Kirkland, Washington., May 22, 2023 /CNW/ — Appen Limited (Appen) (ASX: APX), today announced the next announced the appointment of Andrew Ettinger Effectively appointed as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) May 22, 2023.
Andrew Ettinger – Appen Chief Revenue Officer
Andrew Ettinger – Appen Chief Revenue Officer
For over 25 years, Appen has helped some of the largest leading technology companies and enterprise customers deploy deep learning AI and generative AI solutions. Andrew will lead Appen’s global go-to-market sales and operations to achieve Appen’s growth goals. Andrew brings over 25 years of leadership experience in growing software and services companies, from start-ups to scale-up to his successful IPO with growth at scale. Prior to joining Appen, he was Chief Revenue Officer at Astronomer (a company backed by Sutter Hill Ventures), where he expanded the adoption of open source data solutions. 250k Over 15 million monthly downloads and revenue increased 20x during his tenure. Previously, he was Head of North American Sales at Pivotal Software, where he helped grow the business. $0–$100 million Annual recurring revenue growth ahead of Pivotal’s IPO, with up to US$500 million during his seven-year tenure.
Andrew will be based in the following Appen offices: North America.
Appen CEO Armugan Ahmad commented:
“We are building a world-class sales organization with dedicated customer success and support teams to help our customers adopt AI. Overseeing and coordinating to identify new opportunities and partnerships.His extensive experience in digital transformation across data, cloud-native applications, and enterprise business functions will be instrumental in accelerating Appen’s market expansion and revenue growth. It will play a very important role.”
Appen’s upcoming Large Language Model (LLM) data product is designed to enable enterprises to leverage AI applications with the confidence that their generative AI models can be trusted. This is his one of many initiatives that Andrew will lead. These products provide a range of capabilities that prioritize trust, risk management and assurance while also providing companies with complete visibility into model performance.
A key factor in Andrew’s decision to join Appen is the opportunity to enable a safe and trustworthy AI world that also fulfills the promise of #AIforGood. “For AI to run the world, it must be secure and trusted by everyone, everywhere, at every moment. This is easier said than done. Appen’s Diverse Crowd We believe AI can be trusted through services that involve humans and humans: “We are well positioned to ensure that AI is trusted and performed correctly. I am thrilled to join the team that is trusted by technology companies and enterprise customers in , and we look forward to delivering the vast potential of deep learning,” and generative AI,” says Andrew.
It will be approved by Chief Executive Officer, President and Managing Director Mr. Armgan Ahmad.
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About Appen
Appen is the global market leader in AI lifecycle data. With over 25 years of experience in data sourcing, data annotation and human model evaluation, we enable organizations to launch the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems.
Our expertise includes a global collective of over 1 million skilled contractors speaking 235+ languages in over 70,000 locations in 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. included. Our products and services give leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and government the confidence to launch world-class AI products.
Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices around the world.
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