Here’s The First Tweets From People Who Now Work At Twitter

For a bit of fun, we thought it’d be intriguing to see what some of the Twitter big guns tweeted about for their first tweet.
We used this free public Twitter tool, which you can have some fun with here. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy. If we’ve missed some who you reckon should be involved, do the right thing and tweet us @bandt.
The Australian Team
Managing director: Karen Stocks – when entering her Twitter handle @KazStocks nothing came up.
Head of marketing: Marshall Maher
#current: oh snap! it’s getting ugly. associations? Keating 5??
— Marshall Maher (@Marvelle) October 16, 2008
Head of sales: Ian Wheeler
Sometimes I squat on the floor, put my arms around my legs and lean forward. That’s how I roll.
— Ian Wheeler (@iwheeler) November 11, 2013
Head of TV partnerships in Australia: Tony Broderick
watching the apprentice with Fiona over the internet…
— Tony Broderick (@brod) March 26, 2008
Sports partnership manager: Jonno Simpson
tryin to upload a somewhat cool photo. no chance
— Jonno Simpson (@JonnoSimpson) May 5, 2009
Lead account associate: Andrew Buckeridge
@TheCorminator #righthand #rematch #getupyapupya #budge @PBuckeridge
— Andrew Buckeridge (@AndrewBuckeridg) December 25, 2013
Global media partnerships: Chris Ledlin
@GeoffField Hey geoff!! how did today go…Did jack’s donations go well?? Chris
— chris ledlin (@chrisledlin) May 24, 2009
Account exec: Cindy Burke
Ad Campaigns Are Dead http://t.co/SbtgBhe via @adage
— Cindy Burke (@cindyburke) October 13, 2011
Account exec: Emily Foat
My first tweet!!! 🙂
— Emily Foat (@EmilyFoat) January 22, 2012
Partnerships of news and government: Flip Prior
Had a star-struck moment in the kebab shop after the show when I bumped into Keating. Have decided Eddie Perfect is a god!
— ⭐️ #FlipPrior ⭐️ (@FlipPrior) March 26, 2009
Brand strategy: Grant Baxter
The early bird catches the worm.
— Grant Baxter (@gnhbaxter) June 14, 2015
Account exec: Isaac Irvin
See how China develop new land estates http://t.co/5BKTXecE via @BI_TheLife
— Isaac Irvin (@findisaac) October 11, 2011
Sales: Jay Trudgen
I wonder if I’m going to remember any of this marketing lingo in the exam… So much info! Uughhh
— Jay Trudgen (@jaytrudgen) June 16, 2010
Music, entertainment and events partnership: Jennie Sager
working
— Jennie Sager (@thejenspot) March 10, 2010
Director of public policy: Julie Inman Grant
Tech companies leapt into the immigration reform fray http://t.co/ywcSaSCR5g
— Julie Inman Grant (@tweetinjules) September 4, 2013
Public policy fellow: Kara Hinesley
Hello Twitter! #myfirstTweet
— Kara Hinesley (@karahinesley) January 19, 2015
Account manager: Karilyn Thibodeau
I have caught the twitter bug and become obsessed.
— karilyn thibodeau (@karilynt) December 9, 2009
Head of account management: Lottie Laws
Thank the lord Donna Karan cares for us long ‘uns
— Lottie Laws (@Lottarama) July 21, 2009
Head of corporate comms: Nathan Burman
What’s a hash tag farken?
— Nathan Burman (@NBurman) October 24, 2008
Account manager: Nicole Cadiz
after enough pressure iv finally signed up to twitter. someone teach me. haha
— Nicole Cadiz (@knickers_) February 13, 2012
Senior account manager: Nivin Sewpershad
Had to create a second twitter account to separate family communication and normal twittering. Geek life.
— Nivin (@kingnivin) April 5, 2008
Senior account exec: Olly Wilton
@samjamrus you have smashing hair. Now there’s a headline I would like to get stuck in to…
— Olly Wilton (@ollywilton) January 20, 2009
Account manager: Paddy Laws
@danbeames thanks, bear with me… this is new to me
— Paddy Laws (@PaddyLaws) November 28, 2011
Account manager/content specialist: Roden Vuong
@kel247 haha thanks Hum Chum Kelly!!
— Roden Vuong (@rodenv) July 28, 2011
Sales: Rommibelle Castaneda
My first tweet ever.
— Rommibelle Castaneda (@rommibelle) April 2, 2009
Marketing and events coordinator: Summer Wards
trying to work out all the excitement over Twitter? …
— Summer Wards (@summerwards) September 9, 2009
Head of online sales: Suzy Nicoletti
Best Friday date night of the year #sumo pic.twitter.com/yOM8z0X65x
— Suzy Nicoletti (@suzynicoletti) February 9, 2014
Account coordinator: Teresa Walterman
yessssssss! https://t.co/bXy9fCAtGK
— Teresa (@twaltermann13) July 13, 2015
The global team
Co-founder and CEO of Twitter: Jack Dorsey Co-founder of Twitter: Evan Williams
Co-founder of Twitter: Biz Stone
Co-founder of Twitter: Noah Glass
President of global revenue and partnerships: Adam Bain
Vice president of global media: Katie Jacobs Stanton
Chief accounting officer: Robert Kaiden
Chief technology officer: Adam Messinger
Senior vice president of engineering: Alex Roetter
Senior vice president of product: Kevin Weil
Product manager, revenue: Ivan Santana
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