[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/4/2024 9:56 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/4/2024 9:00 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-01-03, Slo <slovuj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Darya will assume the role of CEO in June 2024. She joined VMS
>>> Software as a technical writer and OpenVMS instructor in 2017 and
>>> has since held key leadership positions in software and web
>>> development, documentation, the Community Program and Marketing.
>>> Darya brings extensive expertise in OpenVMS and the OpenVMS
>>> ecosystem, coupled with deep commitment to shaping the platform's
>>> long-term trajectory.
>> This move does not give me a good feeling.
>>
>> She does not seem like a good fit for a CEO of a company providing
>> the types of mission-critical services that companies running VMS
>> rely on.
>>
>> Even ignoring all the touchy-feeling stuff in her bio, someone who
>> has "successfully managed teams in documentation, marketing, web
>> development, and DevOps" as her main achievement does not seem to
>> be a good match for the needs of VMS users.
> 
> A CEO has to have managerial experience for obvious reasons. People
> do not move directly from individual contributor to CEO.
> 
> She does not have an engineering background. But CEO's for tech
> companies not having an engineering background is not unusual.
> 
> She has experience with the development process and the engineering
> teams from her devops work.
> 
> She has experience with customers from marketing and sales work.
> 
> She seems more focused on new ways (CI/CD, web etc.) than
> how DEC did things 40 years ago.
> 
> She was working on the CL program, which I think turned out
> very good for VSI - I suspect a lot of the bug reports come
> from CL users.
> 
> Based on VSI web page and LinkedIn profile I think it looks
> as a good choice.

She has also participated on forum.vmssoftware.com (under a
rather anonymous nick).

Arne