Twitter Poaches Microsoft Developer Relations Director for Platform Gig

Twitter has named Jeff Sandquist as its next director of platform partnerships, according to a tweet Sandquist sent on Tuesday. He’ll fill the position vacated by Ryan Sarver, who until May had worked closely with Twitter’s ecosystem partners over the past four years. Before Twitter, Sandquist worked at Microsoft in various roles for the past 16 years, with his most recent title being senior director of developer relations.