Slack Appoints Symantec SVP and CIO Sheila B. Jordan to Board of Directors
September 25 2019 - 4:13PM
Business Wire
Slack Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WORK) today announced the
appointment of Sheila B. Jordan, Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Officer at Symantec, as an independent member of its
board of directors.
Ms. Jordan has a proven track record of leadership across
enterprise transformation and strategic planning. Prior to
Symantec, Ms. Jordan served as Senior Vice President of
Communication and Collaboration IT at Cisco Systems, where she ran
global applications for 65,000 employees across multiple
departments. Prior to that she was Senior Vice President of
Destination Disney, where she was an architect of designing and
delivering a transformational guest experience. She also sits on
the board of directors of FactSet Research Systems Inc. Ms. Jordan
holds an M.B.A. from Florida Institute of Technology and a B.A. in
Accounting from the University of Central Florida.
“I’m excited to welcome Sheila to Slack’s board of directors,”
said Stewart Butterfield, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Slack. “She embodies Slack’s core values and has a proven record of
leadership and results in enterprise transformation. Her wealth of
expertise across enterprise and business technology will be a
valuable source of guidance and she’ll bring the voice of the
customer into our boardroom. I look forward to working with her as
we expand further and further into the enterprise and become an
essential platform for organizations around the world.”
“I believe there is nothing more critical than driving
organizational alignment and agility within enterprises today.
Slack has developed a new category of enterprise software to help
unlock this potential and I’m thrilled to now be a part of their
story,” said Ms. Jordan. “I have witnessed the power of alignment
within companies, and I believe there is an exceptional opportunity
ahead for Slack. I have tremendous respect for Stewart and his
leadership team and am looking forward to collaborating with this
team as they enter into the next phase of their journey.”
About Slack
Slack is where work happens. Slack is a new layer of the
business technology stack that brings together people, applications
and data – a hub for collaboration where people can effectively
work together, access critical applications and services, and find
important information to do their best work. People around the
world use Slack to connect their teams, unify their systems and
drive their business forward.
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