SurveyMonkey on Tuesday named tech industry veteran Bill Veghte
its next chief executive, replacing the late David Goldberg.
Mr. Veghte, formerly Hewlett-Packard Co.'s operations chief,
will assume the role Aug. 3. He previously spent 20 years at
Microsoft Corp.
SurveyMonkey has been adding veteran leadership in the wake of
Mr. Goldberg's untimely death two months ago. On Monday, Facebook
Inc. operating chief Sheryl Sandberg said she is joining the
company's board to help carry on her late husband's vision. Mr.
Goldberg had led the online-questionnaire company for six
years.
SurveyMonkey also said Monday that GoPro Inc. executive Zander
Lurie will become a permanent executive chairman after serving as
its interim chief executive for the past few months.
Facebook's former finance chief, David Ebersman, also is joining
the company's board. Mr. Ebersman was CFO at Facebook during its
2012 initial public offering and left the social network earlier
this year to co-found a personal health-care startup, Lyra
Health.
Mr. Goldberg, a beloved fixture of Silicon Valley, had led
several new initiatives at SurveyMonkey over the past year,
including a benchmarking service that helps businesses measure how
their customer and employee satisfaction compares with their
competitors.
Douglas MacMillan contributed to this article
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