New Relic announced the promotion of Bill Staples to CEO effective July 1, 2021. Staples will succeed Founder & CEO Lew Cirne who will transition to Executive Chairman of the Board at the same time. Cirne will continue his lifelong legacy and passion for his love of software as an inventor, technologist and strategist. Staples joined New Relic as chief product officer in early 2020 and was later promoted to president & CPO. He defined the core strategy for New Relic One including a simpler go to market for the company’s observability platform.
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