BERLIN & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 2, 2025--
Camunda, the leader in agentic automation, has announced the appointment of Ryan Shopp as Chief Marketing Officer. Ryan brings over 20 years of experience in growth and product marketing across the enterprise technology sector. Before joining Camunda, Ryan served as Chief Marketing Officer at AI-native test automation leader, mabl. Prior to that, Ryan held senior marketing leadership roles at Deep Instinct, AppDynamics, and New Relic.
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As CMO, Ryan will focus on scaling Camunda’s marketing operations, building a high-impact marketing growth engine. He will be responsible for growing brand awareness with enterprises and through the partner ecosystem, highlighting how Camunda’s platform enables organizations to design and orchestrate smarter, more connected and trusted agents at scale.
In late 2024 Camunda surpassed $100M in ARR mark and over the last 12 months the company has seen great market momentum. Camunda was recently named by Gartner as a Visionaryin the2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) and a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Software, Q3 2025. Today, 9 of 10 top banking companies and 4 of the top 5 global insurance companies rely on Camunda.
“It’s an exciting time to join Camunda, with demand for agentic automation surging as organizations look to unlock the full value of agentic AI,” commented Ryan Shopp. “I’m looking forward to advancing Camunda’s go-to-market strategy and helping drive the company’s next phase of growth.”
“Ryan brings a wealth of enterprise technology experience and knowledge of the US and international markets, which will be invaluable as Camunda continues to grow,” said Jakob Freund, CEO and Co-Founder, Camunda. “With agentic orchestration fundamental to scaling enterprise automation, Ryan will play an integral role in helping to communicate the value of Camunda’s platform as we elevate our global presence.”
About Camunda
Camunda is the leader in enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes, including high-value knowledge work, across agents, people and systems. By creating production-ready, enterprise-grade agents with built-in governance, Camunda uniquely delivers trusted AI agents for business-critical processes. Over 700 leading innovators like Atlassian, ING and Vodafone, rely on Camunda to slash time-to-value from months to days, boost operational efficiency and elevate customer experiences. Ready to become an AI-first enterprise? Visit camunda.com.
Ryan Shopp, Chief Marketing Officer, Camunda
NEW YORK (AP) — If LeBron James knows where he will play this coming season, he's still not saying.
The NBA's career scoring king and current free agent spoke publicly for the first time in weeks Thursday afternoon, indicating that a decision is close — though stopping short of revealing which team he'll choose to play for this fall, despite at least one cry from someone in a jampacked room shouting for him to “pick a team.”
“I won’t hold you guys up too much longer," James said.
The four-time NBA champion had a pair of appearances Thursday: He recorded an episode of his “Mind the Game” podcast alongside guest co-host Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers in New York on the opening day of Fanatics Fest, then spoke at the Game Plan Summit presented by CNBC and Boardroom later in the afternoon.
At the summit, he told Boardroom co-founder Rich Kleiman in an on-stage conversation that making this decision has a slew of layers — many of which, it seems, are off the court.
“It’s not just about the team,” James said. “There’s so many other factors that I’m factoring in right now on what best fits me as a player, what best fits me as a person and what best fits my happiness, and also my family as well.”
At Fanatics Fest, an 11-year-old in the crowd asked James about free agency and his next team — “first of all, that was a hell of a question and some of the media people here probably should learn from the young fella," James said — and the youngster got perhaps the best answer of the session, with James indicating that the 2026-27 season may not necessarily be his last as a player.
“It's a big decision for not only myself, but for my family as well,” James said. “Just for the last part of my career and where I want to spend the last few years or the last year or the last two years of my NBA career ... I'm going to try to fit into whatever team I'm going into — but also give them all the tools and give them all the knowledge that I've been able to grasp over the last 23 years. I know the game. I know the ins and outs of the game of basketball.”
James playfully chided Haliburton for asking him about his future — “didn’t we talk about this in the back?” James asked, and Haliburton said he would ”leave it alone.”
Of course, they didn't leave it alone. James made reference to a slew of teams such as Cleveland, Miami, Philadelphia and Golden State, though didn't appear to give much in the way of hints. He did sip from a bottle of red wine that he opened and shared with Haliburton, calling it one of his podcast traditions.
And when fans shouted out suggestions for James' next team — one even asked him to play for the New York Yankees — no clues were forthcoming.
“We'll see,” he said.
James is the NBA’s oldest active player at 41 and the only player in league history to have a career spanning 23 seasons; this coming season will be his 24th. Speculation has been rampant for more than two months about his future, officially starting in May when the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated from the NBA playoffs.
At that time, James said he didn’t know what he would be doing.
And the only developments that he’s revealed since came on June 30, when he said he would play this coming season and that he was leaving the Lakers after an eight-season run highlighted by the 2020 NBA title.
For more than two weeks, the NBA has been waiting to hear what comes next. James, as he did in a social media post at the time, lauded his time with the Lakers, who also offered him well wishes as he moves forward.
“I spent eight great years with the Los Angeles Lakers,” James said.
James’ resume is beyond compare in NBA history. He’s a 22-time All-Star, a 21-time All-NBA selection, a four-time Most Valuable Player, a four-time NBA Finals MVP, a three-time All-Star Game MVP, and was a member of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team.
He’s also coming off a season where he averaged 20.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game. For his career, he’s averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 7.4 assists in more than 1,600 games.
James started his career in Cleveland in 2003 and spent seven seasons with the Cavaliers before heading to Miami for four seasons — where he won his first two titles. He then returned to Cleveland for four more seasons, leaving in 2018 to start an eight-season run with the Lakers.
Cleveland and Miami are believed to be on James' radar again as he weighs this decision, as are several other teams including Philadelphia, Minnesota and Golden State.
“I’m looking forward to what comes next as I wind down my journey,” James said.
Reynolds reported from Miami.
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FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James throws chalk in the air before an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
