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+=== Senior Management ===
 None of the founding members of Upwork is involved with its management. However, some executives have been with the company for a long time. The following are important individuals responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company.
-=== 1. Hayden Brown ===
+==== 1. Hayden Brown ====
 ''See also: Detailed Infos and complete watch list in [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HEX9PT_YXkz-eua9tR-FFx-s6gAr-7ZoTmbW8RbRqYE/edit#gid=1498970762 Upwork:Sheet]''
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 Read more here: [[Upwork: CEO Hayden Brown]]
-=== 2. Thomas Layton ===
+==== 2. Thomas Layton ====
 Thomas Layton is the executive chairman of the board and one of Upwork's oldest board members. He joined the oDesk board of directors in 2006 while being the CEO of Open Table<ref>https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/thomas-layton-ceo-of-open-table-joins-odesk-board-of-directors</ref>. During his tenure as the CEO of Open Table, he grew the number of members from 500 to more than 7,000. Layton was the CEO of Open Table for over six years. In December 2011, he was appointed as Upwork's executive chairman of the board. Before taking up the chairmanship position, Layton was the CEO of Metaweb Technologies, which Google acquired in 2010<ref name=":3">https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/odesk-names-thomas-layton-executive-chairman-2</ref>.
 Layton holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He also has a BS from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill<ref name=":3" />.
-=== 3. Melissa Waters ===
+==== 3. Melissa Waters ====
 Melissa Waters is the current Chief Marketing Officer for Upwork. She joined the company at a time when the company started focusing on brand marketing to drive awareness about the potential of its platform. Before joining Upwork in January 2022, Waters was the global vice president of marketing at Instagram, one of Meta's platforms. Before her work at Meta, she led marketing and business development roles at Hims & Hers, a leader in telehealth. Melisa also held marketing executive roles at Pandora and Lyft in the past<ref>https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/upwork-welcomes-melissa-waters-chief-marketing-officer</ref>.
 Waters holds a BA in journalism and public relations from the University of Houston. She also has an MBA from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissawaters/</ref>.
-=== 4.Erica Gessert ===
+==== 4.Erica Gessert ====
 She is Upwork's CFO. Gessert was appointed on March 28 to replace Jeff McCombs who left the company in December 2022. Until her appointment, Erica was Paypal's chief transformation officer, reporting to the company's CEO and senior vice president of finance & analytics. She has held many senior leadership roles since 2015.
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 Her LinkedIn profile reads, "In March 2017, Erica's role expanded to include management of all regional operational finance, with the CFOs of all regions reporting to her in an integrated operational finance function."<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-gessert-9282943/</ref>
-=== 5.Sunita Solao ===
+==== 5.Sunita Solao ====
 On April 6, 2023 Upwork announced that Sunita Solao will join Upwork as chief people officer (CPO), starting from May 2023.She brings over 20 years of human resource and business growth experience to the company.Solao previously served as vice president, people at Convoy reporting to the CEO. She has also held several HR and people leadership positions at eBay and Airbnb<ref>https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sunita-solao-joins-upwork-chief-people-officer
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunitasolao/</ref>.
-=== 6. Zoë Diamadi ===
+==== 6. Zoë Diamadi ====
 On May 22, Upwork annouunced that Zoë Diamadi has joined the company as  general manager of enterprise business. Her previous roles include " six years as GM of LinkedIn Elevate, building the leading employee advocacy solution for enterprises, as well as time spent in executive positions for LinkedIn’s B2B organization, helping scale its three enterprise business lines." Before joining Upwork, she was an operating advisor at Bessemer Venture Partners<ref>https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/upwork-announces-zoe-diamadi-general-manager-enterprise-business</ref>.
+=== Senior C-Suite executives who left Upwork in the past few months ===
+* May 3, 2023:  Eric Gilpin, General Manager of Enterprise Business steps down and will stay with the company until the end of the second quarter of 2023<ref>https://investors.upwork.com/static-files/02975692-9913-4671-9c20-96528dd88634#:~:text=We%20delivered%20a%20better%2Dthan,million%20in%20the%20first%20quarter. (page 3)</ref>. He was with Upwork for over seven years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgilpin/</ref>.
+* March 2023: Saty Bahadur, its Chief Technology Officer(CTO), left. He was with the company for almost two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/satybahadur/</ref>.
+* January, 2023: Zoë Harte, Upwork's Chief People Officer left. She had been with the company for 10 years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zoeharte_after-almost-ten-years-i-am-leaving-upwork-activity-7004252307802480640-SFEs/?originalSubdomain=tz</ref>.
+* January, 2023: Vikas Agarwal, VP of Engineering with focus on payments, enterprise, trust & safety, left the company. He had been with the company for two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasagr/</ref>.
+* December, 2022: Sam Bright, its Chief Product and Experience Officer left. He was with Upwork for two years<ref>https://twitter.com/SamuelRBright/status/1608934589657141249</ref>.
+* September 22, 2022: Upwork announced that its CFO, Jeff McCombs, will leave the company at the end of the year<ref>https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/upwork-initiates-chief-financial-officer-transition-plan#:~:text=Current%20CFO%20Jeff%20McCombs%20will,to%20identify%20its%20next%20CFO.</ref>.
+* September 22, 2022: Apurva Garware, VP Product, Talent Marketplace and Loyalty left Upwork after being in the company for two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvacg/</ref>.
+* September, 2022: Fran Murphy, VP of Community, left Upwork. He was there for over a year<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-murphy/</ref>.
+* August, 2022: Serge Doubinski, VP of Growth, left Upwork. He had been with the company for over a year<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergedoubinski/</ref>.
+* June, 2022: Junko Swain, its Chief Accounting Officer left the company.He had been with Upwork for over two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/junkoswain/</ref>.
+* March 2022: Dr. Adam Ozimek, its Chief Economist,  left the company. He had been with Upwork for almost three years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-ozimek-3b21873/</ref>.
+* February 2022: Jared Goralnick, VP of Product, left Upwork. He was with the company for almost two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/goralnick/details/experience/</ref>.
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