Alex Lintner

So we do have to adjust some of our security and privacy

dials to comply with the country-specific regulations.

And that's why we have the matrix function.

So some central functions that look at achieving scale, that look at achieving clear governance, doing everything the same way, and market-specific to the consumer needs, the context that is specific to a specific country or region.

That's how you should think about it.

I have a direct reporting line of 4,000.

We have 11,000 technologies.

So think of my function, 4,000 on my direct reporting line.

They roll up to me.

And that in my direct reporting line.

So all the way down.

I was joking.

Yeah.

I got seven direct reports and then it goes down.

And then the other 7,000 are in technology organizations.

And I still set the standards and the policies, our technology policy that everybody needs to work by, but they're not in my direct reporting line.

Yeah, we're trying to walk that fine line, exactly like I explained.

My job is build a backend that is superb, make our platforms the most secure and least expensive way for us to deploy software to our customers.

And the region's and the business unit's job is to build products that

respond to consumer needs.