Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, today announced that Mathew Ellis has been named Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Ellis will oversee all aspects of Pluralsight’s Financial, Accounting, and Strategy functions.
Mathew brings over 15 years of financial experience to his role at Pluralsight, and most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer for Accel Entertainment, overseeing areas like financial reporting, treasury, accounting practices, and investor relations. He also acted as Accel Entertainment’s Senior Vice President, responsible for financial planning and analysis as well as mergers and acquisitions strategy, and Vice President of Operational Strategy. Additionally, he served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis for Transworlds Systems Inc., and spent over two years with Deloitte as an Audit Senior.
SurveyMonkey, the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, today announced that former Twilio and Amazon Web Services (AWS) product leader Meera Vaidyanathan has joined the company as chief product officer (CPO). In her new role, Vaidyanathan will drive a customer-centric approach to product development, ensuring that SurveyMonkey continues to deliver both the depth teams need and the ease they want when creating the surveys and forms that drive businesses forward.
SeekOut, the Agentic AI talent acquisition platform, today announced Bala Vishwanath as Chief Marketing Officer, positioning the company to lead recruiting’s most fundamental transformation since the dawn of the internet. This strategic appointment comes as enterprises have an unprecedented opportunity to embrace Agentic AI and gain significant competitive advantages in securing top talent.
With over 25 years leading B2B marketing transformations, including establishing CoreStack as the definitive enterprise cloud governance leader, Vishwanath will spearhead SeekOut’s market expansion as enterprises worldwide embrace Agentic AI.
Upwork changes Board of Directors. Following Upwork’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 5, 2025, two new directors, Dana L. Evan and Glenn Kelman, have officially joined the company’s Board.
Indeed, the world’s #1 job site and a leading job matching and hiring platform, announced the appointment of James Whitemore as Chief Marketing Officer, effective today. Whitemore will join Indeed’s senior leadership team and report to Chief Revenue Officer Maggie Hulce.
In his role as CMO, Whitemore will lead Indeed’s global marketing organization, overseeing brand, industry, category, lifecycle, country and field marketing, in addition to global communications and the Indeed Hiring Lab. His focus will be on reaching and engaging with job seekers and employers around the world, and showcasing how Indeed is making the hiring process simpler, faster, and more human.
JobSync, the leading recruitment marketing optimization platform, today announced the appointment of Blair Stock as its new Vice President of Client Strategy & Growth, effective this week. Stock will be instrumental in strengthening sales and client engagement while helping shape the company’s overall revenue strategy and execution.
Blair Stock brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the recruitment technology landscape to JobSync. He is a familiar face to JobSync, having previously introduced JobSync’s solutions through various partner-networks, securing major accounts such as Panera, CR England, Flynn Construction, Rosendin, and others. His career includes a significant tenure at Hewlett-Packard (HP), Oerlikon, Careerbuilder, Monster, Bayard (acquired by Appcast) and other Recruitment Marketing Agencies and Programmatic Software offerings and has worked alongside JobSync’s current leadership for the last decade.
PracticeLink, the nation’s most trusted physician recruitment resource and home of the leading online physician job board, today announced a strategic leadership realignment to further strengthen its support for physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), and the healthcare organizations that employ them.
Key leadership changes include:
- Christy Bray is appointed Chief Customer Officer, leading Customer Relations & Development with a focus on sales growth, client success and strategic account development.
- Melissa Wickline transitions to Chief Member Officer, heading engagement and support for physicians and APPs, including Graduate Medical Education (GME) outreach.
- Eric Martin continues as Director of Customer Relations & Development, ensuring client satisfaction, onboarding, and retention.
- Drew Terry, Vice President of Marketing & Communications, joins the Senior Management Team, leading brand strategy, content development and marketing performance.
“This realignment is a strategic commitment to the physicians, providers and healthcare organizations at the heart of our mission,” said Ken Allman, CEO and Founder of PracticeLink. “By aligning our leadership with our evolving strategy, we’re positioned to deliver even greater value to the healthcare community.”
