Popular developer and security platform GitLab has appointed Bill Staples as its new CEO.
Staples, who was also appointed to the company’s board of directors, succeeds CEO Sid Sijbrandij, who is battling a rare form of cancer. Sijbrandij will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
“I believe (Bill’s) passion for software, commitment to customers and strong track record make him the right person to lead the company going forward,” Sijbrandij said in a statement. “Now is the time to focus on cancer treatment and health.”
Staples was previously CEO of New Relic, a web tracking and analytics company. Prior to his tenure, Staples led Microsoft’s Azure application platform and helped incubate products such as the streaming infrastructure that once powered Azure and Office 365 video services. Staples also served as a VP at Adobe for several years, where he led the development of cloud services and analytics tools.
