Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced in a press release today that, Mike Kail, the former VP of IT Operations at Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), will be joining the company as CIO and SVP for Infrastructure. Mr. Kail, will manage Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s IT and data center operations, reporting directly to the company’s CEO, Marissa Mayer.
Mr. Kail has over 23 years of IT Operations experience, prior to his job at Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), he was VP of IT Operations at Attensity, where he was responsible for the Americas data center operations team.
“The strength of our technical infrastructure is critical as we aim to deliver the best possible user and advertiser experiences. It also ensures that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) have the tools and technology necessary to execute. After an intensive search for the right leader, I am excited to announce that today Mike Kail is joining Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) as our new CIO and SVP, Infrastructure,” Mayers was quoted as saying in the statement.
It seems Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s CEO is taking all the right steps after facing increasing pressure from investors. Our only hope is that with this hiring, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s gain doesn’t end up being a big loss for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX).
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