When Slack CEO Denise Dresser took over final November, she turned the enterprise communications firm’s third CEO in lower than a 12 months. Such upheavals current their very own difficulties. She’ll be part of us in a fireplace chat to debate this transition and extra on the SaaS stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 28-30 on the Moscone Middle in San Francisco.
Denise Dresser took over as CEO after her predecessor, Lydian Jones, give up after simply 10 months to develop into chief government of Bumble, unable to withstand the lure of operating a public firm. She led the corporate herself after co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield left two years after Salesforce purchased the corporate for $28 billion.
Dresser spent greater than a dozen years at Salesforce in varied management roles earlier than being promoted to go Slack. Earlier than becoming a member of Salesforce, she labored at Arthur Andersen after which at Oracle. That is quite a lot of company expertise that she brings to the desk.
In an interview with TechCrunch in March, she described her management method:
I ask quite a lot of questions and I am positively an accountant at coronary heart,” she stated. “So I like being organized and I am going to proceed to try this, nevertheless it’s not prefer it’s a giant draw. I feel the muse is already there and it is an extremely well-run group.
The SaaS Stage lineup, together with our dialogue with Denise Dresser, will happen on October twenty ninth – be taught extra concerning the occasion right here.
About TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
TechCrunch Disrupt is the place to seek out innovation for each stage of your startup. Whether or not you are an aspiring founder with a revolutionary concept, a seasoned startup trying to scale, or an investor in search of the following massive factor, TechCrunch Disrupt gives unparalleled assets, connections and skilled data to propel your enterprise ahead. Greater than 10,000 startup leaders will attend this 12 months’s occasion on October 28-30 in San Francisco.
On the SaaS stage, we’ll uncover immediately’s greatest software-as-a-service instruments and thought leaders to uncover insights, enhance productiveness, and allow creativity and effectivity to flourish in your group.
We will not wait to listen to from Denise Dresser and different SaaS leaders at this 12 months’s present. Purchase tickets right here.
