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BlackLine Names New CTO

Los Angeles-based BlackLine, which develops financial controls and automation software, says it has named a new Chief Technology Officer. According to BlackLine, it has named Peter Hirsch as its new CTO, to head up the technology direction of its cloud software platform. Hirsch was most recently Executive Vice President of Technology & Operations at Ellie Mae, and also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Architect at Ariba, and also served at SAP after it acquired Ariba, in addition to work at IBM. BlackLine aid that in his last role at Ellie Mae, Hirsch had led a team of more than 900.