Tableau Software Inc., a maker of data-visualization software whose stock tumbled earlier this year on a sluggish sales outlook, hired a former Amazon.com Inc. executive as its new president and chief executive.

Tableau named Adam Selipsky to run the Seattle company. Mr. Selipsky previously ran sales and marketing at Amazon Web Services, the giant retailer's unit that rents computing time and storage to other companies.

Mr. Selipsky replaces Christian Chabot, Tableau's co-founder and current CEO. Mr. Chabot will remain chairman of Tableau's board.

Last February, Tableau's shares were halved in one day of trading after the company gave a bleak earnings outlook for 2016. At the time, the company cut revenue guidance for the year to between $830 million and $850 million, down from its previous guidance for $845 million to $865 million.

Write to Jay Greene at Jay.Greene@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 22, 2016 16:55 ET (20:55 GMT)

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