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Help us congratulate Ismail's promotion to our very first Chief Product Officer! Read more about his new role and the impact he has made in our company!
We are so proud and overjoyed to announce that Ismail Elshareef has been promoted to UpKeep's first-ever Chief Product Officer, effective immediately! Since Ismail joined the team in August 2019, the Product and Engineering team has:
Launched and scaled Sensors / UpKeep Edge
Launched UpKeep Analytics
Hosted the Innovation 4 Hope Hackathon
Introduced the Technician Focused Mobile Experience
Migrated to Kubernetes
Launched a new Preventive Maintenance Module
Launched the Multi-site Module
Attained SOC-2 Compliance
. . . and so much more!
Ryan Chan, our CEO, said the following to celebrate Ismail's contributions to the company,
"Ismail, I cannot begin to describe HOW MUCH of an impact you’ve made on this entire company, the product, our customers, and the industry as a whole. You care so deeply about our customers and solving their pain points, you don’t shy away from any customer conversation, you absolutely WELCOME any challenge that gets thrown your way (and yes, we have thrown many at you), and, of course, Ismail you are an amazing leader and someone that I personally learn SO much from. I’m excited to see what challenges we overcome in 2021 and the next many, many years ahead of us. 2021 IS GOING TO BE AN EPIC YEAR!!!"
Ismail, we are incredibly lucky and grateful to have you on the team! Your genuine empathy for our customers translates into thoughtful decisions to innovate and make the lives of our technicians much easier. Thank you so much for everything you do for our team and for our customers - congratulations once more!
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