OpenTV

Exclusive: Former Googler Cassidy Steps Down as Polyvore CEO

Kara Swisher in News on September 24, 2010 at 2:54 pm PT

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, former president of Google’s Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations, is leaving her CEO job at the fashion and shopping social network Polyvore. Co-founder Pasha Sadri, the creator of Yahoo Pipes, will take over from Cassidy as the company’s top exec. According to sources, the announcement was made internally at the start-up this afternoon.

Former Google Exec Singh Cassidy Becomes CEO of Fashion Start-up Polyvore

Kara Swisher in News on February 22, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, former president of Google’s Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations, has taken the CEO job at an unusual fashion and shopping social network called Polyvore. The registered site allows users to “mix & match products from your favorite stores.” In other words, everyone can play at being be a stylist, merchandiser and, if aspirations are high enough, presumably the editor of Vogue magazine.

Ex-Google Exec Singh Cassidy Getting Dressed for Success by Joining J. Crew Board?

Kara Swisher in News on August 12, 2009 at 1:53 pm PT

Oh, it’s the middle of August, so why not report this little tidbit: Former Google exec Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has been appointed to the board of the J. Crew Group, the well-known New York-based specialty retailer. She is now a CEO-in-Residence at Accel Partners in Silicon Valley, after leaving her longtime job at Google, where she was president of its Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations. Cassidy was also one of Google’s more visible execs and highest-ranking women leaders, so BoomTown is more interested in where the the 39-year-old will land next as a top exec at a Web operation.

Top Exec Singh Cassidy Leaves Google to Go to Accel Partners as CEO-In-Residence–A BoomTown Interview (Plus Press Release)

Kara Swisher in News on April 7, 2009 at 11:55 pm PT

Another Goog-Bye. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, president of Google’s Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations, is leaving the company and joining Silicon Valley venture firm Accel Partners as a CEO-in-residence. Cassidy, 39, is one of the search giant’s more visible execs and one of its higher-ranking women leaders and also the second top Google exec to depart the company recently. While exec exodus from Google is much noticed, the moves are probably not surprising given that the powerful company–as it matures–has limited avenues for its typically ambitious managers. “I was at the end of my streak [at Google] and ready to take the next step and run or grow my own company,” Cassidy said in an interview with BoomTown late tonight. “It is key for me to be stepping out and spreading my wings now.”