Sam Bright

Sam Bright is Chief Product and Experience Officer at Upwork. Bright leads a globally distributed team across Product Management, Design, User Experience and User Research, Talent Success, Customer Experience, Community Management, New Businesses, Trust and Safety, and Business Development.

As a senior operating executive with over 16 years of extensive experience scaling technology teams, businesses, and transformational customer experiences, Bright’s career reflects a demonstrated track record of growing multi-billion dollar P&Ls, executing complex domestic and global transactions, and leading large teams through inflection points. Prior to joining Upwork, Bright was the Vice President and General Manager of Verticals at eBay and had P&L responsibility for the company’s North America vertical business units.

Bright has been named to Black Enterprise's 2018 List of the Most Influential Blacks in Technology, The Network Journal's 2018 40 Under Forty class, and Savoy Magazine's 2020 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America. He is credentialed as an NACD Governance Fellow, and serves on the Board of Directors at Benetech as well as on the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum Advisory Council.

Bright holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. in Management from Taylor University.