Jerrell Jimerson, Disney Streaming’s chief product officer and one of the architects of Disney+, has been let go as part of the media conglomerate’s latest round of layoffs, Variety has…
as chief product and technology officer in January 2022.
Paull had hired Jimerson in 2018. Jimerson and his team played a key role in the company’s push into streaming, including the launch of Disney+ in 2019 and Star+ in Latin America in 2021. Early in his career, Jimerson was part of the team at Netscape that launched Navigator — the first modern web browser. He has also held senior leadership and product roles at Yahoo PayPal and iHeartRadio.
“When I joined the team in 2018, we were just starting to build what was then referred to as Dominguez, our codename for Disney+ — an ode to the Dominguez Palm Tree, which provided the roots for Disneyland,” Jimerson wrote in his farewell note, which was obtained by“I am so amazingly proud to have been a part of what we’ve created — sincerely one of the highlights of my career,” Jimerson added. “As I move on to my next adventure, I want you to know that I am leaving on a high.
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