Meta names Alex Schultz first chief data officer

July 1 (Reuters) - Meta said on Wednesday its chief marketing officer Alex Schultz will become the ‌company's first chief data officer, to better manage ‌AI analytics globally.

The Facebook-parent also promoted its vice president of consumer ​marketing and growth, Denise Moreno, to marketing chief.

• "My focus in this new role will be helping transform how Meta learns and makes decisions in the AI era," Schultz ‌said in a LinkedIn ⁠post.

• The leadership changes signal at Meta's move to deepen its focus on data-driven ⁠decision-making and AI integration across its operations.

• Schultz joined the company in 2007 and held responsibilities across various domains ​like ​developing Meta's brand strategy and ​WhatsApp privacy campaigns, according ‌to his LinkedIn page.

• Shares of Meta were up 10% after Bloomberg News reported earlier on Wednesday that the company is building a cloud business to sell excess AI computing capacity.

• A 17-year veteran at Meta, ‌Moreno began her career managing email ​marketing and growth experiments, she ​said in a ​separate post.

• Axios first reported about Meta ‌naming Schultz as its chief ​data officer and ​elevating Moreno as CMO.

• Meta is p

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/meta-names-alex-schultz-first-162747685.html)