GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke recently announced a significant change in leadership at the company. Microsoft, which acquired GitHub in 2018, will be appointing a new leader to take over Dohmke’s position. Along with this change in leadership, there will also be a shift in the management model of GitHub, which will no longer operate as an independent unit.
Julia Liuson, the President of Microsoft for Development, will now be overseeing the financial and engineering operations of GitHub. Mario Rodriguez, who served as GitHub’s Director (Chief Product Officer), will be replaced by Asha Sharma, the Vice President of the AI platform at Microsoft.
Previously, GitHub functioned as an independent business unit with its own leadership. The company was known for its philosophy of building products that catered to the interests and needs of developers. With this new change in leadership and management structure, GitHub will now be more closely integrated with Microsoft under the supervision of Julia Liuson.