Weave Communications, Inc. Appoints Adrian McDermott to Board of Directors

Published: 2025-06-26 11:35:48 ET WEAV

Published on 06/26/2025 at 11:35

Weave Communications, Inc. announced the appointment of Adrian McDermott to its Board of Directors. With three decades of leadership experience in technology and product development, McDermott will bring his expertise in AI-powered customer service solutions, platform scalability, and product development to help guide Weave's strategic technology initiatives. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Zendesk, where he leads product management, engineering, and operations teams. During his time at Zendesk, McDermott successfully led the integration of more than a dozen acquired technologies.

Previously, he served on the Board of Directors for Mandiant until September 2022 and as a YC Continuity Advisor at Y Combinator from 2018 to 2021. McDermott also serves on advisory boards for Be My Eyes, a visual assistance platform, and Street Soccer USA. Prior to his current role, McDermott held multiple leadership positions at Zendesk since 2010, including President of Products and Senior Vice President of Product Development, helping guide the company's growth to over $1 billion in annual revenue.

Before Zendesk, he served as CTO at Attributor, where he ran the video compliance business from first customer sales to business unit acquisition, and was Vice President of Engineering at BEA Systems, starting as the first engineer hired by Plumtree Software and working through the company's IPO and subsequent acquisition.