CloudBees, the enterprise software delivery company, has named two leaders to C-level posts to accelerate global expansion and operations. Peter Meechan, former chief corporate development officer at Automation Anywhere, joins as chief corporate development officer (CCDO). Jinny Jun, former senior vice president and head of people strategy at Welldoc, joins as chief people officer (CPO).
The company said in a statement, “The appointments come as CloudBees accelerates its growth and expands its global operations which includes more than 500 employees in 22 countries. The executives’ proven track records in enterprise digital transformation will help advance CloudBees’ position in the DevOps ecosystem as the software delivery industry leader.”
Meechan led corporate and business development at Automation Anywhere for the past four years. Previously, he served as chief operating officer at ABBYY, an intelligent document processing and process mining platform. His global operating experience spans being a public corporation senior executive, multiple leadership and business unit roles at multi-billion-dollar companies, including Adobe/Macromedia and SONY. Meechan also contributed to animation pioneer Wavefront’s initial public offering and sale to Silicon Graphics, Inc. As CCDO at CloudBees, Meechan will lead the company’s inorganic growth strategy, strategic partnerships and business development, intellectual property and corporate operations.
“Partnerships and strategic M&A are fundamental aspects of our growth strategy. As the DevOps category evolves and reshapes itself in the years ahead, CloudBees will continue to be a pioneer in bringing transformational capabilities to customers worldwide,” said CloudBees CEO Stephen DeWitt. “Peter brings tremendous operating experience and passion to this pursuit. Bringing his expertise and experience to CloudBees is an important dimension in driving our operational maturity.”
Jun, with more than 20 years of experience in technology and human capital leadership positions, joins CloudBees as CPO from Trellia HR Advisory, where she provided strategic CPO advisory services to CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs. Previously, she served as senior vice president and head of people strategy at Welldoc, a digital healthcare technology and therapeutics company. Jun has also headed up human resources at eClerx LLC, a global provider of business process management, automation and analytics services to Fortune 2000 companies, and Reval, a global financial technology software firm. At CloudBees, Jun will spearhead the company’s talent strategy for attracting, developing and retaining a team of employees across all functions and disciplines, including compensation and benefits worldwide. Jun will also lead the company’s diversity, inclusion and belonging initiatives.
“We have a tremendous team here at CloudBees and we are at an exciting stage in our growth. To lead in this extraordinary category, CloudBees needs to continue to attract, develop and retain the best talent in the industry,” DeWitt said. “Jinny will play a central role in defining our people strategy to ensure that we’re building the strongest, most capable staff and developing our skill sets to meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs for our customers.”
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