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=== Senior C-Suite executives who left Upwork in the past few months ===
=== Senior C-Suite executives who left Upwork in the past few months ===


* May 3, 2023:  Eric Gilpin, '''General Manager of Enterprise Business''' get's publicly fired in Upworks Q1 2023 investor letter. He 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>.  
==== Eric Gilpin, '''General Manager of Enterprise Business''' ====
* 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>.
* Gilpin got publicly fired in Upwork's Q1 2023 investor letter<ref name=":0">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>.
* 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>.
* He will stay with the company until the end of the second quarter of 2023<ref name=":0" />.
* 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>.
* He was with Upwork for over seven years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgilpin/</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>.
* Gilpin was replaced by Zoë Diamadi.
* 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>.  
==== Saty Bahadur, '''Chief Technology Officer(CTO)''' ====
* 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>.
* On March, 2023, Saty Bahadur left Upwork<ref name=":1">https://www.linkedin.com/in/satybahadur/</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>.
* He was with Upwork for almost two years<ref name=":1" />.
* 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>.
* Upwork did not disclose his departure. We found out through his LinkedIn profile<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satybahadur_ai-appen-activity-7044397364110880768-6I5S?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop</ref>.
* The CTO position is still vacant.
* On March 20, 2023, Bahadur joined Appen as its CTO<ref>https://appen.com/blog/a-letter-from-newly-appointed-appen-cto-saty-bahadur/</ref>.
 
==== Zoë Harte, '''Chief People Officer(CPO)''' ====
 
* On January, 2023, Zoë Harte, left Upwork<ref name=":2" />.  
* She had been with the company for 10 years<ref name=":2">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zoeharte_after-almost-ten-years-i-am-leaving-upwork-activity-7004252307802480640-SFEs/?originalSubdomain=tz</ref>.
* Upwork did not announce her departure.
* She was replaced by Sunita Solao on May, 2023.
 
==== Sam Bright, '''Chief Product and Experience Office''' ====
 
* On December 2022, Sam Bright left Upwork to become VP, General Manager of Google Play<ref>https://twitter.com/SamuelRBright/status/1614140505285332992</ref>.
* He was with the company for two years<ref>https://twitter.com/SamuelRBright/status/1608934589657141249</ref>.
* Upwork did not announce his departure.
* The position of Chief Product and Experience Office is still vacant.
 
==== Jeff McCombs, CFO ====
 
* On September, 2022, Upwork announced that Jeff McCombs will leave the company at the end of the 2022 financial year<ref name=":4">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>.
* It seems McCombs was fired from his position as CEO Hayden Brown said during the press release, "Jeff and I both agree that now is the right time for a transition, as Upwork continues innovating, evangelizing, and scaling the world’s work marketplace."<ref name=":4" />
* He was with Upwork for two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-mccombs-8287/</ref>.
* Jeff was replaced by Erica Gessert.
 
==== Junko Swain, '''Chief Accounting Officer''' ====
 
* On June, 2022, Swain left the company<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/junkoswain_upwork-futureofwork-futureofworkforce-activity-6941038543808962560-Auz9/</ref>.
* He had been with Upwork for over six years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/posts/junkoswain_upwork-futureofwork-futureofworkforce-activity-6941038543808962560-Auz9/</ref>.
* He was replaced by Oliver Marie who was Upwork's Controller since January 2021<ref>https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/UPWORK-INC-46415520/news/Upwork-Inc-Appoints-Olivier-Marie-as-Chief-Accounting-Officer-40740151/</ref>.
* Like so many other departures, Upwork did not announce Swain's departure.
 
==== Vikas Agarwal, VP of Engineering ====
 
* On January, 2023,  Vikas Agarwal, VP of Engineering with focus on payments, enterprise, trust & safety, left the company<ref name=":5" />.
 
* Agarwal was with Upwork for two years<ref name=":5">https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasagr/</ref>.
* Upwork did not announce his departure. We found out through his LinkedIn profile<ref name=":5" />.
 
==== Apurva Garware, VP Product, Talent Marketplace and Loyalty ====
 
* On September 22, 2022, Apurva left Upwork after being in the company for two years<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvacg/</ref>.
 
==== Fran Murphy, VP of Community ====
 
* On September, 2022, Murphy left Upwork<ref name=":6" />.  
* He was there for over a year<ref name=":6">https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-murphy/</ref>.
 
==== Serge Doubinski, VP of Growth ====
 
* On August, 2022: Serge Doubinski, left Upwork<ref name=":7">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergedoubinski/</ref>.  
* He had been with the company for over a year<ref name=":7" />.
 
==== Dr. Adam Ozimek, its '''Chief Economist''' ====
 
* On March 2022, Dr. Ozimek left the company<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-ozimek-3b21873/</ref>.  
* He had been with Upwork for almost three years<ref name=":8">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-ozimek-3b21873/</ref>.
* On March, 2022, he joined Economic Innovation Group as its chief economist<ref name=":8" />.
* He was replaced by Kelly Monahan, Ph.D on June 2023<ref>https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/upwork-welcomes-kelly-monahan-as-managing-director-of-new-upwork-research-institute</ref>.
 
==== Jared Goralnick, VP of Product ====
 
* On February 2022, Jared Goralnick 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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