Avalara, Inc. announced the appointment of global business leader and strategist Brian Sharples to its board of directors. Sharples is co-founder and former CEO of HomeAway and currently serves on the board of directors for Yelp, GoDaddy, RVShare, Fexy Media, and Ally Financial Group. Avalara also announced that Justin Sadrian, a managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC, will be leaving its board of directors when his current term ends in June 2020.