Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde to Join Planet’s Board of Directors
October 28 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Planet, a leading provider of daily data and insights about
Earth, today announced that Vijaya Gadde will be joining Planet’s
Board of Directors. Vijaya brings over 20 years of legal,
technology and business growth experience to Planet’s Board. As
Planet prepares to become a public company, Vijaya’s history of
leadership at high-growth, global companies will help Planet
navigate the scaling of its business and products across
international markets. The currency of Planet’s business is
transparency, and in this increasing climate of mis- and
dis-information, Vijaya contributes to the company’s ability to
perceive and prepare to ensure Planet remains on-mission as it
scales.
“Vijaya is an insightful and deeply knowledgeable executive who
is mission aligned with Planet and has huge integrity. Her
experience at Twitter is very relevant because it not only includes
building a scaled software and data business, but also includes
helping steward tools that deliver global information transparency
with important societal implications. I’m excited for her to join
Planet as we take our next steps as a public company,” said Will
Marshall, Planet co-founder and CEO.
“Planet’s mission and business are unique and incredibly
compelling, and I am delighted to serve as a member of the Board of
Directors as they enter this next stage of growth as a public
company,” said Vijaya Gadde. “Their daily images and data are
already having an impact today and hold immense potential to enable
new types of global transparency and accountability in the
future.”
Vijaya Gadde currently serves as Twitter, Inc.’s chief legal
officer, leading its legal, public policy, and trust and safety
teams globally. Prior to joining Twitter in 2011, Vijaya was senior
director, legal at Juniper Networks and before that she worked for
nearly a decade at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Vijaya
serves on the Board of Directors of Guardant Health (GH), the Board
of Trustees of NYU Law School and the Board of Directors of Mercy
Corps, a global humanitarian aid and development organization,
which partners with communities, corporations, and governments.
Vijaya is also a co-founder of #Angels, an investment collective
focused on funding diverse and ambitious founders pursuing bold
ideas. Vijaya earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law
and a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell
University.
Earlier this year, Planet entered into a definitive merger
agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE:DMYQ), a special
purpose acquisition company, to become a publicly-traded
company.
About Planet
Planet is the leading provider of global, daily satellite
imagery and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to
image the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and
actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet
designs, builds, and operates the largest earth observation fleet
of imaging satellites, capturing and compiling data from over 3
million images per day. Planet provides mission-critical data,
advanced insights, and software solutions to over 700 customers,
including the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence,
education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling
users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite
imagery. To learn more visit www.planet.com and follow us on
Twitter at @planet.
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