Lautenbach joins The Post from Marriott International, where he was Vice President of Emerging Digital Products. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade in Silicon Valley. He was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Design for Light, where he led the record-breaking launch of the L16 Camera. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer of Zuckerberg Media and as the co-founder of the music sharing app, Rexly, which was acquired by Live Nation. Earlier in his career, Lautenbach worked at Disney as a producer for ABC News and “Good Morning America” and as a product manager for Walt Disney Imagineering.

He will be based in The Post’s D.C. headquarters.