2. Kathy Wagner, Kaseya

In a post on GitHub, Datto founder and former CEO Austin McChord accused Kaseya of flipping the desk, as it were, claiming that the software giant is set to destroy the Datto dynamic. This was weeks after the Kaseya purchase of Datto closed, and months after the news was first public.

To put a stop to the swirling rumors, Kaseya addressed McChord’s comments in an internal email to Datto employees (or “our newest Kaseyans”). 

Kathy Wagner is chief financial officer, Kaseya. She made waves for clamping down on “potential” misinformation.

“Over the weekend, there was some false information published on social media about your future at Kaseya,” Wagner wrote. “This information was ‘based’ on information from secondary sources, possibly derived from interpretation of what our CEO, Fred Voccola, said at several town halls this past week addressing our Datto employees. In light of the false statements that were posted online, I wanted to set the record straight on several facts.”

Link to Allison Francis’ story for more details surrounding that email.