SurveyMonkey Adds Three to Exec Team

DIY research software company SurveyMonkey has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Lara Sasken Lindenbaum as Vice President of Communications; DuVal Hicks as Vice President of Sales Operations; and Dennis Scott as Vice President of Growth Marketing.

Lindenbaum previously worked for Facebook as Corporate Communications Director, having earlier led corporate and innovation communications at GoPro. At SurveyMonkey, she leads the firm's internal and external communications. Hicks joins from Informatica, where he served as Senior Director of Sales Strategy and Execution, prior to which he spent seventeen years in sales leadership roles at Hitachi Data Systems. In his new position, Hicks is tasked with scaling enterprise sales worldwide by refining the company's go-to-market strategy, sales processes and enablement functions. Scott previously worked at transportation network company Lyft as VP Product Marketing; at OpenTable as VP of Consumer Marketing; and he held marketing positons at Gap and The Clorox Company. He will now lead the expansion of SurveyMonkey's self-serve business.

CEO Zander Lurie comments: 'DuVal, Lara, and Denis each bring nearly twenty years of experience in their respective fields and proven leadership managing successful teams. All three new hires will play a critical role in SurveyMonkey's key priorities'.

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