Wendy Nice Barnes
CPO
Gitlab
Wendy Nice Barnes was appointed Chief People Officer (CPO) the addition will bring extensive experience to the company and will help GitLab further its position as a leading DevOps platform.
Sid Sijbrandij, co-founder and CEO, GitLab, said “Wendy has an impressive history of mentoring colleagues and growing leaders from within organizations.”
Barnes joins GitLab with over 20 years of Talent leadership experience in pre-IPO and Fortune 500 companies. She served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Palo Alto Networks, Vice President of Human Resources at eHealth, and held senior HR leadership roles at Netflix and E*TRADE.
Barnes said, “I am looking forward to joining such a transparent group of people, leading with the members of the executive team and working closely with its DIB (Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging) and remote leaders to further the great foundation set forth.”