# A letter from Samar--one year as CEO

DevFeed: [A letter from Samar--one year as CEO](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-letter-from-samar-one-year-as-ceo-35696.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/a-letter-from-samar-one-year-as-ceo>)

Author: Samar Abbas

Published: 2025-03-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>)

Tags: [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [launches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launches.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [series](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/series.md>), [temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal.md>)

## AI overview

Temporal's CEO reflects on a year of leadership changes, product and platform releases, developer-focused initiatives, and the company's Series C financing announcement.

## Source excerpt

Samar shares reflections from their first year as CEO of Temporal -- a year marked by growth, leadership hires, major product launches, and a Series C milestone. See what's ahead for the team and community.