When private companies hire new CFOs with experience at a public company, chances are they are gearing up for a potential IPO. With Atlassian, the company behind tools like JIRA and HipChat, that’s clearly the case. The company today announced that it has hired Erik Bardman as its CFO. Bardman replaces C. Alex Estevez who served as the company’s CFO from 2011 to last October.
As Atlassian President Jay Simons told me earlier this week, Bardman is a great culture fit, and he brings the kind of experience to the table that a company like Atlassian needs. Bardman started his career at General Electric and has since held a number of positions at eBay, including as the CFO of eBay’s international business and eBay Marketplaces, as well as at Roku, where he was CFO from May 2013 to September 2014. He joined Trulia’s board of directors in the month leading up to that company’s IPO in 2012.
As Atlassian President Jay Simons told me earlier this week, Bardman is a great culture fit, and he brings the kind of experience to the table that a company like Atlassian needs. Bardman started his career at General Electric and has since held a number of positions at eBay, including as the CFO of eBay’s international business and eBay Marketplaces, as well as at Roku, where he was CFO from May 2013 to September 2014. He joined Trulia’s board of directors in the month leading up to that company’s IPO in 2012.
