Twilio Welcomes Deval Patrick to Twilio Board of Directors
January 14 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), the leading cloud communications platform,
is pleased to welcome Deval Patrick, former governor of
Massachusetts, to the Twilio Board of Directors. Patrick brings
more than 30 years of executive and public sector experience to
Twilio as the company strengthens its position as a leading
customer engagement platform.
“Deval is an impressive leader with broad business, finance,
public policy and social impact acumen from decades of experience
as a public servant and business leader at some of the world’s top
companies,” said Jeff Lawson, CEO and co-founder of Twilio. “He
brings a unique skill set that will be extremely valuable to Twilio
as we grow around the world.”
Patrick has worked throughout his career in both the public and
private sectors to lift others’ voices to be heard and drive
change. As Governor of Massachusetts, Patrick oversaw the expansion
of affordable health care to more than 98 percent of state
residents, launched initiatives stimulating clean energy and
biotechnology, won a national Race to the Top education grant, and
steered the state out of recession to a 25-year high in employment.
Prior to his governorship, Patrick was a senior executive at Texaco
and Coca-Cola, where he led significant reforms to create a more
equitable and inclusive workplace. After his public service,
Patrick founded the Double Impact Fund at Bain Capital LLC, the
first impact investing fund of a major U.S. investment firm, where
he and his team invested hundreds of millions of dollars in
companies that delivered both competitive financial return and
significant measurable social and environmental good.
“I firmly believe that companies today must be a force for
good,” Deval Patrick said. “Jeff and his team have a palpable
commitment to building Twilio conscientiously, to serve the
interests of all of its stakeholders. As the world’s reliance on
the tech sector deepens, I am excited to join the Board and look
forward to working with the team as they continue their mission to
build the world’s leading customer engagement platform.”
In addition to serving as a governor, business executive and
investor, Patrick is a former civil rights and business attorney, a
Rockefeller Fellow, a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and the
author of two books: A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an
Improbable Life and Faith in the Dream: A Call to the Nation to
Reclaim American Values. He earned his undergraduate and law
degrees from Harvard University, and is the recipient of 22
honorary degrees.
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, video, and email by virtualizing the world’s communications
infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any
developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most
demanding applications. By making communications a part of every
software developer’s toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across
every industry — from emerging leaders to the world’s largest
organizations — to reinvent how companies engage with their
customers.
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