Go1 Welcomes Four C-Level Executives to Bolster U.S. Leadership and Accelerate Global Expansion

Industry veterans Daniel Hayward, Arnauld Mitre, Shannon Tatz and Tony Ward bring decades of experience scaling pre-IPO and public companies such as LinkedIn, Dropbox, Auth0 and SurveyMonkey; will lead customer, content, finance and sales teams, respectively

Go1, the world’s learning content expert, today announced the appointment of four highly experienced leaders to its C-suite to accelerate the company's global expansion. Joining the executive team, Daniel Hayward will serve as chief customer officer, Arnauld Mitre will serve as chief content officer, Shannon Tatz will serve as chief financial officer and Tony Ward will serve as chief revenue officer to support the company’s rocketship growth.

Following the recent acquisition of Blinkist, Go1 has rapidly increased the global footprint of its on-demand learning platform, and these new leadership additions are instrumental in achieving its goal of engaging 1 billion learners at full potential.

“Our new executives bring decades of collective experience in scaling high-growth, international companies that have achieved market leadership,” said Chris Eigeland, co-founder and co-CEO, Go1. “As we empower even more employers and learners around the world to reach their development goals, Dan, Arnauld, Shannon and Tony will help us lead the charge in upskilling the global workforce through personalized content, industry-leading partnerships and best-in-class support. Their passion for lifelong learning and care for our customers are an asset to our team, and I couldn’t be more optimistic about Go1’s future.”

• Chief Customer Officer Daniel Hayward will be responsible for building, leading and scaling Go1’s high-performing customer organization and ensuring the voice of the customer is infused in all aspects of the business, based in California. As a senior-level customer success executive for high-growth companies like LinkedIn and Degreed, he has successfully scaled customer success and services operations, building strong client relationships and nurturing business partnerships. Known for his ability to reduce churn, drive adoption and foster customer growth, he consistently achieves best-in-class renewal rates and high NPS.
• Newly appointed Chief Content Officer Arnauld Mitre will set and lead Go1’s global content strategy. Paris-based Mitre was the co-founder and CEO of learning content platform Coorpacademy, which Go1 acquired in April 2022. He specializes in content innovation and advancing the best learning opportunities through long-lasting partnerships.
• Chief Financial Officer Shannon Tatz will scale Go1’s finance organization through its next stage of growth, based in Nevada. Tatz has led finance teams responsible for strategy, investor relations, financial planning and corporate development. Tatz has led teams at Klaviyo, Auth0 and PROS Holdings.
• Chief Revenue Officer Tony Ward will drive the global sales and partner teams' performance, strategy and alignment, based in Boulder, Colo. A technology executive with over 25 years of experience, he has served in various leadership roles in mid- to large-size organizations across sales leadership, marketing, product marketing, business operations and strategy. Prior to Go1, Ward was at Xero, Dropbox, Survey Monkey, LinkedIn and Microsoft.

For more information on Go1 visit www.go1.com.

About Go1

Go1 is the world’s content expert and largest learning ecosystem powering the pursuit of potential. With expertly curated content spanning more than 80,000 courses from hundreds of industry-leading providers, Go1 delivers a seamless experience for both L&D leaders and employees in a single, easy-to-use platform. The company has raised over $400 million in funding from investors AirTree Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Five Sigma, Insight Partners, Madrona, Salesforce Ventures, SEEK Investments, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Y Combinator. Go1 is a Y Combinator 2023 Top Company, an SAP Partner with an SAP Endorsed App and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nominee. To learn more, visit go1.com.

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