WSJ hires chief technology and product officer

WSJ redesign Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Wednesday:

I’m delighted to announce that Rajiv Pant will be joining us in the new role of Chief Product and Technology Officer for The Wall Street Journal.
Rajiv has a stellar record in driving technological innovation at some of the biggest news organizations in the world.
He joins us from Thrive Global where he played a lead role in successfully launching the new health care and well-being venture in record time. Previously, as CTO at The New York Times, Rajiv led the successful development and delivery of dozens of acclaimed mobile and web products over 4 years. Before that, he headed up digital technology at Conde Nast for 4 years, where he managed multiple fast-paced, growing teams including Reddit. Rajiv is a skilled software writer and technologist who has managed large teams and has a record of productive collaboration with reporters and editors and other key news staff. He has received several prestigious awards during his career including being honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014.
Rajiv will be the first CTO at The Wall Street Journal to work directly for the Newsroom and in the Newsroom. I am delighted to have Rajiv join my senior management team.
Gerry

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.