– USA, CA – Planet, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced the appointment of Vijaya Gadde to its Board of Directors, bringing over 20 years of legal, technology, and business growth experience to the Board.
Earlier this year, Planet entered into a definitive merger agreement with SPAC, dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE: DMYQ) to become a publicly-traded company.
“Vijaya is an insightful and deeply knowledgeable executive who is mission aligned with Planet and has huge integrity. Her experience at Twitter is very relevant because it not only includes building a scaled software and data business, but also includes helping steward tools that deliver global information transparency with important societal implications. I’m excited for her to join Planet as we take our next steps as a public company,” said co-founder and CEO, Will Marshall.
About Vijaya Gadde
Vijaya Gadde currently serves as chief legal officer at Twitter Inc., leading its legal, public policy, and trust and safety teams globally. Before joining Twitter in 2011, Vijaya was senior director, legal at Juniper Networks, and before that she worked for nearly a decade at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Vijaya serves on the Board of Directors of Guardant Health (GH), the Board of Trustees of NYU Law School, and the Board of Directors of Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian aid and development organization, which partners with communities, corporations, and governments. Vijaya is also a co-founder of #Angels, an investment collective focused on funding diverse and ambitious founders pursuing bold ideas.
“Planet’s mission and business are unique and incredibly compelling, and I am delighted to serve as a member of the Board of Directors as they enter this next stage of growth as a public company,” commented Vijaya Gadde. “Their daily images and data are already having an impact today and hold immense potential to enable new types of global transparency and accountability in the future.”
Vijaya earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.
About Planet
Planet is the leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image the world every day and make change visible, accessible, and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest earth observation fleet of imaging satellites, capturing and compiling data from over 3 million images per day. Planet provides mission-critical data, advanced insights, and software solutions to over 700 customers, including the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence, education, and finance companies and government agencies, enabling users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite imagery.
For more information: https://www.planet.com/
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