Leadership
Jennifer Tejada
Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer Tejada
Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer Tejada is the Chairperson and CEO of PagerDuty, the global leader in digital operations management (NYSE: PD). PagerDuty’s Operations Cloud empowers enterprises to deliver superior customer experiences by increasing uptime, reducing cost, and improving customer satisfaction.
Organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a perfect digital experience to their customers, every time. As customers expand their use of PagerDuty beyond DevOps, the platform tackles workflows across the enterprise, enabling leaders to keep their teams focused on forward-looking innovation that drives end customer trust, revenue, and growth.
Jennifer brings to the role 25 years of diverse experience spanning mass consumer products to disruptive cloud and software solutions. She has a successful track record in product innovation, optimizing operations, and scaling public and private enterprise technology companies. She is also an active tech investor as an LP in multiple firms, including Operator Collective, Harlem Capital, and Penny Jar.
Prior to her role at PagerDuty, Jennifer was CEO of Keynote Systems, where she led the company to strong, profitable growth before its acquisition by Dynatrace. Before Keynote, Jennifer was Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Mincom, leading its global strategy up to its acquisition by ABB. She has also held senior positions at Procter & Gamble and i2 Technologies.
Jennifer currently serves as a board member of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL).
Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational behavior and business management from the University of Michigan, where she was a proud member of the Michigan’s Women's Golf Team. Outside of her professional roles, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family and is an avid skier.
Howard Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
Howard Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
Howard Wilson is the Chief Financial Officer at PagerDuty, where he leads the company's internal and strategic execution. In his role, he builds and directs the finance organization to support PagerDuty's growth and scaling. Before becoming CFO, he served as PagerDuty's Chief Commercial Officer, leading efforts to empower decision-making and provide ongoing customer value from the PagerDuty Operations Cloud. Howard brings more than 20 years of experience in software, services, and operational management to his role.
Before joining PagerDuty, Howard oversaw the SaaS business at Dynatrace, the leader in Application Performance Management. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Keynote Systems, where he managed all customer-facing operations. Howard also served as Senior Vice President of Field Operations at Ventyx, where he oversaw various functions, including business planning, sales operations, and recurring revenue operations. Prior to Ventyx, he spent 14 years in various senior leadership roles at Oracle.
Howard holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems and psychology from the University of South Africa.
Tim Armandpour
Chief Technology Officer
Tim Armandpour
Chief Technology Officer
Tim Armandpour is the Chief Technology Officer at PagerDuty, where he brings a 20-year history of applying technological innovation to maximize value to users. In his role, he leads the company's long-term technology strategy for the PagerDuty Operations Cloud, architecture vision, security, and technology research to support corporate development.
Before joining PagerDuty, Tim led product management and engineering teams at Yapstone, a global payment solutions provider. He also led the global engineering teams at PayPal, delivering new product experiences across tablets, mobile devices, and the web. Prior to its acquisition by PayPal, he served as Vice President of Engineering at Zong. Tim began his career in 1999 as a Lead Engineer with Yodlee.
Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California, San Diego. He also holds four U.S. patents.
Katherine Post Calvert
Chief Marketing Officer
Katherine Post Calvert
Chief Marketing Officer
Katherine is an experienced chief marketing officer in B2B software and software-as-a-service, with more than 20 years of leadership experience in global marketing strategy, branding, product marketing, campaign management, demand generation, marketing automation and analytics, sales enablement, marketing operations, and corporate communications. In her role, she leads all marketing efforts to highlight and amplify the capabilities of the PagerDuty Operations Cloud.
She joins PagerDuty from Khoros, a leading customer engagement platform provider, where she served on the executive team for the past four years, leading marketing. At Khoros, Katherine designed and implemented the company's global marketing strategy, building brand loyalty and increasing demand while deepening customer relationships across more than 2,000 global brands, including 52 of the Interbrand 100 companies.
Katherine earned a bachelor's degree in English with High Honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jeff Hausman
Chief Product Development Officer
Jeff Hausman
Chief Product Development Officer
Jeff Hausman is the Chief Product Development Officer (CPDO) at PagerDuty, responsible for the company’s product strategy, product management, engineering, design, and user experience of the PagerDuty Operations Cloud. Hausman joins PagerDuty from Samsara, where he was the Chief Product Officer.
Previously, Hausman served as ServiceNow Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Operations Management Portfolio - ITOM, ITAM, Security, Risk and ESG. He brings a proven track record of over 25 years leading product development as a senior executive across a wide range of products at McAfee, Symantec, Hewlett-Packard and Veritas.
Hausman received his MBA at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with degrees in mathematics and economics.
Eric Johnson
Chief Information Officer
Eric Johnson
Chief Information Officer
Eric Johnson is the Chief Information Officer at PagerDuty, responsible for PagerDuty’s critical IT infrastructure, data management and enterprise systems.
Prior to joining PagerDuty, he was the CIO at SurveyMonkey, DocuSign and Talend. Before that, Eric spent 12 years at Informatica driving the information technology vision and strategy as the company scaled to a modern SaaS architecture. He is an active advisor and board member to several early-stage companies and a regular contributor to IT thought leadership.
Eric holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from California Polytechnic State University.
Roshan Kindred
Chief Diversity Officer
Roshan Kindred
Chief Diversity Officer
As the Chief Diversity Officer, Roshan Kindred leads PagerDuty's strategic inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) initiatives and ensures PagerDuty is creating a fair, equitable, and inclusive experience for all Dutonians.
Roshan brings more than 15 years of experience in ID&E leadership and is passionate about elevating the human experience and engagement by creating a thriving atmosphere where people can have a sense of belonging that frees them to innovate and collaborate with authenticity.
Prior to joining PagerDuty, Roshan was the Chief Diversity Officer and Principal at InSeason Development Group, where she established an ID&E roadmap that led senior executive leadership to adopt diversity goals as part of an annual incentive compensation plan. Previously, she served as the board chair of Iron Mountain's DEI advisory board.
Roshan has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and organizational development from San Jose State University, and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Jeremy Kmet
Senior Vice President, Global Field Operations
Jeremy Kmet
Senior Vice President, Global Field Operations
As the Senior Vice President of Global Field Operations, Jeremy leads teams responsible for PagerDuty’s global sales, partner, and sales strategy and operations. He has deep domain experience and brings a breadth of expertise, from selling to the world’s largest enterprises to building PagerDuty’s high-velocity mid-market motion. Jeremy is also responsible for demonstrating the value of the PagerDuty Operations Cloud and its capabilities to customers and users. Jeremy is a seasoned, customer-focused sales leader with more than 20 years of experience across enterprise software-as-a-service companies.
Prior to joining PagerDuty, he was the vice president for North America sales at Zendesk and previously held VP-level positions at both DocuSign and Salesforce. He is passionate about building talented, collaborative teams that exceed their goals and is a strong advocate for mentoring and career architecture to develop and elevate internal talent.
Debbie O’Brien
Chief Communications Officer and Vice President Global Social Impact
Debbie O’Brien
Chief Communications Officer and Vice President Global Social Impact
Debbie O’Brien is the Chief Communications Officer and Vice President of Global Social Impact at PagerDuty. She is responsible for corporate, product and financial communications, industry analyst relations, executive and internal communications, PagerDuty’s social impact strategy and Pledge 1% commitment.
Previously Debbie was the Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Chief Communications Officer at Snowflake during a time of tremendous growth for the company. She led all communications efforts driving increased demand, brand visibility, content, and events as Snowflake led the market and established itself as the world’s fastest-growing enterprise software company. During the past two decades, Debbie has led Communications and Marketing groups for high-growth companies including New Relic, ServiceNow, Informatica, SAP and Sun Microsystems.
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Business Administration where she was a four-year varsity letter winner on the Cal Women’s Volleyball team.
Pritesh Parekh
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Pritesh Parekh
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Pritesh Parekh, is the Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty, where he leads PagerDuty’s security organization, where he’ll be responsible for product security operations securing the company’s technology and products. He will also oversee and support security needs in corporate development, sales, compliance and IT teams.
Pritesh brings more than 20 years of expertise in developing robust enterprise security programs to his role. Before joining PagerDuty, Pritesh was the chief trust and security officer and SVP of Engineering at Delphix. Previously, he led global security and compliance programs at Dell, Zuora and ServiceNow. His experience spans cloud security, DevSecOps, compliance, security engineering, and risk management across financial institutions, SaaS and cloud providers.
Pritesh holds seven U.S. patents for innovations in technology and has been honored with industry awards, including the North America Information Security Executive of the Year in 2017. He also holds a master’s degree in computer science and an MBA from California State University, Fresno.
Rukmini Reddy
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Rukmini Reddy
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Rukmini Reddy is the Senior Vice President of Engineering, responsible for managing product and platform delivery, infrastructure and data science. Reddy joins PagerDuty from Slack where she guided the vision, strategy and execution of a comprehensive re-architecture, transforming the messaging software into an automation platform that empowered users to streamline their work.
Additionally, Rukmini spent over a decade in senior executive roles at various enterprise companies, where she built a strong track record in driving engineering and product strategy during periods of hyper-growth and product transformation across SaaS, B2B and B2C business models.
Rukmini, has a master of science degree in computer engineering from the University of Arkansas and earned a bachelor’s degree from Osmania University in computer science and engineering.
Jonathan Rende
Senior Vice President, Products
Jonathan Rende
Senior Vice President, Products
As the Senior Vice President of Products, Jonathan leads PagerDuty's emerging products representing key growth markets across the PagerDuty Operations Cloud including AIOps, Customer Service Ops and Automation products including workflow automation and runbook automation. Aditionally, Jonathan is responsible for AI and Gen AI product investments across the PagerDuty Operations Cloud.
Jonathan has decades of experience in the software industry, including various product, marketing, and engineering executive roles at companies such as Mercury, HP Software, Appcelerator, and Keynote Systems. Prior to joining PagerDuty, he was the Chief Product and Engineering Officer at Castlight Health, Inc., where his focus was on delivering and launching their next-generation predictive Machine Learning analytics platform for enterprises.
Jonathan holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of California, Davis, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Lauren Wang
Chief of Staff
Lauren Wang
Chief of Staff
Lauren Wang is the Chief of Staff at PagerDuty. In this role, she partners closely with the CEO and executive leadership team to ensure seamless execution of key company priorities, core functions and strategic projects.
Lauren is an experienced B2B marketing executive with over 20 years of expertise in product and solutions marketing, content development, sales enablement, digital campaigns and market research. Throughout her career, Lauren has led high-performing teams and developed innovative go-to-market strategies that have driven significant growth and customer engagement.
Lauren holds an MBA in Marketing and Information Management from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Shelley Webb
Chief Legal and People Officer
Shelley Webb
Chief Legal and People Officer
Shelley Webb is the Chief Legal and People Officer of PagerDuty. In this role, she leads the Legal team and oversees all legal matters and government affairs for PagerDuty.She also is responsible for leading the People organization and driving the people strategy to enable PagerDuty to scale and achieve its mission. In addition Webb also leads the company’s environmental, social, and governance strategy.
Before joining PagerDuty, Webb spent eight years at Intel, serving in various roles, including vice president and group general counsel for Intel's PC business, its largest business unit delivering $40 billion in annual revenue. In prior roles at Intel, she led the legal and policy response to the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities, and she also led litigation and antitrust matters for Intel in the U.S. and globally. Webb began her career as a litigator at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.
Webb received her bachelor’s degree in economics and government with high distinction from the University of Virginia and her law degree from Stanford University. Webb is a member of the Board of Directors for The Software Alliance (BSA) and the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors.
Board of Directors
Teresa Carlson
Board of Directors
Teresa Carlson
Board of Directors
Ms. Carlson has served on the board of directors at PagerDuty since 2024. She is currently a Catalyst Advisor at General Catalyst. Ms. Carlson brings more than 25 years of industry experience and expertise in leading complex business transformations for premier SaaS, data management and cloud businesses, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Splunk, Microsoft and General Catalyst.
Ms. Carlson spent more than a decade at AWS where she started the Worldwide Public Sector business unit, which included federal, central, and state and local governments, Education, Education Technology (EdTech), Government Technology (GovTech), nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). She also started an aerospace and satellite business unit and added responsibilities for other regulated industries.
Previously, she was President and Chief Growth Officer at Splunk where Ms. Carlson was responsible for aligning sales, customer success and marketing leaders to drive business transformation across go-to-market business segments. During her time on Splunk’s executive leadership team, she successfully advanced cloud-first initiatives, created new market opportunities and accelerated growth. Additionally, Ms. Carlson served as Vice President of Microsoft Federal Government, where she oversaw the company’s US Federal Government business.
She holds a bachelor of science and a master of science degree from Western Kentucky University.
Sarah Franklin
Board of Directors
Sarah Franklin
Board of Directors
Ms. Franklin has served on the PagerDuty board since December 2024. Ms. Franklin is the Chief Executive Officer of Lattice and brings 25 years of experience leading and scaling companies in tech and has a unique blend of technical knowledge, business acumen, and marketing expertise.
Before joining Lattice, Ms. Franklin spent over 15 years at Salesforce in various executive leadership roles, including President & Chief Marketing Officer, EVP Platform, and GM Trailhead. Before Salesforce, she worked at a variety of companies ranging from scaled businesses to scrappy startups. During her career, Ms. Franklin has been awarded many accolades, including Forbes’ Most Influential CMO, “CMO to Watch” by Business Insider, and recipient of the Brand Genius Award from Adweek.
Ms. Franklin holds a dual degree in chemical engineering and biochemistry from Virginia Tech.
Elena Gomez
Board of Directors
Elena Gomez
Board of Directors
Ms. Gomez has served on our board since October 2018 and is currently the chief financial officer at Toast. From May 2016 to May 2021, Ms. Gomez was the chief financial officer at Zendesk, a global company that builds software for customer service and engagement. From July 2010 to April 2016, Ms. Gomez served in senior finance roles at Salesforce, including senior vice president of go-to-market distribution from July 2015 to April 2016, vice president of sales and support and marketing finance from June 2011 to June 2015, and senior director of marketing and general and administrative finance from July 2010 to June 2011. Prior to that, she held finance roles at Visa and Charles Schwab. Ms. Gomez currently serves on the board of Smartsheet. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Bill Losch
Board of Directors
Bill Losch
Board of Directors
Mr. Losch has served on our board since 2022. He was chief financial officer of Okta, an identity management platform for enterprises, from June 2013 until his retirement in March 2021. From June 2007 to June 2013, he served as chief financial officer at MobiTV, a technology platform provider of multiscreen video delivery services. From October 2004 to May 2007, he served as the chief accounting officer at DreamWorks Animation. Prior to that he served in various finance positions at Yahoo, including as chief accounting officer. Mr. Losch currently serves on the boards of Druva and Onfido. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Rathi Murthy
Board of Directors
Rathi Murthy
Board of Directors
Ms. Murthy has served on our board since March 2019. She is the president and chief technology officer of Expedia Services and prior to that was chief technology officer at Verizon Media and Gap Inc. From September 2012 to March 2016 she served in various roles at American Express, imost recently as senior vice president and chief information officer of enterprise growth. Ms. Murthy holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Bangalore University and a master’s degree in computer engineering from Santa Clara University.
Zachary Nelson
Board of Directors
Zachary Nelson
Board of Directors
Mr. Nelson has served on our board since June 2018. From July 2002 to June 2017, he was the chief executive officer at NetSuite, a business management software company that was acquired by Oracle in November 2016. Mr. Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and a master’s degree in anthropology from Stanford.
Alex Solomon
Board of Directors
Alex Solomon
Board of Directors
Alex Solomon is the Co-founder and General Manager of PagerDuty. He advocates for growing the community of PagerDuty practitioners by sharing best practices that advance real-time operations. Alex started PagerDuty in 2009 as founding CEO, leading the company through several stages of growth, including product-market fit, fundraising, and expansion of the product vision. He has served on the PagerDuty board of directors since 2010.
Prior to PagerDuty, Alex was a software engineer at Amazon, building and maintaining large-scale systems for the company's supply chain. Alex earned a bachelor’s degree in software engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Bonita C. Stewart
Board of Directors
Bonita C. Stewart
Board of Directors
Ms. Stewart has served on our board of directors since January 2021. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Black Angel Group, which launched in 2021, and founder and managing partner for BAG Ventures, a venture fund focused on investing in enterprise AI solutions.
Previously at Google, she was Vice President, Global Partnerships, overseeing relationships with the largest US publishers across search, news, media/entertainment, commerce, and mobile apps.
Prior to joining Google in 2006, she led Chrysler Group Interactive Communications for DaimlerChrysler AG, Dodge Passenger Cars and Minivans brand management and Chrysler Brand Advertising. Ms. Stewart enjoyed a 10-year management career with IBM in software/hardware pricing, sales and PC product marketing. As an entrepreneur she served as President, COO and co-founder for Nia Enterprises, a web-based company as well as the Founder and CEO for One Moment in Time, a formal wear rental company for women.
Ms. Stewart graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Howard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Currently, she serves on the Deckers Brands board [NYSE:DECK] and the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Jennifer Tejada
Board of Directors
Jennifer Tejada
Board of Directors
Jennifer Tejada is the Chairperson and CEO of PagerDuty, the global leader in digital operations management (NYSE: PD). PagerDuty’s Operations Cloud empowers enterprises to deliver superior customer experiences by increasing uptime, reducing cost, and improving customer satisfaction.
Organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a perfect digital experience to their customers, every time. As customers expand their use of PagerDuty beyond DevOps, the platform tackles workflows across the enterprise, enabling leaders to keep their teams focused on forward-looking innovation that drives end customer trust, revenue, and growth.
Jennifer brings to the role 25 years of diverse experience spanning mass consumer products to disruptive cloud and software solutions. She has a successful track record in product innovation, optimizing operations, and scaling public and private enterprise technology companies. She is also an active tech investor as an LP in multiple firms, including Operator Collective, Harlem Capital, and Penny Jar.
Prior to her role at PagerDuty, Jennifer was CEO of Keynote Systems, where she led the company to strong, profitable growth before its acquisition by Dynatrace. Before Keynote, Jennifer was Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Mincom, leading its global strategy up to its acquisition by ABB. She has also held senior positions at Procter & Gamble and i2 Technologies.
Jennifer currently serves as a board member of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL).
Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational behavior and business management from the University of Michigan, where she was a proud member of the Michigan’s Women's Golf Team. Outside of her professional roles, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family and is an avid skier.