Sea change: The American CEOs leading Australian startups
 

Sea change: The American CEOs leading Australian startups
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The Yankees are here. There's small but growing contingent of American executives being brought in to lead Australian startups as they outgrow their Down Under boundaries.

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Alex Bard, CEO of the Sydney-based email marketing company Campaign Monitor, is one member of the club. He told Mashable it was a conversation with his friend Jay Simons (the American who **w helms hometown hero, software giant Atlassian) which partly persuaded him to take up the mantle.

"This opportunity was put in front of me, and I chatted quite a bit to him about how it feels to be an American as part of a company that has deep Australian roots and heritage," he said. Apparently whatever Simons said worked. Read more...

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