WeVideo Leadership
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Interim Chief Executive Officer
Sharon Takas
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Sharon Takas is WeVideo’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. She brings 25 years of experience across sales, marketing, and go-to-market leadership, with recent years focused on education technology. She joined WeVideo in August 2026 to lead marketing, where she oversaw brand, demand generation, product and customer marketing, and go-to-market strategy. Before WeVideo, Sharon helped scale Ivy.ai from $2M to $17M in ARR, moving from sales leadership into the top marketing role. She then led marketing through the three-way merger of Ivy.ai, Ocelot, and Gravyty. As Chief Marketing Officer of the combined Gravyty, she unified the brands, messaging, and go-to-market motion. Sharon began her career in sports marketing and sponsorship. She is passionate about building aligned go-to-market teams that tie product value directly to customer outcomes. She holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Richmond. She lives in Towson, Maryland, with her family.
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Chief Revenue Officer
Beth Griesbauer
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Beth Griesbauer is our Chief Revenue Officer and brings over 20 years of revenue leadership to WeVideo. She began her career in healthcare and medical device sales, selling complex solutions into health systems and other highly regulated organizations. Beth then moved into software, joining Ivy.ai as one of its first two account executives and growing with the company through every stage of its scale, from individual contributor to Vice President of Sales and Customer Success. Following Ivy.ai's merger with Ocelot and Gravyty, she served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Revenue Operations, bringing three go-to-market organizations together to serve more than 2,500 customers. Beth is a player-coach who believes revenue teams are built one deal and one seller at a time. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Interim Chief Marketing Officer
Aubrey Sabala
Interim Chief Marketing Officer
Interim Chief Marketing Officer
Aubrey Sabala is WeVideo’s Interim Chief Marketing Officer, bringing more than 25 years of experience across marketing, communications, and operations. She scaled Google, Facebook, and Digg from their early foundations, held leadership roles at 360i, dentsu, AOL, Fullsteam, and Sailthru, and then founded Aubvious, a consultancy serving Fortune 50 organizations including Google and AT&T as well as startups and non-profits at various stages of growth. Most recently, she served as Head of Marketing & Communications at CARET. Aubrey holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from UNC Chapel Hill and studied at Georgetown’s inaugural Communication, Culture & Technology program. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her family.
Chief Strategy Officer
Rob Sparks
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
As the Chief Strategy Officer at WeVideo, Rob Sparks brings over 25 years of experience in driving growth through strategic corporate development, M&A, and innovative partnerships. Known for a visionary approach to business transformation, Rob plays a pivotal role in shaping WeVideo’s long-term strategic direction, ensuring the company’s continued leadership in video creation and collaboration technology.
Prior to joining WeVideo, Rob served in various executive roles, where he successfully led initiatives that resulted in significant market expansion, enhanced competitive positioning, and sustainable growth. His expertise in navigating complex business environments and fostering strategic alliances has made him a key architect in building and scaling innovative businesses.
Rob holds a Bachelor (Honors) in Psychology from Carleton University, and is an avid cyclist who believes in the importance of fitness for maintaining peak performance in both professional and personal life.
Chief Financial Officer
Russ Gilbert
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Russ Gilbert is WeVideo's Chief Financial Officer, bringing nearly 25 years of finance experience across several companies in the technology sector. Russ spent just over nine years at Blackbaud, a global SaaS company focused on the nonprofit sector, where he led finance teams that supported several functions including Sales, Customer Success, Professional Services, and the company's broad K-12 and higher education portfolios. Before joining Blackbaud, Russ began his career with Electronic Data Systems and Hewlett Packard in several senior finance and financial management positions. Russ has a passion for leveraging data and analysis to promote profitable growth. He holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from Penn State University and an MBA from George Washington University.
Chief Technology Officer
Lucian Cioroga
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Technology Officer
As WeVideo’s Chief Technology Officer, Lucian Cioroga provides invaluable insight and direction based on his experience as a front-end developer and software engineer. Lucian began his career in 2003 as a freelance developer before moving on to Alcatel-Lucent as Front-End Developer. In 2009, he joined EXSWAP where he led the Inspera team and development efforts for several products including the Creaza suite, both of which were building blocks for what would become WeVideo. Later, Lucian worked as a front-end developer for UDIR (Norway’s Ministry of Education) and continued his work with Creaza. In 2014, he officially joined WeVideo in a full-time capacity as the lead of the Android team. During his time as the Android team lead, the app garnered high acclaim in the Google Play Store and was short-listed for awards such as New & Noteworthy, Editor’s Choice, and Android Excellence. Lucian graduated from the Technical University of Timisoara, one of Romania’s top technical universities, with a Bachelor of Computer Science.
Vice President of Product Management
Paul Finch
Vice President of Product Management
Vice President of Product Management
Paul Finch serves as our Vice President of Product Management, contributing over 25 years of experience within the software industry. His approach is distinctly customer-centric, forged by experience in Customer Support, Professional Services, and over a decade in Product Management. Within Product Management, he has directed product teams specializing in diverse markets, including social good organizations, the US government, K-12, and Higher Education. Before joining WeVideo, Paul led a team of product managers responsible for the vision, strategy, and delivery of Blackbaud's portfolio of educational products. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston.
Dedicated to video learning since 2011
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WeVideo was founded on the idea that everyone — from school children to professionals — should have the power to create, communicate, and collaborate with video.
Today, we're a globally-recognized interactive video learning platform. Our fully remote team of 100+ employees works hard every day to make WeVideo the best-in-class video learning platform worldwide.
