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New Twitter CEO Ousts Two Executives In Leadership Reshuffle

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Sarah Krouse
· · Source: The Information

That was fast. Four days after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down, appointing chief technology officer Parag Agrawal as his successor, the new company leader has ousted two top executives. Michael Montano, engineering lead, and Dantley Davis, design and research lead, will step down from their positions at the end of the year and remain advisors through the end of the first quarter,...

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