Former Facebook and Microsoft executive joins
Viam board amidst accelerating enterprise interest in
robotics, AI, and automation.
NEW
YORK, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viam,
the software platform for smart machines, is pleased to announce
the appointment of technology executive Carolyn Everson as an independent board
member.
Everson brings extensive experience aligning breakthrough
technologies with consumer-facing global commercial strategies, and
will serve as a critical advisor as Viam accelerates its
go-to-market strategies across fast-growing robotics, automation,
AI, and IoT applications.
Currently a senior advisor at Permira Private Equity, Everson
has over 28 years experience in senior operating roles in consumer
facing technology and media. She was most recently President of
Instacart, and was previously the Vice President, Global Business
Group at Facebook (Meta), where she led a team of over 4,000 people
in over 55 countries and was responsible for over $60B in revenue. Prior to Facebook, Carolyn was
the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Global Advertising
Sales and Trade Marketing Teams.
"Carolyn deeply understands the power of major inflection points
in technology, having seen it first-hand for over a decade at
Facebook, and now as an advisor to startups and leading global
organizations," said Eliot Horowitz,
Viam founder and CEO. "We're thrilled to partner with her in our
mission to unlock the future of automation and make it easy for
developers everywhere to build for the physical world."
Based in New York City, Viam is
led by Eliot Horowitz, who
previously co-founded MongoDB and led the product and technology
teams as CTO for 13 years. Since founding Viam in 2020, Viam has
raised $87M in total funding, most
recently a Series B round with Union Square Ventures and Battery
Ventures, announced in March
2024.
"Viam's bold vision will help teams everywhere explore new
solutions in climate, smart infrastructure, robotics, and more,"
said Carolyn Everson. "The next
frontier of innovation will leverage data, the cloud, and AI in
transformative ways. I'm so excited to partner with Eliot and the
Viam team on the opportunity ahead."
Everson currently serves on the boards of The Coca Cola Company,
The Walt Disney Company, Under Armour, Villanova University, the Humane Society of
the United States, and Columbia
Medical School, as well as the International Advisory Board for
Banco Santander and the Americas Advisory Board for Temasek. She is
an Advisor for Visible Ventures, a member of the Council of Foreign
Relations, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network at
the Aspen Institute.
She holds a bachelor's degree from Villanova University, a master's degree in business
administration from Harvard Business
School, and an honorary doctorate from Mount Saint Mary's University.
ABOUT VIAM
Viam is a comprehensive open source
platform that simplifies the building, monitoring, and data
management of smart machines. From industrial robots to smart home
appliances to IoT devices, Viam is transforming the way software
powers hardware for any device with sensing, compute, and
actuation. Founded in 2020 by former MongoDB co-founder and CTO
Eliot Horowitz, Viam is
headquartered in New York
City.
www.viam.com
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