Twitter Appoints New COO and CFO

Twitter has shaken up its executive ranks, appointing a new chief operating officer and chief financial officer.

The microblogging site named Ali Rowghani its COO, a new role he quietly announced by changing his Twitter profile. Rowghani's LinkedIn profile, however, still lists him as the company's CFO. Before joining Twitter in 2010, he worked at Pixar (including a stint as CFO) for eight years.

Twitter also brought in Mike Gupta to fill Rowghani's former role as CFO. Previously the treasurer and senior vice-president of finance at Zynga, Gupta left after spending one-and-a-half years with the embattled game maker. He also spent eight years as chief treasury officer and senior vice-president of corporate development and finance at Yahoo, according to his LinkedIn profile.

CEO Dick Costolo confirmed Rowghani and Gupta's new roles in a congratulatory tweet on Wednesday.

While Rowghani has a solid Twitter presence, with more than 11,000 followers and nearly 1,800 tweets, Gupta seems to have just joined the site. Twitter's new CFO, who currently clocks in at 62 followers, has only tweeted three times, so far. He published his first tweet on Tuesday.

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Source : mashable