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Dropbox ’s chief client officer , Eric Cox , plans to tread down , accord to a document filed with the SEC on Friday . Cox will stay on in his current character for “ a period of clock time ” to help with the passage , per the filing , and then will preserve as a “ non - executive ” employee through mid - August .
The filing did not note who would replace Cox .
Cox joined Dropbox in November 2023 from Vimeo , where he was the COO overseeing sale , client winner , data , strategy , and operations . Before that , Cox spent 19 years at Adobe in a variety of character , including as digital medium go - to - market sales lead for the Americas , and VP of digital media for business .
In a statement , a Dropbox voice told TechCrunch that Cox stepped down “ in gild to spend more time with his family . ”
“ In his time here , [ Eric ] brought together all of our customer - facing formation , built a talented and veteran bench , and work tirelessly to put the foundation for our future success , ” the representative said . “ We ’re grateful that he ’s able-bodied to remain on for the next few months to secure continuity until we have a raw older hire in shoes . ”
Dropbox has had a bumpy go of it lately . While the company reported both net profit and revenue above analysts ’ idea in the most late quartern , its taxation growth had slowed , and its forecast for the current after part strike below what Wall Street expected . Dropbox ’s origin is down around 8 % yr - to - date .
As part of an fast-growing turnaround architectural plan , Dropbox last Octobersaidit would pose off 20 % of its staff , or around 528 masses .
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The cloud storage company has increasingly looked to AI engineering to drive revenue . Recently , it expanded its AI - powered wise system and search puppet , Dropbox Dash , with endeavour - focused lineament , including data point governance controls .
Updated 10:30 a.m. Pacific : Added a statement from a Dropboxspokesperson .
