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Zendesk Appoints David Hall-Johnston as Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific

RECENTLY ACQUIREDSep 16, 2026•about 3 hours ago

Position

Chief Technology Officer

Company

Zendesk

David Hall-Johnston
San FranciscoSoftwareSaasMessaging

Description

Zendesk has appointed David Hall-Johnston as Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan to enhance its regional technology leadership amid strong growth in AI-related business. Based in Melbourne, he will oversee the technology strategy across the region, focusing on AI adoption and connecting enterprise requirements with Zendesk's global direction.

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Company

Zendesk

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

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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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