Etsy names Josh Silverman as its new CEO

 There’s been a shakeup in Etsy‘s leadership, with CEO Chad Dickerson and CTO John Allspaw departing. Josh Silverman, the former Skype and Evite CEO who joined Etsy’s board last fall, is taking over as CEO, while VP of Engineering Mike Brittain will serve as interim CTO. Dickerson (as well as Allspaw) will remain at Etsy in an advisory role until the end of May. He first… Read More