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Our leadership

Meet the leaders behind the world’s leading software development platform.

Thomas Dohmke

Thomas Dohmke

Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Dohmke is CEO of GitHub and drives the company’s mission of making GitHub the home for all developers. Fascinated by software development since his childhood, Thomas is passionate about building tools developers love and creating products that drive software development forward. He previously co-founded HockeyApp and led the company as CEO through its acquisition by Microsoft in 2014. Thomas holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from University of Glasgow, UK. He lives in the Seattle area, is a LEGO enthusiast, and enjoys coding and making his GitHub contribution graph green in his spare time.

Kyle Daigle

Kyle Daigle

Chief Operating Officer

Kyle is Chief Operating Officer at GitHub, leading teams responsible for culture, developer outreach, operations, and communications. Joining GitHub in 2013, Kyle built and scaled GitHub's ecosystem engineering teams and worked on the acquisitions of Semmle, pm, and others. Eleven years (and many ships) later, Kyle is just as committed to driving growth across the business and its people, leading GitHub's own Al adoption strategy across a workforce of 3,000 + talented Hubbers. As a developer himself, Kyle is passionate about bringing software practices to operations and works to preserve and grow the spirit of GitHub as an Al-integrated, developer-first company.

Prior to GitHub, Kyle took on developer-focused challenges as an engineering and product leader in startups, working in FinTech, real estate, and consulting. When he isn't collaborating with Hubbers and customers, he's building home automations with Home Assistant, working with nonprofits to make technology available and accessible to all, gaming (hello Xbox), and traveling with family.

Shelley McKinley

Shelley McKinley

Chief Legal Officer

Shelley is the Chief Legal Officer at GitHub, where she leads teams responsible for Trust and Safety, Social Impact, Developer Policy, Product & Regulatory Legal, Commercial Legal, and Legal Operations. Shelley started her career at Microsoft supporting parts of the Developer Division in 2005. Prior to joining GitHub, she was the head of Microsoft’s Technology and Corporate Responsibility organization, where she oversaw a team that drove the use of technology to benefit society through priorities such as Accessibility, Environmental Sustainability, Broadband Access, Responsible AI, and Justice Reform. She has also led legal, corporate, and external affairs teams across Europe and worked on products in Microsoft’s gaming division, including developer communities and Xbox Live. Prior to joining Microsoft, she was legal counsel at Wizards of the Coast, where she supported the “Dungeons & Dragons” and “Magic: The Gathering” brands.

Shelley is an outspoken proponent of mental health awareness and uses her voice to help address the affiliated bias and stigma, by advocating for a culture of openness and inclusion. Outside of work, you can find her enjoying outdoor concerts, tearing up the slopes on her snowboard and relaxing with her family and friends.

Elizabeth Pemmerl

Elizabeth Pemmerl

Chief Revenue Officer

Elizabeth is Chief Revenue Officer at GitHub. As CRO, she is responsible for all aspects of our go-to-market and customer experience, including sales, customer success, support and operations. She is focused on GitHub’s revenue growth, strategic planning, operational excellence, and expanding our successful motions with parent company Microsoft.

Elizabeth joined GitHub in 2015 to build our US public sector business, a market where she had significant prior experience. Her tenure at GitHub has included leadership roles in nearly all aspects of our enterprise business. 

When she isn’t talking to customers about GitHub, she enjoys playing tennis and running. She can frequently be found on dog walks with her daughter and husband in their metro DC neighborhood.

Mario Rodriguez

Mario Rodriguez

Chief Product Officer

Mario Rodriguez is GitHub's Chief Product Officer. He leads the GitHub Product team, which includes Product, Design, and Product Operations. His core identity is being a learner and his passion is creating developer tools—so much so that he has spent the last 20 years living that mission in leadership roles across Microsoft and GitHub. In addition to the product portfolio, Mario oversees GitHub’s AI/Copilot strategy, having previously launched and grown Copilot across thousands of organizations and millions of users.

Outside of GitHub, Mario likes to spend time outside with his wife and two daughters. He also co-chairs and founded a charter school in an effort to progress education in rural regions of the United States.

Justin Thenutai

Justin Thenutai

Chief People Officer

Justin Thenutai is the Chief Human Resources Officer for GitHub and joined the team in March 2024. He is responsible for establishing and driving GitHub’s people priorities in partnership with the company’s Executive Leadership Team and the HR organization. As a member of the GitHub Leadership Team, he plays a critical role in shaping the employee experience and cultivating a culture of inclusion.

Prior to this role, Justin led HR teams at Microsoft for a broad portfolio of Engineering organizations, including Windows, Surface, Mixed Reality, Device Operations, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Mesh, Data Platform + Growth, and Viva.  Before serving as an HR General Manager, Justin led strategy, planning and operations for Global Talent Acquisition and drove the centralization of company recruiting efforts. He also led recruiting teams for Marketing and Business Development, Search/Advertising and Datacenters, and Tech Incubations and Microsoft Research. Before Microsoft, Justin led recruiting at an executive search firm.

Justin is based in the Seattle area where he lives with his wife and two kids. Outside of work and family, Justin is involved with several non-profit organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Global Mentorship Initiative (GMI). His work with GMI provides Justin with the opportunity to partner with underserved college students around the world to realize their full potential as they prepare to start their professional careers. He is a native of Southern California and attended UC Irvine where he studied Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology.