Former Code.org Chief Growth Officer Sarah Hartline Morrison named Chief Marketing Officer of Network Solutions Group; Satish Hemachandran elevated to Chief Product Officer of Bluehost Group; data and AI leader Jesu Joseph joins as Vice President, Data and Business Analytics

Newfold Digital, a leading web and commerce technology company serving millions of small businesses worldwide, announced a series of leadership appointments designed to advance the company’s strategy and accelerate its next phase of growth.

Effective October 1, 2026, Sachin Puri became Chief Executive Officer, and Sharon Rowlands transitioned from Chief Executive Officer to Chairperson of the Board. Newfold is also strengthening its leadership team with the appointment of Sarah Hartline Morrison as Chief Marketing Officer of Network Solutions Group, the promotion of Satish Hemachandran to Chief Product Officer of Bluehost Group, and the appointment of Jesu Joseph as Vice President, Data and Business Analytics. These appointments are part of a broader investment in leadership capabilities across AI, data, product and marketing.

Together, these appointments align Newfold’s leadership and capabilities around a clear strategic direction: helping customers establish, operate and grow their businesses online by bringing together trusted digital identity, reliable infrastructure, security, AI-powered experiences and human expertise.

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“Small businesses trust us with their ideas, their livelihoods and their dreams. That trust is everything,” said Sachin Puri, Chief Executive Officer of Newfold Digital.

“They deserve products that just work and a partner that helps them grow. Sarah, Satish and Jesu are proven operators who deliver exactly that, at scale. With them, we will move faster, build better and help more small businesses around the world compete and win online. Our best chapter is ahead.”

Sarah Hartline Morrison, Chief Marketing Officer, Network Solutions Group

Morrison brings more than 20 years of growth and marketing leadership, most recently as Chief Growth Officer at Code.org, now CodeAI, where she led growth for a platform serving more than 100 million users and partnerships with Google, Amazon, Microsoft and OpenAI. She previously held senior marketing roles at Neiman Marcus Group and AT&T.

Morrison brings deep experience in modern marketing, digital transformation and strategic partnerships and will lead the global marketing organization, including customer acquisition and go-to-market, as well as strategic product partnerships for Network Solutions Group. She will report to Puri.

“So many small businesses start as a name someone is nervous to type into a search box. For more than 30 years, people have trusted Network Solutions to be on the other side of that box,” said Morrison. “In that time, the tools and the choices have changed. I’m excited to join this team and make Network Solutions the first place the next generation trusts with that moment, and every moment after. We’re going to earn it.”

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Satish Hemachandran, Chief Product Officer, Bluehost Group

Since joining Newfold in 2022, Hemachandran has led Bluehost’s evolution from traditional hosting into an AI-powered platform built to help small businesses grow. He brings more than 20 years of product and P&L leadership experience, with a track record of building and scaling hosting, SaaS and AI-powered products at companies including Carestream Dental, Internap and Sun Microsystems.

As Chief Product Officer, Hemachandran will lead Bluehost’s global product organization and shape the company’s product vision and strategy, including its product roadmap, user experience and strategic product integrations.

“AI is creating a new kind of platform for small business that helps them turn ideas into action and achieve more,” said Hemachandran. “I’m incredibly proud of what our team has built, and we’re just getting started. With our scale, expertise and customer trust, we have a tremendous opportunity to reshape how millions of entrepreneurs build and grow, and I’m excited to accelerate that journey.”

Jesu Joseph, Vice President, Data and Business Analytics, Newfold Digital

Joseph brings more than 15 years of data and AI leadership at Dialpad, WP Engine, Corel, Autodesk and Dell, where he built analytics capabilities that drove growth and efficiency. At Newfold, he will lead a unified Data, Business Analytics and AI Enablement organization.

“Every great growth story is ultimately a data story,” said Joseph. “My job is to help us understand what small businesses around the world need, sooner, and turn that into better products and experiences for them.”

Newfold will continue investing in AI-enabled product innovation, infrastructure modernization and a more integrated end-to-end customer experience across its portfolio of brands. The strengthened leadership team adds the experience and capacity required to translate those investments into better customer outcomes, stronger execution and sustainable, profitable growth.