ServiceNow Appoints Google Cloud Veteran Amit Zavery as New President, CPO, and COO

Google Cloud GM Becomes ServiceNow President As CEO Lauds Exec As 'Dream Innovator'

'With Amit [Zavery], we found the dream innovator to captivate the market with a compelling vision for ServiceNow as the AI platform for business transformation,' says ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott about hiring its new president, chief product officer and chief operating officer. Google Cloud's former general manager of cloud operations and business platform, Amit Zavery, has left to join ServiceNow as its new president, CPO and COO to lead product and engineering. "I'm excited to bring my experiences to ServiceNow to help achieve the ambition of becoming the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century," said Zavery on LinkedIn today. As ServiceNow's new president, chief product officer and chief operating officer, Zavery is responsible for the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company's entire platform, products, engineering, cloud infrastructure, and user experience. He now also leads enterprise-wide operations. "The opportunity ahead is immense, especially with the rise of Generative AI. ServiceNow is at the forefront of this revolution, and I truly believe it can be the biggest difference maker in how people work in the future," said Zavery. "GenAI has the potential to fundamentally transform enterprise productivity and how people work, and I'm excited to help ServiceNow lead the way in driving this transformation." [Related: Google Cloud GM And Microsoft Critic Departs, Says 'Toughest Part' Is Leaving CEO Kurian] Zavery officially begins his new ServiceNow role on Monday, Oct. 28. ServiceNow CEO and chairman Bill McDermott said Zavery has an "extraordinary track record of innovation and commercial execution." "We wanted a visionary product and engineering leader with a proven history of building market defining products and scaling world class platforms," McDermott said in a statement. "With Amit, we found the dream innovator to captivate the market with a compelling vision for ServiceNow as the AI platform for business transformation. We could not be more excited to have Amit joining our leadership team." ServiceNow's former president and COO was Chirantan Desai, who officially departed ServiceNow in July. This month, Desai joined Cloudflare as the company's new president of product and engineering. Zavery gave praise to both Desai and ServiceNow's founder, Fred Luddy. "I'm also humbled to be stepping into big shoes, following in the footsteps of Fred Luddy, ServiceNow's legendary founder and first CPO, and my friend and ex-colleague Chirantan 'CJ' Desai, who most recently served as President, CPO and COO. Both Fred and CJ have left an extraordinary legacy, and I'm committed to honoring and building on their incredible work," Zavery said. Zavery was part of Google Cloud's leadership team since 2019, reporting directly to Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. As Google Cloud's vice president and general manager and head of platform, Zavery was part of Google's leadership team that grew the company into the fourth largest enterprise software company in the world along with increasing annualized revenue from $7 billion to over $41 billion. He managed various teams and P&L areas around engineering, products, design, business planning, Google's commerce platform and commercialization, such as pricing and programs. Prior to Google, Zavery spent 24 years at Oracle, working alongside Kurian. He was executive vice president and corporate officer of product development for Oracle before leaving in 2019 for Google Cloud. "I can't wait to get started at ServiceNow on Monday and begin working with my new team, colleagues, customers, and partners on all their biggest challenges!" said Zavery.

ServiceNow Names Enterprise Software Industry Veteran Amit Zavery as President, CPO, and COO to Lead Product and Engineering By Investing.com

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI platform for business transformation, today announced that enterprise software industry veteran Amit Zavery will join the company as president, chief product officer (CPO), and chief operating officer (COO) to lead product and engineering, effective October 28, 2024. Zavery, a Google Cloud and Oracle executive, brings extensive experience in enterprise innovation, transformation, and scale. With more than three decades in enterprise technology, Zavery is a visionary leader who blends deep technical expertise with proven business acumen. He has extensive experience in platform development, enterprise applications, data management, middleware, security, and artificial intelligence (AI). Zavery's strong understanding of the enterprise market drives his customer-centric approach to engineering, ensuring solutions meet real-world business needs. He has played a pivotal role in the building and commercialization of enterprise-grade experiences, successfully scaling products and integrating AI across diverse business applications. Amit Zavery has an extraordinary track record of innovation and commercial execution, said Bill McDermott, chairman and chief executive officer of ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW). We wanted a visionary product and engineering leader with a proven history of building market defining products and scaling world class platforms. With Amit, we found the dream innovator to captivate the market with a compelling vision for ServiceNow as the AI platform for business transformation. We could not be more excited to have Amit joining our leadership team. I'm thrilled to be joining ServiceNow, a company with a strong culture of innovation, engineering excellence, and customer focus, said Zavery. I'm excited to build on the incredible legacy of ServiceNow's founder, Fred Luddy, building scalable, impactful solutions that address real-world challenges while continuing to push the boundaries of what's possible for our customers by integrating cutting-edge technologies like generative AI. In his role as president, CPO, and COO, Zavery's responsibilities include ServiceNow's platform, products, engineering, cloud infrastructure, and user experience. He also leads enterprise-wide operations to ensure business rigor"from innovation to execution. During nearly six years at Google Cloud, as VP/GM and head of platform, Zavery was part of the leadership team that grew the company into the fourth largest enterprise software company in the world along with increasing annualized revenue from $7B to over $41B while also helping to improve operating margin by more than 70 percentage points over the last four years. At Oracle where Zavery spent nearly 25 years, he started as a software engineer and eventually rose to executive vice president of product development. In this role, he led the cloud platform, middleware, security, analytics, and Java offerings, overseeing a team of 4,500 and generating more than $6B in annual revenue. About ServiceNow ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is putting AI to work for people. We move with the pace of innovation to help customers transform organizations across every industry while upholding a trustworthy, human centered approach to deploying our products and services at scale. Our AI platform for business transformation connects people, processes, data, and devices to increase productivity and maximize business outcomes. For more information, visit: www.servicenow.com.

ServiceNow Names New President, Posts Steady Sales But No Bump From AI

ServiceNow, whose subscription software helps companies manage their computer hardware and software, on Wednesday reported solid revenue growth in the third quarter, but artificial intelligence features didn't seem to move the needle. It also appointed Google Cloud executive Amit Zavery as president and chief operating officer. Zavery spent two decades at Oracle before joining Google, where he