Expedia Group chief know-how officer Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas
Rachamadugu, senior vp of core providers product and engineering, have
each been let go, simply days after the corporate’s large Discover 24
accomplice occasion in Las Vegas the place Murthy was one of many major stage audio system.
In a press release offered to PhocusWire, the corporate stated, “Rathi
Murthy, Chief Know-how Officer, and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, Senior Vice
President, Core Companies Product & Engineering, are not employed at
Expedia Group. This determination is the results of a violation of Firm coverage.
We’re actively looking out to fill these roles and stay assured in our
know-how, technique and staff. Because of confidentiality, we is not going to be
making any additional feedback on the matter.”
Murthy joined Expedia Group in June 2021 – its first feminine CTO – after prior roles as
CTO for
Verizon Media and Hole and in management positions at American Categorical, eBay,
Yahoo and extra.
She led the corporate’s work to unify its know-how stack in a
single platform and implementation of the OneKey unified loyalty program up to now few years and in addition its aggressive work with
generative synthetic intelligence since early 2023.
Tuesday, the primary day of Expedia Discover 24, a lot of the firm’s product bulletins associated to its ongoing integration of generative AI, together with the launch of its new Romie journey planner.
In keeping with LinkedIn, Rachamadugu joined Expedia Group shortly after Murthy, in September 2021, additionally coming from Verizon Media.
Discover 24 additionally marked the debut of Ariane Gorin as Expedia Group CEO, as Peter Kern stepped down after 4 years within the position. Gorin spoke to PhocusWire Monday about her priorities for the approaching yr in an interview that may publish subsequent week, however, after all, discovering a brand new CTO was not on the listing at the moment.
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