SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:
GDDY), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, today
announced that Leah Sweet, senior
vice president at PayPal, has been appointed to its board of
directors. Ms. Sweet brings deep, customer-focused product strategy
experience and leadership to GoDaddy.
"Leah has a track record of excellence spanning operations,
design, finance, management and product strategy that will make
GoDaddy stronger," said GoDaddy CEO Aman
Bhutani. "Leah will help us champion our everyday
entrepreneur customers as we accelerate product and platform
innovations, and enhance the intuitive experience we provide to
help them succeed."
"I'm excited to help Aman and the GoDaddy team achieve its
mission to inspire and empower everyday entrepreneurs around the
world to bring their ideas to life," Ms. Sweet said. "I've long
admired GoDaddy's impact on its customers and the critical role the
company plays in helping people name, create and grow
businesses."
At PayPal, Ms. Sweet is responsible for global design, delivery
and operations. As a member of PayPal's senior leadership team, Ms.
Sweet focuses on execution of the product strategy to support
PayPal's mission of leveraging technology to make financial
services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure. Ms.
Sweet played a pivotal role in transforming PayPal's product
delivery team and processes to be more customer-centric.
Prior to PayPal, Ms. Sweet was a vice president at CA
Technologies, where she led the Customer Success organization for
its top 100 customers. She also previously served as Deputy CIO of
the State of Arizona and spent
more than a decade at American Express in various product,
technology, platform and security roles.
Ms. Sweet has a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from
Iowa State University. She also serves
as a board member of the Arizona Technology Council.
A high-resolution headshot of Ms. Sweet accompanies this press
release.
Additionally, GoDaddy announced today that Greg Mondre has resigned from GoDaddy's board of
directors, as he has recently assumed the co-CEO role of Silver
Lake, which will place more demands on his time. Mondre has
served on GoDaddy's board of directors since the 2011 private
equity investment in GoDaddy. Mondre was also a member of the
compensation committee.
"Greg was critical in identifying the opportunity for GoDaddy
back in 2011, and played an instrumental role in driving the
company's successful expansion strategy over the last nine years,"
said Chuck Robel, chairman of
GoDaddy's board of directors. "I want to thank Greg for his
keen insight and commitment to GoDaddy, his impact will be long
felt."
About GoDaddy
GoDaddy is empowering everyday
entrepreneurs around the world by providing all of the help and
tools to succeed online. With 19 million customers worldwide,
GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a
professional website, attract customers and manage their work. Our
mission is to give our customers the tools, insights and the people
to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To
learn more about the company visit www.GoDaddy.com.
Source: GoDaddy Inc.
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