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Zendesk Appoints Shashi Upadhyay as President of Product, Engineering, and AI

RECENTLY ACQUIREDDec 10, 2024

Position

President

Company

Zendesk

Shashi Upadhyay
shashi.upadhyay@zendesk.com
San FranciscoSoftwareSaaSMessaging

Description

Zendesk has named Shashi Upadhyay as the new President of Product, Engineering, and AI, to accelerate the company's next phase of growth in customer and employee service. Upadhyay's extensive experience in technology and product leadership will be leveraged to develop transformative products that enhance customer experiences and drive business transformation through AI.

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Company Information

Company

Zendesk

Location

989 Market Street

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Zendesk started the customer experience revolution in 2007 by enabling any business around the world to take their customer service online. Today, Zendesk is the champion of great service everywhere for everyone, and powers billions of conversations, connecting more than 100,000 brands with hundreds of millions of customers over telephony, chat, email, messaging, social channels, communities, review sites and help centers. Zendesk products are built with love to be loved. The company was conceived in Copenhagen, Denmark, built and grown in California, and today employs more than 6,000 people across the world. Learn more at www.zendesk.com.

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