OpenAI loses second CXO-level exec this week: Here is who will replace her
Follow UsDenise Dresser, the company’s chief revenue officer, is leaving the ChatGPT-maker to pursue other opportunities.
Her exit comes just days after OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap announced that he is leaving the company.
OpenAI has already named Dali Rajic as her replacement.
OpenAI is seeing another major leadership change this week. Denise Dresser, the company’s chief revenue officer, is leaving the ChatGPT-maker to pursue other opportunities. Her exit comes just days after OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap announced that he is leaving the company to start a new venture. Dresser joined OpenAI as chief revenue officer in December last year and has played a key role in building its enterprise business. She will remain at the company for the next few weeks to help with the transition and support customers. OpenAI has already named Dali Rajic as her replacement. He will take charge of the company’s global revenue organisation.
SurveyWhat Denise Dresser wrote in a note to the team
Dresser announced her departure in a note shared with the team. She said the decision to leave was difficult. “I wanted to let you know that I made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI in the coming weeks to pursue other opportunities,” she wrote. “The opportunity to work hands-on with the most transformative technology in the world has been nothing short of incredible.”
She also praised her team for its work and focus on customers. “No one works harder than this team,” she said. Dresser also said she had been working with OpenAI’s leadership to ensure a smooth transition.
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Who will replace Denise Dresser?
Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI’s new chief revenue officer. He will lead the company’s global revenue organisation.
Rajic most recently served as president and chief operating officer of Wiz, the cybersecurity company that was recently acquired by Google. Before joining Wiz, Rajic was president and COO of Zscaler. He also held the role of chief customer and revenue officer at AppDynamics.
OpenAI said Rajic has experience in “running disciplined, metrics-led revenue organisations that scale globally and selling to both large enterprises and technical customers.”
“OpenAI has extraordinary technology, products that more than one billion people already love, and enormous market pull. I’m excited to join the team, build on the momentum already in place, and lead the revenue organization as we help customers realize the full value of AI,” Rajic said.
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