Joyous has appointed Ruby Kolesky as its sole Chief Executive Officer.

Most recently Ruby has been the Co-CEO and Chief Product Officer of our global enterprise SaaS organisation. As Co-CEO she shared the role with co-founders Mike Carden and Phil Carden in what was known as The Collective CEO.

A note on shared leadership from Ruby: “There are no longer any shared leadership roles at Joyous. However that doesn’t say that there will not be in the future. We have learnt a lot from our shared leadership experiences. But the central lesson is that it works very well as an accelerated process for development of capability.”

Joyous Co-Founder Mike Carden says Ruby Kolesky is a highly respected Executive leader with deep enterprise SaaS expertise having held leadership roles at Vista Group, AskNicely and at Joyous. “Ruby is a strategic leader with a clear and compelling vision for Joyous, this along with her ability to create focus and achieve results will make a significant impact across all parts of Joyous.”

Carden continues: “Ruby has been an integral part of Joyous since she joined the company in 2020 and has demonstrated her ability to develop fast. And it's that ability to develop fast which will equip her for the journey ahead, as the business grows. She has exceptional insight into our company, values and future goals.”

Carden said the changes come post his transition to the Chief Revenue Officer role and fellow co-founder Phil’s transition to Executive Director of Strategic Accounts. Both roles are critical to the success of Joyous and require focus. They will also continue as Executive Directors of the Board of Joyous.

Barry Brott, ex Chairman of Vend, and the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Joyous says: “As we move into this next phase the board felt it was important to make this change to create absolute focus, accountability and to stimulate growth.”

The board is excited about this shift, and see it as a way to accelerate the business. It is doubling down on our strengths.

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