Lightning Welcomes Jatheen, Priya, Mike, and JP!

Lightning announced four senior executive hires to support its goal of improving interoperability and usability across the machine learning development lifecycle. Jatheen Anand, formerly of Veritas, Symantec, and Cohesity, joins as the company’s first VP of Engineering to scale products and teams; Priya Shivakumar, from Confluent, becomes VP of Product to develop differentiated tools and product strategies for a broad range of AI users; Mike Bilodeau, previously at Kong and Rubrik, joins as the first VP of Marketing to translate technical capabilities into customer-focused communication and go-to-market programs; and JP Hennessy, most recently involved in design initiatives at Meta, becomes VP of Design and User Experience to bring more intuitive, consumer-like experiences to AI development tools. The company presents these appointments as part of an effort to make advanced machine learning technology more accessible to researchers, enterprises, and other users while continuing to expand its community and workforce.

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