran Mike Canady as First COO/CFO
Stanford Graduate School of Business has appointed Mike Canady, a 32‑year Charles Schwab veteran, as its first chief operating and financial officer. The hire marks a deliberate move to import corporate finance expertise into higher‑education leadership.
Passive AI Strategies Undermine Sales Revenue Goals
Rethinking the Sales Process: Why “Wait and See” AI is Failing Your Revenue Goals by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/7UsnSpKjGN @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #Marketing #Leadership #MarketingStrategy #ArtificialIntelligence
Freshworks Hires Kuntal Vahalia to Head Channel Strategy as EX ARR Tops $500M
Freshworks announced the appointment of Kuntal Vahalia as Senior Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances, tasking him with scaling partner‑led revenue while the company’s employee‑experience (EX) segment tops $500 million in annual recurring revenue. The hire signals Freshworks’ aggressive move...
Five9 Appoints Jay Lee as Chief Marketing and Growth Officer to Unify GTM and Revenue Strategy
Five9 announced the hiring of Jay Lee as its new chief marketing and growth officer. Lee will integrate marketing, analytics and revenue operations to speed AI‑powered customer‑experience initiatives. The move signals Five9’s push to tighten go‑to‑market execution across its 3,000+...
Zillow COO: ‘Preview’ Idea First Conceived 2 Years Ago
Zillow introduced Preview, a pre‑marketing tool that lets sellers showcase homes before they hit the MLS, a concept the product team began shaping two years ago during the Zillow Showcase era. COO Jun Choo emphasized that the service is built to...
Uxin COO Jack Wang Highlights 142% YoY Retail Transaction Surge in Q1 2025
Uxin Limited posted 4,090 retail vehicle sales in Q1 2025, a 142% increase from the same quarter a year earlier. COO Jack Wang said the surge stems from a revamped sales strategy and accelerated superstore expansion, positioning the firm for...
Energy Vault Secures 850 MW Battery Portfolio in Japan, Boosting Global Footprint
Energy Vault Holdings announced the acquisition of an 850 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Japan, including 350 MW of projects slated for construction in late 2027. The deal pushes the company's owned and operated assets past the 1 GW mark...
Solana Company Names Madelene Gani COO and Deputy CFO to Power Next Growth Phase
Solana Company announced that Madelene Gani, CPA, will assume the roles of Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer on April 6, 2026. The hire is positioned as a catalyst for institutional expansion, yield growth and broader revenue diversification...
Burger King Tests King Size Sliders in Ohio, Oregon as $400 Million Sales Push
Burger King began testing a new King Size Sliders Box in Columbus, Ohio, and Portland, Oregon, as part of its $400 million “Reclaim the Flame” turnaround. The limited‑time offering features three flavor combos and aims to draw budget‑conscious diners back to...
AeroVironment Appoints Raytheon Veteran Robert Smith as COO to Accelerate Manufacturing Scale
AeroVironment, the NASDAQ‑listed defense‑technology firm, named Dr. Robert (Rob) Smith as executive vice president and chief operating officer effective April 13, 2026. The former Raytheon executive will oversee the company’s autonomous systems, space, cyber and directed‑energy units, and its global...
OpenAI Moves COO Brad Lightcap to Special Projects Amid Executive Shuffle
OpenAI announced that COO Brad Lightcap will head a new 'special projects' unit to streamline complex deals and investments. The reshuffle also places AGI development chief Fidji Simo on medical leave and brings former Slack CEO Denise Dresser on board...
Richardson Electronics COO Drives 3% Sales Rise, Boosts Stock 14%
Richardson Electronics' chief operating officer Wendy Diddell steered a 3.1% increase in quarterly net sales to $55.5 million and an 11.4% jump in backlog to $151.2 million. The results helped flip operating income to $1.5 million and sparked a 14% pre‑market rally in...
Trial and Error: Only a Few GTM Channels Succeed
20 GTM channels tried. 17 failed. 3 worked. There is no playbook. You only make the shots you take. https://t.co/OUzEhRYy98
CNN Promotes Digital Veteran Alex MacCallum to COO
CNN names Alex MacCallum chief operating officer, a move that appears to boost an exec known for her digital expertise over colleagues who specialize in more traditional journalism.... https://t.co/osNbVzRd7t via @variety
USPS Suspends $2.5 B in Pension Contributions to Stave Off Cash Crisis
The U.S. Postal Service announced a temporary halt to its bi‑weekly employer contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System, a move projected to save about $2.5 billion through September 30. The step is aimed at preserving liquidity as officials warn the...
Host Broadcast Services CEO and COO to Step Down After 2026 FIFA World Cup
Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the production arm behind the 2026 FIFA World Cup, announced that CEO Dan Miodownik and COO Luc‑Antoine Charial will leave their roles on September 30, 2026. Both executives have led HBS since 2018, overseeing coverage of...
Pulse Biosciences Hires Liane Teplitsky as COO
Pulse Biosciences appointed former Abbott executive Liane Teplitsky as chief operating officer to accelerate its pulsed‑field ablation (PFA) strategy. The company is focusing R&D on the nPulse Cardiac Catheter, a percutaneous device for atrial fibrillation, after promising first‑in‑human data from 150...
Infinite Software Demand Fuels AI‑closed Loop Growth
The demand for software is infinite. Kyle Daigle, GitHub’s COO, made the case concrete : There were 1 billion commits in 2025. Now, it’s 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler :...
FloSports Elevates COO Jayar Donlan to President
FloSports is promoting Jayar Donlan from COO to president, reporting to CEO & co-founder Mark Floreani. Donlan joined FloSports in 2023. Check out his 2021 Forty Under 40 profile (when he was with WWE): https://t.co/kP07OW8MhT
Indium Eyes 25-28% Growth in FY27
Indium, a Chennai‑based digital engineering firm, projects FY27 revenue growth of 25‑28% after posting $130‑140 million in FY26. The boost will stem from a strategic pivot toward AI‑led engineering and the launch of its new legacy‑modernisation product, Lifter. The company plans...
HBS Leadership to Step Down After Landmark 2026 Global Broadcast Projects
Host Broadcast Services (HBS) announced that CEO Dan Miodownik and COO Luc‑Antoine Charial will step down on 30 September 2026, after overseeing the 2026 FIFA World Cup, US Open and the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship. The duo has driven...
Patreon’s Podcast Revenue Jumps 33% to $629 Million in 2025
Patreon announced that podcast creators earned $629 million on the platform in 2025, a 33% increase from the prior year. The surge makes podcasts the largest revenue‑generating category, highlighting the effectiveness of Patreon’s creator‑focused monetization tools.
From Chaos to Predictable Pipeline: A GTM Audit That Turns Into a 90-Day Plan
In this episode, host Javier Lozano explains how a comprehensive go‑to‑market (GTM) audit can transform chaotic, unpredictable B2B pipelines into a structured 90‑day growth plan. He walks listeners through the audit’s three phases—kickoff and questionnaire, customer‑journey mapping workshop, and a...