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National Post
08-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Snowflake Welcomes Bill Scannell to its Board of Directors
Article content Article content No-Headquarters/BOZEMAN, Mont. — Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, today announced the appointment of Bill Scannell to its Board of Directors, effective May 7, 2025. Article content 'The addition of Bill Scannell to Snowflake's Board of Directors comes at an exciting time as we continue to empower every enterprise to unlock the full potential of their data and AI,' said Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO at Snowflake. 'Bill exemplifies field excellence: his deep experience in global sales and customer operations will be instrumental in driving us forward.' Article content Scannell is currently the President of Global Sales and Customer Operations at Dell Technologies, a role he has held for nearly four decades, leading their go-to-market strategy and global growth across 180 countries. Under his leadership, Dell Technologies customer-facing professionals have earned distinction as one of the most successful and customer-focused organizations in any industry. Scannell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Northeastern University. Article content 'Joining the Snowflake Board of Directors at this pivotal moment in the AI landscape is a tremendous opportunity,' commented Scannell. 'Snowflake's leadership in the AI era is undeniable, and I am deeply enthusiastic about contributing to Snowflake's mission to help all enterprises harness the power of data and AI.' Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Dell Technologies reduces global workforce by 12,000 in FY2025
Dell Technologies has reduced its global workforce by 10% over the past 12 months. In its annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed Tuesday, the Round Rock-based tech company said it employed 108,000 people worldwide as of Jan. 31, down 12,000 compared with last year when the company reported a global workforce of 120,000. The company's workforce reductions are due to "ongoing business modernization initiatives" and cost management, according to the filing. The company's overall workforce has shrunk by 25,000 employees since 2023. The report did not detail how the company's Round Rock- and Texas-based workforce has been affected by the reductions. Despite the significant changes to its workforce, Dell reaffirmed its commitment to diversity and inclusion in its filing, saying, 'We are committed to equal employment opportunity and continuing to implement inclusive policies that enable Dell to achieve these goals." Dell's statement comes as diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives face scrutiny both nationally and locally. President Donald Trump has said DEI initiatives and programs are discriminatory and should be investigated by the Justice Department. Outside of business and hiring initiatives, several states including Texas have banned DEI at public universities, shuttering offices and laying off staff at schools including the University of Texas. Tech companies like Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's parent company Alphabet have since dropped DEI initiatives, though some companies, like Apple and Microsoft, have doubled down on their commitments. Dell laid off an undisclosed number of employees in August. In a memo sent to employees, the company outlined a plan to redistribute its sales staff and emphasize artificial intelligence innovations. As a result, the company downsized its sales staff and some managerial positions. "We are getting leaner. We're streamlining layers of management and reprioritizing where we invest," senior executives Bill Scannell and John Byrne wrote in the internal email back in August, as reported by Business Insider. More recently, CEO Michael Dell sent a memo in February that the company would be ending remote and hybrid work, expecting all employees who live within roughly an hour of its offices to be at their desks five days a week. More: Dell Technologies ending remote, hybrid work; employees return to office five days a week An internal FAQ reportedly said remote workers will not be eligible for promotion through the company's annual pay planning process without approval from three of the company's most senior leaders, but that employees who live far from a Dell office would be allowed to continue remote work. The mandate began March 3. "We are building a new Dell Technologies for a new future," Dell told staff in a memo obtained by Business Insider. "The pace of innovation has never been faster, and for us to lead, the speed of our business must continue to accelerate. What we're finding is that for all the technology in the world, nothing is faster than the speed of human interaction. A thirty second conversation can replace an email back-and-forth that goes on for hours or even days." This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Dell Technologies' global workforce reduced by 10% in fiscal year 2025
