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DigitalOcean onboards trio of new execs.

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DigitalOcean, Inc. increased headcount by 3 on Jun 1st '26.

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DigitalOcean onboards trio of new execs. BROOMFIELD - Broomfield-based cloud-infrastructure provider DigitalOcean Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DOCN) recently hired three new executives. Kevin Van Gundy is the company's new chief revenue officer, Leo Leung is chief marketing officer and Brady Mickelsen is chief legal and administrative officer. "This era needs a new type of cloud, designed for AI-native customers. We built it - and now we have the team to win it," DigitalOcean CEO Paddy Srinivasan said in a prepared statement. "Kevin, Leo and Brady have scaled category-defining companies, and they bring exactly what this chapter demands: commercial firepower, a sharp market understanding, and operational rigor. They join Matt Steinfort, our chief financial officer, and Vinay Kumar, our chief product and technology officer, to complete a leadership team with a singular vision: offer the new generation of cloud capabilities and expertise to help every AI-native company grow faster and smarter, accelerating the inference and agentic era." Sponsored Content DigitalOcean acquired Katanemo Labs Inc., a models and research company focused on infrastructure for agentic artificial intelligence, in April and has since rolled out its DigitalOcean AI-Native Cloud platform. The company last month called its new AI offering "the most significant product launch in our history, with 15+ new...

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Event
Headcount growth

What this signalsFast hiring often means budgets are growing.

Headcount
3
Takes effect
Jun 1, 2026
Location
Broomfield, Colorado, United States

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Headcount named in the story
3

Details

Category
Increases headcount by

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72%
Detected
Jun 10, 2026
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