GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLB) appointed Manav Khurana as Chief Product and Marketing Officer and Manu Narayan as Chief Information Officer, according to a company statement.

Khurana will oversee GitLab's product, design, and marketing functions with a focus on AI innovation and product-led growth strategies. He brings 25 years of experience from previous roles including chief product officer at New Relic and leadership positions at Twilio, Aruba HPE, and Motorola. He holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Rochester and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Narayan will lead system and process transformation, managing GitLab's internal AI strategy, enterprise technology, and data infrastructure. He previously served as vice president of business technology at Confluent and held leadership roles at BlackLine, Applied Minds, and CIM. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles.

"As GitLab continues to grow, having exceptional leadership building systems of scale is critical to our success," said Bill Staples, GitLab's chief executive officer. "Manav and Manu bring operational strength, with a strategic, data-driven mindset."

Khurana stated that AI has increased developer productivity while creating organizational challenges around security, testing, and code quality. He said GitLab is positioned to address these issues with its software development platform.

Narayan expressed enthusiasm about leading GitLab's internal AI strategy and enterprise technology infrastructure to help customers manage and deliver software more efficiently.

GitLab describes itself as a DevSecOps platform with more than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100 as customers.