Canva

Canva Appoints Former Atlassian CTO as Chief Technology Officer

Australian design platform Canva has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer, hiring former Google Cloud VP of Engineering Priya Sharma to lead its global engineering organization. Sharma will oversee Canva's AI product development, infrastructure scaling, and the company's push into enterprise collaboration tools. The appointment comes as Canva prepares for a potential IPO and seeks to deepen its AI capabilities following the integration of generative AI features into its core design platform. Canva, valued at $26 billion, has over 170 million monthly active users globally.