GitLab, the popular developer and security platform, has named a new CEO, Bill Staples, effective immediately.
Staples, who’s also been appointed to the company’s board of directors, succeeds CEO Sid Sijbrandij, who’s battling a rare form of cancer. Sijbrandij will transition to executive chair of the board.
“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. “This is the right time to focus on my cancer treatment and health.”
Staples was previously the CEO at New Relic, the web tracking and analytics firm. Prior to his tenure there, Staples headed Microsoft’s Azure application platform, where he helped incubate products like the streaming infrastructure that once powered Azure and Office 365 video services. Staples was also an Adobe VP for several years, spearheading the development of cloud services and analytics tooling.