Skydance reshapes tech leadership after Warner Bros. Discovery merger

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Skydance merged chief product officer Dane Glasgow outlined that Warner Bros. Discovery CTO Avi Saxena, CPO Tyler Whitworth, CIO Dave Duvall, and CISO Trish Collins Weedon are exiting their roles post-merger.
The reorganized tech and product group predominantly retains Paramount executives, including CIO Lakshman Nathan and CISO Carlo Joseph, consolidating Paramount's influence over the merged entity's technology leadership.
New leadership includes key hires from major tech firms such as Meta, Microsoft, Google, eBay, and Cisco, marking a strategic shift toward external technology talent in the combined company.

Post-merger leadership structure takes shape

As first reported by Business Insider, Skydance chief product officer Dane Glasgow outlined the combined company's product and technology organization in a memo viewed by the outlet. The memo says Warner Bros. Discovery chief technology officer Avi Saxena, streaming chief product officer Tyler Whitworth, chief information officer Dave Duvall and chief information security officer Trish Collins Weedon are leaving their roles.

Glasgow says Duvall, Saxena and Whitworth will remain in an advisory capacity during the transition. The reorganization largely leaves Paramount executives in charge of the merged tech and product group, including chief information officer Lakshman Nathan, chief information security officer Carlo Joseph, executive vice president of infrastructure, broadcast and distribution Jim Harrison, and executive vice president of media systems Nick Lee.

A smaller number of Warner Bros. Discovery executives are staying in the new structure. They include Brinton Miller, who becomes executive vice president of production and studio technology, and James Crossland, who becomes executive vice president of global content operations.

Paramount bench gains influence in combined operations

Skydance has spent the past year rebuilding its tech and product ranks, often hiring from major technology companies. Glasgow joined Paramount from Meta, while Lee came from Microsoft's AI division.

Other leaders in the post-merger setup include head of design Suzanne Pellican, a former Google executive, Hugh Williams, whose background includes Google, eBay and Microsoft, and Barak Turovsky, who previously served as chief AI officer at General Motors and vice president of AI at Cisco. The lineup suggests the merged company is leaning on Paramount's existing team and outside tech hires as it integrates operations.

In the memo, Glasgow thanks employees from both Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery and says he is encouraged by early collaboration and new ideas. He also acknowledges that the restructuring is disruptive and says leaders will share more details about their organizations in the coming weeks.

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