SurveyMonkey Appoints Two New Members to Board of Directors
July 06 2015 - 08:00PM
Business Wire
SurveyMonkey, the leading online survey platform, today
announced two new members to its board of directors.
Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and David
Ebersman, chief executive officer of Lyra Health, will join
SurveyMonkey’s board, effective today.
“We are thrilled to have Sheryl and David join our board. They
are talented business leaders with deep operational and financial
expertise who will provide valuable perspective to our management
team,” said Zander Lurie, SurveyMonkey’s board chairman. “With
their strategic input, SurveyMonkey will be even better positioned
to scale our profitable business.”
Over the past five years, SurveyMonkey has experienced
tremendous growth as more people look to quickly gather data to
make smarter organizational and personal decisions. SurveyMonkey
established the online survey category and has worked to leverage
the company’s scale to build out complementary services that, like
the core survey tool, make data accessible to everyone.
“Ever since Dave joined SurveyMonkey six years ago, I watched
him and his team execute on their mission to help people make
better decisions,” said Sandberg. “I’m looking forward to working
with the board and this amazing team and help to realize Dave’s
vision of building a lasting company that will impact the way we
all do business for years to come.”
“I have always admired SurveyMonkey for its groundbreaking
products and innovative roots as one of the world’s first
software-as-a-service platforms,” said Ebersman. “I look forward to
helping the board and management team achieve our next stage of
growth.”
SurveyMonkey also announced that Zander Lurie, the company’s
temporary executive chairman, has been named permanent chairman of
the board. Lurie will continue to serve as senior vice president of
the GoPro Entertainment Division, a position he has held since
November 2014.
About SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey is the world's leading online survey platform, with
more than 3 million survey responses every day. SurveyMonkey has
revolutionized the way people give and take feedback, making it
accessible, easy and affordable for everyone. The company was
founded in 1999 with a focus on helping people make better
decisions, and has built technology based on over 10 years of
experience in survey methodology and web development. Customers
include 99% of the Fortune 500, academic institutions,
organizations and neighborhood soccer leagues everywhere.
The company has over 500 employees throughout the United States
and Europe, with headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. For more
information, visit www.surveymonkey.com.
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