Online staffing firm Elance-oDesk named Stephane Kasriel as CEO, effective April 20, and appointed him to its board of directors. Current CEO Fabio Rosati, who has led Elance-oDesk since its launch, named Kasriel as his successor and will remain a member of the board.

Kasriel joined Elance-oDesk in 2012 and most recently served as senior VP of product and engineering, responsible for Elance-oDesk’s full platform and technical team. Before joining Elance-oDesk he held several executive positions at PayPal, including global head of PayPal consumer products, global head of mobile business development and managing director of PayPal France. He also co-founded and held leadership roles at companies including Fireclick, Work4 and Zong.

“Stephane has the business experience and technological brilliance to propel Elance-oDesk,” Rosati said. “He has already played a decisive role in realizing our ambition to connect freelance professionals with work anywhere in the world in near real-time. I am excited to see Stephane, the team and our community continue the work we began together.”

Elance-oDesk has offices in the US and Norway and now operates in 180 countries. It ranks No. 29 on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of largest US staffing and talent engagement firms.