GitLab Inc. announced Bill Staples was named member of the board of directors effective December 5, 2024. Company co-founder and CEO Sid Sijbrandij, who is stepping down from the day-to-day role to focus on his health. At the same time, Sijbrandij will transition to executive chair of GitLab?s board of directors.

As CEO at New Relic, Staples? strategic leadership and deep product knowledge significantly increased the company?s enterprise value. By accelerating revenue and driving increased profitability, he made New Relic one of the most broadly adopted platforms in its category.

Staples has nearly 30 years of experience building developer platforms and serving developers as customers. Prior to New Relic, he spent many years at Microsoft and Adobe in executive leadership roles, building and scaling several multi-billion-dollar businesses.