Poor engineering culture (no blameless post-mortems. You can't learn much from working in this team The team didn't quite feel like a startup (hierarchical team structure) Lack of transparency from management (tasks being assigned, rather than empowering engineers to offer solutions to business problems that are presented to them through consistent communication from up the chain of commands) For instance, the product is not responsive across screens, because one person just does not understand CSS3 media queries) Īdditionally, Lyon brings more than 25 years of experience leading communications, investor relations, government and public affairs programs for a number of industry-leading brands like Glassdoor, Chevron, eBay, Amtrak and Cendant, a now-defunct holding company that was a precursor to Realogy.- Not an innovative team (they claim that they prefer to adhere to 'tried and tested' methods, but are really just complacent. Dawn’s immense functional expertise and knowledge will be instrumental to Zillow Group as we further transform the real estate transaction. I’m excited to welcome Dawn Lyon ( as new chief corporate relations officer. At Glassdoor, she served as chief pay advocate and led multiple initiatives to draw attention to. “She brings immense functional expertise and knowledge at a critical time as we work to further transform real estate and turn home buying and selling into a seamless, on-demand experience for consumers.”īarton also tweeted about Lyon’s hire, also emphasizing “further transform” of real estate transactions: Zillow, in a release, also highlighted Lyon’s strong advocacy on behalf of gender and pay equity. “Dawn has been a key advisor to Zillow Group and our leadership for many years through some of our most monumental milestones,” Barton said in a statement. Lyon is no stranger to Zillow Group, as the founder of LyonShare Communications Group, which served as Zillow’s agency of record from 2007 to 2016. She will report to Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton. Lyon will oversee the company’s corporate communications, government and community relations and investor relations, according to an announcement Tuesday.

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