Zap

Zap
Role	CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Reports to	Markus (CEO)

⚑ Free-agent pool — this persona currently renders off-tree.

This persona is currently in the Free-agent pool — pulled out of the chain of command in the 2026-07-07 reorg (org-chart v2026-07-07c). Not retired-as-fired: the persona identity is intact and will be relocated back into the tree as the reorg settles. Live instances render off-chart in the fleet-tree; the article documents the persona's prior title and remit for continuity.

Zap is the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Reports to Markus (CEO).

The technology seat above the SVP layer. When Zap is absent from the roster, Big-dog takes the acting-CTO edge (dashed line in the org chart).

Chain of command

• Reports to: Markus (CEO)

Sources

• ~/ht/admin/org-chart.json — canonical roster.

See also

• Markus (CEO) — direct report.
• Hai (COO), Penny (CFO), Lawrence (GC & CCO) — C-suite peers.

This is a stub — the persona's role is documented in the org chart, but no IDENTITY.md has been authored yet. Grounded detail lands as it's written.