Florian Liegl

Tenet Raises $30M+ to Grow EV Financing Platform and Offer Free Smart Charging to All Customers

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

It will also scale TenetConnect, the company's newly launched digital renewable energy platform, which reduces charging costs on EV owners’ utility bills.

Key Points: 
  • It will also scale TenetConnect, the company's newly launched digital renewable energy platform, which reduces charging costs on EV owners’ utility bills.
  • Enrolled customers can connect their car with Tenet’s smart charging service to lower their EV charging costs by an estimated additional $40 per month.
  • "With its lower monthly rates and recent addition of smart charging, Tenet is helping me save nearly $1,500 per year on my EV ownership costs."
  • Tenet strategically leverages unique EV attributes for financing, including government tax credits, residual value data, and home charger installation.

Bitly Expands Leadership Team With Hiring of Chief Marketing Officer, General Counsel; Promotion of Chief Product Officer and Appointment of New Board Member

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitly Inc., the world's leading connections platform, announced today the hiring of two key leadership roles; Tara Robertson as Chief Marketing Officer and Kelly Zitzmann as General Counsel. The company has also promoted Kelsey Stevenson to Chief Product Officer and appointed Slack's former CMO Julie Liegl to the Board of Directors. These appointments follow the announcement earlier this year of new leadership hires focused on DE&I, talent acquisition and product marketing and now see the global leadership team comprised of nearly two-thirds female executives.

Key Points: 
  • The company has also promoted Kelsey Stevenson to Chief Product Officer and appointed Slack's former CMO Julie Liegl to the Board of Directors.
  • These appointments follow the announcement earlier this year of new leadership hires focused on DE&I, talent acquisition and product marketing and now see the global leadership team comprised of nearly two-thirds female executives.
  • "Tara and Kelly joining our Global Leadership Team, Kelsey being promoted and Julie joining the board demonstrates our ongoing commitment to onboarding and promoting top-level talent."
  • She joined Bitly in 2019 after serving in various product management roles at Slalom, Could Elements, and Terumo BCT.

JustAnswer Names Former Pandora General Counsel Jeremy Liegl as Chief Legal Officer and Martha Stewart Living Veteran Michael Gutkowski as Chief of Staff

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

In another strategic hire for the fast-growing company, JustAnswer has added Michael Gutkowski as Chief of Staff -- a newly created role responsible for managing many internal and operational responsibilities previously handled by CEO and Founder Andy Kurtzig. Gutkowski started his career as a founding member of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's DTC and digital business. He then held marketing, operational and revenue leadership roles at The Otto Group, NBC, The Hearst Corporation, Federated Media, and MRC Entertainment. A native of Wisconsin and a New York City resident, Gutkowski holds a BBA and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin.

Key Points: 
  • Jeremy Liegl brings an extensive background in corporate governance (including at public companies), compliance and M&A, most recently as General Counsel with Life360 and as General Counsel at Pandora.
  • Prior to those positions, he spent five years as Corporate Counsel at JDS Uniphase.
  • Liegl began his legal career as an attorney at Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster and began his overall career as a management consultant at Mercer Management Consulting.
  • Gutkowski started his career as a founding member of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's DTC and digital business.