James R | On 08, Apr 2017

Greg Peters will become Netflix’s Chief Product Officer in July.

Peters, who has most recently led international development efforts from the Netflix office in Tokyo since 2015, will take over the role from Neil Hunt, who has led the product team, which designs, builds, and delivers the Netflix experience for the last 18 years.

Peters is no new kid on the block, though. In his own nine years at the streaming giany, Peters has held positions overseeing product engineering and business development and, in his role leading Netflix Japan, marketing and content licensing and creation.

“When I first met Greg nine years ago, I knew he was an especially gifted engineer and entrepreneur,” says Hunt. “I’m delighted to be leaving the Netflix product organization in such great shape and in such good hands.”

“Neil has been an amazing leader who uniquely brings together analytical rigor, deep engineering chops, human warmth and a wry sense of humor,” adds Peters. “I’ve been lucky to have him as my mentor.”

“Greg and Neil have collaborated through the years to make the Netflix experience all over the world absolutely incredible,” comments Reed Hastings, Netflix Co-Founder and CEO. “I look forward to having Greg take on this role and to celebrate with Neil our 100 millionth member.”

Prior to joining Netflix, Peters was senior vice president of consumer electronics products at Macrovision Solutions and previously held positions at Mediabolic Inc., Red Hat Network and Wine.com. He holds a degree in physics and astronomy from Yale University.

Separately, Netflix also announced that Chief Talent Officer Tawni Cranz, who joined the company in 2007, will leave the company and pursue other interests.

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