8×8 announced the following leadership changes, effective immediately: Samuel Wilson, most recently the company’s CFO, has been appointed interim CEO by the board. Wilson succeeds Dave Sipes, whose employment relationship with the company as chief executive officer has been terminated effective as of November 30. Kevin Kraus, most recently the senior VP of finance at the company, has been appointed as interim CFO. The board has initiated a process to identify a permanent CEO and CFO, which will include both internal and external candidates. Separately, Laurence Denny, formerly chief compliance officer, deputy general counsel, and assistant corporate secretary, has been promoted to chief legal officer and corporate secretary effective December 9, succeeding Matthew Zinn. Zinn has informed the board that he is resigning, effective December 9 to accept the position of chief legal officer at another publicly traded company in an unrelated industry.
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