Elliot Noss vs Hayden Brown

Elliot Noss

CEO of Tucows

BIO: Mr. Elliot Noss has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Tucows Inc. since May 1999. Mr. Noss has been a leader in the Internet industry for ten years. From May 1999 to August 2001, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tucows Delaware. From April 1997 to May 1999, he served as Vice President of corporate services of Tucows Interactive Ltd. In August 2001, he helped orchestrate Tucows' merger with Infonautics, Inc., under the Tucows name. He has rapidly expanded Tucows wholesale services to offer digital certificates, DNS and email services to a growing international Reseller channel. He serves as Chairman of the University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science Advisory Board. He has been a Director of Tucows Inc. since August 2001. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Minds + Machines Group Limited from March 4, 2014 to February 2, 2016. Mr. Noss graduated at University of Toronto where he earned a BA. He earned an MBA and LLB from the University of Western Ontario.

Hayden Brown

CEO of Upwork

BIO: Hayden Brown is president and CEO of Upwork. Before being named CEO in January 2020, Hayden held leadership roles at Upwork in both product and marketing. Having been at Upwork since 2011, she is known for bold leadership and her passion for the company’s mission to create economic opportunities so that people live better lives. That passion stems from her childhood years spent living in Kathmandu, Nepal, and she’s committed to building a sustainable, high-performing business that delivers on that mission in ever-bigger ways. ? Prior to becoming CEO, Hayden was Upwork’s chief marketing and product officer. In this role, she led the expansion of Upwork’s offerings to attract and serve sophisticated business buyers who could significantly benefit from Upwork’s global pool of talent. Before joining Upwork, Hayden led corporate development for LivePerson and held strategy and corporate development roles at Microsoft. She began her career as an analyst at McKinsey and Company after earning an AB in Politics from Princeton University. She has been named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ "40 Under 40" and "Global Power 150—Women in Staffing." Hayden is married with two children.