Appen Limited announced the appointment of Andrew Ettinger as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), effective 22 May 2023. For more than 25 years Appen has successfully helped some of the largest big tech and enterprise customers adapt deep learning AI and generative AI solutions. Andrew will direct Appen's global go-to-market sales and operations to meet the growth objectives.

Andrew brings over 25 years of leadership experience in growing software and services companies from start-ups to scale-ups to a successful IPO with scaled growth. Prior to joining Appen, Andrew served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Astronomer (a Sutter Hill Ventures backed company), where he grew the adoption of an open-source data solution from 250k monthly downloads to over 15 million and increased revenue by 20x over his tenure. Previously, Andrew served as a North American sales executive at Pivotal Software, where he helped scale the business from USD 0-USD 100 million in annual recurring revenue ahead of Pivotal's IPO, and up to USD 500 million during his seven-year tenure.

Andrew will be based in Appen's offices in North America.