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 VP Eng | Strategic Tech Executive | Business Growth Driver | Marketing (Ads) and Sales Products

It's hard to say goodbye after 12 years of working at LinkedIn, where I have felt as much at home as home.   Through teamwork, we've risen to challenges to deliver immense value to members and customers, time after time - often operating at the intersection of "We Dream Big, Get Things Done & Know How To Have Fun". What I will remember (and miss the most) are the incredible people - passionate, committed, ambitious, collaborative, innovative, kind, funny, … They have shaped and enriched me along the way, to drive much of my personal and professional growth. Thank you!    I'm taking the risk of tagging just a few, knowing that there are many, many more. The pictures are a small sample of my memories.   What's hard for me to miss is my collection of LinkedIn swag, including T-shirts that had become my staple work attire :-)   Here's to staying connected and helpful on the LinkedIn platform and beyond! Jeff Weiner, Ryan Roslansky, Gyanda Sachdeva, David Thacker, Russell Glass, Tomer Cohen, Abhishek Shrivastava, Lindsey Edwards, Mohak Shroff, Erran Berger, Sabry Tozin, Penry Price, Erica Lockheimer, Greg Arnold, Alex Vauthey, Sanjay Dubey, Balaji Srinivasan, Diana Zhang, Ryan Sue, Harleen Serai, Rosie Alcantar, Ryan Tecco, Darren Lee, Rehan Khan, Samira Tasharofi, Adam Wolkov, Sai Madhavan, Prashanthi Padmanabhan, Lori Allen, Melanie Araiza, Lokesh Bajaj, Himanshu Khurana, Santosh kumar Kancha, Nitin Julka, Scott Roberts, Vasanthi Renganathan, Krishnan Sridhar, Karthik Ramgopal, Ilesh P., Daniel Shapero

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Ashvin Kannan

 VP Eng | Strategic Tech Executive | Business Growth Driver | Marketing (Ads) and Sales Products

2mo

Ashvin, Congrats on an epic run! You were one of the few leaders that introduced me to the LinkedIn vision and culture that I’m living and breathing today :) I still vividly remember you asking me to present the technology update at the company all-hands within a few weeks of me starting at LinkedIn and my reaction was “why me???” :) As I was presenting, I saw you standing at the back of the auditorium and rooting for me quietly with a smile on your face. From that day till today you’ve been a great pillar of support, sounding board and friend - I appreciate that!  A fresh chapter is always a great time to run new experiments on yourself! Good luck and enjoy the onward journey!

Gyanda Sachdeva

VP of Product Management at LinkedIn

2mo

The day is here. I saw the notification pop up while I was driving my kids to school and told them how much I'll miss working with you. Not surprisingly, they both remember your name very well (we only worked together for 100 or so years :P). Wish you the very best Ashvin! Thank you for teaching me so much about ads, leadership, engineering excellence, allyship and more. You are the harry potter of every story and I can't wait for the magic to continue.

Shujaat Ahmad

AI & Future of Work Strategist | People Analytics Leader | DEIB Changemaker | Cultural Broker at LinkedIn Driving Business & Societal Impact | Founder

2mo

Wish you all the best Ashvin! Thank you for all the great work you did in the company and on the platform publicly through the years to be an open voice to help others specially the under-represented and call a spade a spade when many would shy away from it. Your impact was visible very clearly for me not only while working in my day job in people analytics but also in my night job with Embrace and ERG space - i always admired how you focused on doing the right thing. happy for you - I look forward to learning from your hero's journey and how it evolves.

Ilesh P.

Partnerships | Product

2mo

What an incredible journey Ashvin Kannan. It has been a privilege to work so closely with you during my entire time at LinkedIn and benefited from your guidance, partnership and friendship. The picture above perfectly describes you - Dream Big, Get Things Done and Know How To Have Fun. Ashvin Kannan - for me you are in a very short list of incredibly sharp leaders, who also demonstrate genuine care for people in meaningful way consistently. I am truly grateful for sharing this journey with you for a little bit and for all your kindness. Wishing you the very best in your #NextPlay.

Erran Berger

VP of Product Engineering @ LinkedIn | Seed Investor & Startup Advisor | Nonprofit Board Member | Dad

2mo

Ahhhh I knew this day was coming for months and it doesn't make it any easier. You're an incredible technologist and leader, but even more so an incredible person. We built so much together over the last 12 years, it's hard to imagine continuing on this journey without you. Best of luck in the next play... they're very lucky to have you!

Barry Steyn

Software Engineering Manager @ LinkedIn | MSc in Computer Science

2mo

Those pictures brought about a laugh! I remember when you put on the black wig and asked everyone to guess who you were… Most people couldn’t guess… And then you said something along the lines of: “I guess I’m really old… I’m supposed to be Slash”. I realized then that I gotta be old as well… I grew up with Guns ’N Roses. Thanks for the great leadership. You will be missed.

Heidi Andersen

CMO & CRO | Nextdoor, LinkedIn, Google Currently on sabbatical

2mo

What a great run it's been for you. You have had a huge impact, so much to be proud of. Legend status unlocked x 10. Congratulations Ashvin 👏 👏 👏

Karina Mohajerani Drummond

Senior Manager, Employee Communications at LinkedIn

2mo

You’re the definition of a thoughtful and impactful leader, Ashvin. I will miss working with you, but am grateful for the opportunities I had to do so. I look forward to seeing what chapter you open next. Thank you for everything!

Wishing you all the very best for the future!! I'll remember fondly our runs in Cannes, when you came to London during the world cup and I had to warn you about the "beer rain" when watching the match on the big screen.... Thank you for all your support for our agency business, we will miss you!

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