These are the tech and product leaders who survived the Paramount-WBD merger — and the ones who are out

These are the tech and product leaders who survived the Paramount-WBD merger — and the ones who are out Skydance's co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz. NYSE Consolidation is underway at David Ellison's Skydance just a few weeks after the company closed its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.Skydance's chief product officer, Dane Glasgow, laid out the product and tech leadership structure of the combined entity in a memo viewed by Business Insider.Four top WBD executives are leaving, according to the memo.They include:Avi Saxena, Warner Bros. Discovery's chief technology officerTyler Whitworth, chief product officer for WBD's streaming businessDave Duvall, WBD's chief information officerTrish Collins Weedon, WBD's chief information security officer (CISO)Duvall, Saxena, and Whitworth will stay on in an "advisory capacity as we undergo this transition," Glasgow wrote.The company is mostly keeping Paramount executives in charge of its combined tech and product organization.These leaders include:Lakshman Nathan, Paramount's chief information officerCarlo Joseph, its chief information security officerJim Harrison, its executive vice president of infrastructure, broadcast, and distributionNick Lee, Paramount's executive vice president of media systems A few WBD executives are staying on in Skydance's post-merger leadership, per Glasgow's memo.They include Brinton Miller, formerly WBD's media technology and operations lead, who will serve as Skydance's executive vice president of production and studio technology, and James Crossland, formerly head of global content operations at WBD, who will serve as its EVP of global content operations.Skydance has spent the past year revamping its tech and product team, often recruiting talent from tech companies.Glasgow joined Paramount from Meta, while Lee joined from Microsoft's AI division. Other team leaders in its post-merger structure include head of design Suzanne Pellican, formerly a Google exec; Hugh Williams, a former Google, eBay, and Microsoft exec; and Barak Turovsky, who came to Paramount after serving as Chief AI Officer at General Motors and VP of AI at Cisco.In his memo, Glasgow expressed gratitude for the work of both Paramount and WBD staffers, writing that he was "encouraged by the early collaboration, the bold new ideas you're bringing forward, and your openness to exploring new ways of working with your colleagues."He also acknowledged the structural changes could be disruptive."I know a change of this scale brings questions, especially as we get to know new teams and colleagues," Glasgow wrote. "Your leaders will share more about their organizations in the coming weeks, and we'll bring our teams together soon to keep building with and learning from each other." Read next Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know James Faris is a media correspondent in New York City.He covers the business of media & entertainment, specifically the streaming, TV, and AI strategies of Hollywood giants like Disney, Skydance (Paramount-WBD), and Netflix. He previously wrote about the stock market, the economy, and real estate.James joined Business Insider after graduating magna cum laude from James Madison University.Email James at jfaris@businessinsider.com and follow him on LinkedIn. Dan is a correspondent at Business Insider covering TikTok, YouTube, and the business of social media.He writes about how creators earn a living from social apps, the inner workings of companies like TikTok, and the many ways that social media is impacting Hollywood and other industries like e-commerce, sports, music, and news.He previously wrote about marketing and entrepreneurship at Ad Age and Inc. Magazine. He was a McGraw Scholar in business journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and a graduate of Middlebury College. Disclosure: Dan previously worked at the ad tech company, The Trade Desk, where he was granted stock as part of his compensation. Exclusive