Monday, July 2, 2007

LinkedIn Continues Exec Hiring Spree, Taps Yahoo for Engineering VP

Mountain View-based LinkedIn is continuing its efforts to expand its executive team, saying this morning that it has hired Anil Khatri, formerly Yahoo!'s VP of Advertising Systems, as Vice President of Engineering. Current VP Engineering and Co-founder Jean-Luc Vaillant becomes Chief Technology Officer. The firm also said it expects to name a VP of network Operations in the near future. The hire is the third major hire for LinkedIn, after naming both a new VP of Marketing and CFO last week. More information »