Former Microsoft engineering star Julie Larson-Green just landed at cloud software startup Qualtrics.
Larson-Green had been with Microsoft for 25-years most recently in the role of Chief Experience Officer (CXO). She had worked at just about every major unit at Microsoft including Windows, Office and devices like the Surface. She left in November and the rumor was she wanted to join a startup. But Larson-Green was looking for a certain kind of startup.
"Qualtrics is a more established and profitable company," she tells us. "It was exactly what I was looking for."
Qualtrics is the profitable Provo, Utah, startup - with about $250 million in revenues - that's been a venture-capital darling. It's raised $400 million total, including a $180 million third round of funding in April, and is valued at $2.5 billion.
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