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Brandon Sammut, Zapier’s chief people and AI transformation officer, leads at the intersection of talent and technology in a remote company, pairing an AI-first philosophy with transparency, human-centered culture, and experience managing large-scale digital change.
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Allen Shim, Slack’s first chief financial officer, helped guide a direct listing and Salesforce acquisition before becoming a strategic advisor in Singapore, drawing on experience scaling organizations to mentor a new generation of technology founders.
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Daily Digest — 2026-03-20

Agentic coding is forcing teams through a psychological and operational reset: manual execution matters less as taste, judgment, and orchestration gain value. The same transition opens agent-native platforms and labor-based pricing while making organizational design the constraint.
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Lessons from Brandon Clauser

Brandon Clauser, an enterprise sales leader and coach, brings experience closing multimillion-dollar deals to a tactical, CFO-led B2B strategy built around Business Value Power Rankings™, ambitious account selection, and the disciplined pursuit of difficult accounts.

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