# Becoming a Temporalite: Clair Byrd, CMO

DevFeed: [Becoming a Temporalite: Clair Byrd, CMO](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/becoming-a-temporalite-clair-byrd-cmo-35731.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/becoming-a-temporalite-clair-byrd-cmo>)

Author: Clair Byrd

Published: 2024-05-15T07:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>)

## AI overview

Clair Byrd announces joining Temporal as CMO and describes her goals for the company's brand and community. She argues that growing software complexity requires simpler engineering practices and emphasizes open source, accessible tools, builder communities, and reliable software.

## Source excerpt

I'm thrilled to be joining Temporal to help the brand and our community usher in a new engineering paradigm that simplifies this complexity for developers.