Vertex names Bala Chandran as chief product and technology officer

• Vertex named Chatelle Lynch chief people officer to lead global people and culture strategy as the company scales.
• Lynch previously held chief people officer roles at The RealReal, McAfee.
• Carlos Mercuriali joined as SVP, regional manager Europe to run the European business, including regional strategy, partnerships, go-to-market execution.
• Mercuriali was most recently SVP and general manager, international at Avalara, with enterprise SaaS, tax and compliance technology experience.
• Bala Chandran was appointed chief product and technology officer to lead product management, engineering, information security, emerging technology innovation.
• Chandran previously served as SVP at Oracle Health, with prior roles at Amazon, Oracle.

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