LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (RAMP) - Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan Resign from Board
On January 27, 2023, Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, who has served as a director of LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. since 2020, informed the Board of Directors of the Company of her intention to resign from the Board, effective immediately, to pursue a new venture.
Genpact Limited - Darren Saumur Resign from Board
On February 6, 2023, Darren Saumur, Senior Vice President and Global Operating Officer of Genpact Limited informed the Company of his decision to resign from this position, effective as of February 20, 2023, to pursue another career opportunity. The Company expressed its appreciation for Mr. Saumur’s service to the Company.
Slam Corp Board Board Changes
On February 2, 2023, Barbara Byrne notified Slam Corp. of her decision to resign as a member of the Board of Directors effective as of February 2, 2023.
Ms. Byrne’s decision to resign was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices. Ms. Byrne was independent of the nominating committee and the board's audit committee.
Also on February 2, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of Alex Zyngier as a new director of Company. Mr. Zyngier has been appointed to serve on the Company's audit committee, with the such appointment effective upon his becoming a director of the Company.
PriceSmart, Inc. - Juan Ignacio Biehl Resigns as EVP and CTO
On February 3, 2023, Juan Ignacio Biehl, Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer of PriceSmart, Inc., informed the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer that he plans to resign to pursue other opportunities. The Company and Mr. Biehl have not set a last day of employment for Mr. Biehl, and the Company intends to work with Mr. Biehl on transition matters in the meantime.
Marne L. Levine informed Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) of her decision to resign from her position as Chief Business Officer.
On February 8, 2023, Marne L. Levine informed Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) of her decision to resign from her position as Chief Business Officer of Meta. Ms. Levine will step down from her position as Chief Business Officer effective February 21, 2023, and thereafter will remain an employee of Meta during a transition period expected to conclude in the summer of 2023.
TWILIO INC - Eyal Manor resigns as Chief Product Officer
On February 14, 2023, Eyal Manor informed the Company of his decision to resign as the Company’s Chief Product Officer, effective February 28, 2023.
SenesTech Names Nicole Williams as Chief Revenue Officer
PHOENIX, Ariz., February 16, 2023. SenesTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNES, the rodent fertility control experts and inventors of the only EPA-registered contraceptive for male and female rats, ContraPest®, today reported the appointment of Nicole Williams as Chief Revenue Officer. Ms. Williams was previously Chief Strategy Officer, and this appointment is part of an expansion and restructuring of the sales organization and commercialization efforts.
Checkpoint appointments
Blackbaud appointed two new directors to its board. Yogesh K. Gupta, president and CEO, Progress Software Corporation, and Rupal S. Hollenbeck, chief commercial officer, Check Point Software Technologies, joined Blackbaud’s board of directors. In addition, Timothy Chou, Ph.D., and Joyce M. Nelson retired from the Blackbaud board.
Blackbaud named Chad Anderson chief accounting officer. Prior to this role, Anderson served Blackbaud as senior vice president and corporate controller.
LivePerson Appoints Jim Miller to Board of Directors
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2023, LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN), a global leader in Conversational AI, today announced that James Miller, former Chief Technology Officer of Wayfair, Inc., has been appointed as an independent member of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”), effective immediately. Miller replaces Ernest Cu, who stepped down from the Company’s Board due to other professional obligations requiring the increased commitment of time.
Miller will fill the seat of Ernest Cu, who has stepped down in light of increased professional obligations outside of LivePerson. “Ernest has been a valued member of our Board, and on behalf of the full Board, I thank him for his valued insights and contributions during his tenure,” said Layfield.
Following the appointment of Miller, LivePerson’s Board will continue to comprise nine directors, eight of whom are independent and nearly half of whom have joined the Board in the past year. This board appointment was unanimously approved by the LivePerson Board.
Rackspace Technology Appoints Leading Technology Executive Anthony Roberts to Board of Directors
SAN ANTONIO – February 1, 2023– Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end multi-cloud technology solutions company, today announced the appointment of Anthony Roberts to its board of directors, effective as of January 30, 2023. Roberts is filling the board seat recently vacated by Tim Campos, who stepped down due to his increase of time commitments related to his new role as Chief Information Officer at Apple.
Rigetti Computing Appoints Jeffrey Bertelsen as CFO and Promotes David Rivas to CTO
The Company also announced leadership changes in the CFO and CTO positions. Jeffrey Bertelsen will replace Rigetti’s current Chief Financial Officer, Brian Sereda, effective February 15, 2023, and Mr. Sereda will thereafter remain with the Company as a non-executive employee until March 31, 2023, in order to support the transition. Mr. Bertelsen comes to the Company with more than 25 years of experience as a finance executive, most recently as CFO and COO of CyberOptics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of high-precision sensors and inspection systems for the semiconductor and electronics industry.
In addition, effective February 9, 2023, David Rivas has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer, replacing Mike Harburn who is leaving the Company effective February 9. Mr. Rivas previously served as Rigetti’s Senior Vice President, Systems and Services since March 2019, overseeing the engineering and operations of Rigetti’s Quantum Cloud Services platform.
Hirevue Appoints Natalie Dopp as Chief People Officer To Spearhead Employee Experience for the Company's Next Stage of Growth
Source: GlobeNewswire, February 15, 2023
Hirevue appointed Natalie Dopp as its new Chief People Officer. Dopp will be responsible for developing and executing strategies that enhance the employee experience and support the company's growth plans in her new role.
Dopp brings over 20 years of experience in human resources, talent management, and organizational development to the role. Prior to joining Hirevue, she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at a publicly traded software company.
Bubblr Executes on 2023 Strategy With CFO Appointment and Filing to Uplist to OTCQB Source: GlobeNewswire, Date: February 14, 2023
Bubblr Inc. (OTC PINK: BBLR), an ethical technology company focused on developing an Ethical Web Open-Source platform for advancing a better Internet, today announces the appointment of David Chetwood as Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Chetwood brings a wealth of experience to the CFO role. Prior to joining Bubblr, he spent 21 years at GKN Aerospace, including VP of Finance and Company Secretary. He served as an Executive Vice President at Compass Aerospace for five years and, prior to that, spent 12 years as CFO at Westmont Industries Group.
Infinicept Appoints Anne Jeanette LeBell as CTO
Source: GlobeNewswire Date: February 9, 2023
Infinicept, a payment facilitator platform for payment service providers, has appointed Anne Jeanette LeBell as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). LeBell will lead the company's engineering, product, and data science teams and drive product innovation and technology strategy.
LeBell has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership, having previously held leadership roles at several companies including Oracle and NetSuite. In her new role, she will leverage her experience to help Infinicept accelerate its growth and deliver innovative payment facilitation solutions.
Chief Outsiders Appoints John Blessing to Head Up Fractional Chief Sales Officer Service
Source: GlobeNewswire , Date: February 10, 2023
Chief Outsiders, a leading provider of fractional chief marketing officer services, has appointed John Blessing to head up its fractional chief sales officer service. In his new role, Blessing will help Chief Outsiders' clients build and scale their sales teams, processes, and systems.
Nation’s largest provider of Fractional CMO services taps sales veterans to lead parallel offerings designed to counter executive sales talent shortage and improve client sales performance.
Blessing brings over 25 years of experience in sales leadership, strategy, and operations to the role. He has previously held leadership roles at several technology and services companies, including IBM, Xerox, and EMC.
Monolithic Power Systems Appoints New Board Member
Source: GlobeNewswire, Date: February 8, 2023
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (“MPS”) (Nasdaq: MPWR), a fabless company with a global footprint that provides high-performance, semiconductor-based power electronic solutions, announced the appointment of Eileen Wynne to its Board of Directors (the “Board”) on February 7, 2023.
Eileen Wynne, has served as interim Chief Financial Officer of IDEX Biometrics ASA (“IDEX”), a provider of fingerprint identification technologies, since August 2022, and supported IDEX on a consulting basis since December 2020. From November 1999 to June 2019, Ms. Wynne held various managerial and senior roles at Analog Devices, Inc. (“ADI”), a global semiconductor company, including Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from May 2013 to June 2019, and interim Chief Financial Officer from March 2017 to September 2017.
Customer.io Appoints Jason Lyman as Chief Marketing Officer
Source: GlobeNewswire, Date: February 7, 2023
Customer.io, a leading Customer Engagement Platform for tech-savvy marketers, announces Jason Lyman as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
As CMO, Jason will establish a world-class marketing function for Customer.io where he will have direct responsibility for its global marketing strategy and execution. Jason’s initial plans include creating an integrated marketing plan that supports Customer.io’s dual go-to-market motion, driving increased customer engagement, unlocking new marketing efficiency, and growing the reach of the Customer.io brand.
Jason has served in several senior leadership roles in his career. As the VP of Marketing at Ethos, he developed their B2B marketing function. As the Senior Vice President of Marketing at BetterCloud, he led their category creation efforts and established the company as the market leader for SaaS Management Platforms.
Dataiku Appoints Ren Lee as Senior Vice President of Marketing
Source: GlobeNewswire, Date: February 02, 2023
Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, today announced the appointment of former head of Google global demand operations Ren Lee as Senior Vice President of Marketing, Americas.
New hire marks the latest momentum for the leading AI company to drive growth in the Americas market.
An accomplished global leader, Lee brings more than 18 years of technology sales and marketing experience to Dataiku, with a particular focus in leading B2B teams through rocketship growth. Lee will be tasked with driving growth in the crucial Americas market, working closely with the Dataiku executive team to develop and execute a comprehensive marketing and demand generation strategy that will drive the company's success towards its core audiences from commercial to enterprise.
Most recently, Lee ran demand generation at SailPoint Technologies, overseeing Americas, EMEA, JAPAC regional, global partner marketing, global campaigns, executive programs, and strategic events divisions. Prior to this, she spent a decade at Google maturing and accelerating their Cloud, Workspace, and Google Ad tech business units.
Coda Payments Appoints Shane Happach as Chief Executive Officer
Source: GlobeNewswire, Date: February 02, 2023
Payment solution veteran to steer Coda through key growth stage
Singapore, Feb. 02, 2023 Today, Coda Payments (“Coda”), the leading provider of cross-border payments and distribution solutions to publishers of digital content, announced the appointment of Shane Happach as Chief Executive Officer.
An industry leader in payments and financial technology, Happach brings over 15 years of payments experience to Coda. Happach spent a decade driving more than 500% growth at Worldpay, one of the world’s largest payment service providers, leading the commercial function of its online payments division from 2011 until 2016 and serving as its Executive Vice President from 2016 to 2021. He most recently acted as CEO of Mollie, a next-generation payments and financial services player for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Happach will be responsible for growing Coda’s ecosystem of users, content publishers, and channel partners while expanding its consumer and B2B product offerings.
Happach will relocate to Singapore and take up his new role in May. He takes over from Philippe Limes, who has served as CEO since 2019.
Kaltura Appoints Eyal Manor to its Board of Directors
Source: GlobeNewswire, Date: February 01, 2023
Manor, a former Vice President & General Manager at Google Cloud and VP of Engineering at YouTube, is an expert in enterprise cloud software, video solutions, and product-led-growth
Kaltura (Nasdaq: KLTR), the Video Experience Cloud, announced today that Eyal Manor, the Chief Product & Engineering Officer at Twilio, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Eyal brings to Kaltura a wealth of knowledge and vast experience in developing and bringing to market successful SaaS products.
Eyal has an impressive background in building and scaling products and technologies and brings a wealth of experience to Kaltura’s board. Eyal is the Chief Product Officer at Twilio, leading product and engineering for the Communication platform and Segment‘s CDP. Before joining Twilio, Eyal spent 14 years at Google. He was a Vice President & General Manager at Google Cloud, leading a portfolio of products and technologies, including the Kubernetes Engine, developer platforms, and others.
Boyden Appoints Distinguished Talent Solutions Leader Chad Hesters President & CEO
Succession planning for Trina Gordon’s retirement, led by Chairman Craig Stevens, resulted in the marquee hire of Chad Hesters.
Boyden, is delighted to announce the appointment of Chad Hesters as President & CEO, effective immediately. He takes the reins from Trina Gordon, who retires after 12 years as CEO, 3 years as Chair, and 30+ years as a Managing Partner in the firm.
Chad Hesters was previously a Managing Partner at Korn Ferry, where he held geographic and business line leadership roles in addition to being a Senior Client Partner in the global industrial practice. He has over 15 years of experience in executive search and organizational consulting, leveraging his global perspectives and expertise to deliver leadership consulting solutions for clients.
Digital.ai Promotes Derek Holt to Chief Executive Officer
February 14, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Industry veteran brings extensive leadership experience and a wealth of industry knowledge to continue company growth.
Digital.ai, the leading enterprise platform for AI-driven software development, announced the promotion of Derek Holt as Chief Executive Officer today. Holt joined Digital.ai in 2020 and most recently served as General Manager of the Intelligent DevOps division. He succeeds Stephen Elop, who will return to the role of Executive Chairman, which he assumed in 2020. Elop will continue to be engaged with customers and the management team.
FINEOS Announces Ian Lynagh as Chief Financial Officer as New CFO
February 14, 2023, Business Wire, DUBLIN
FINEOS Corporation (ASX:FCL) today announced the appointment of Ian Lynagh as Chief Financial Officer.
Lynagh had been working closely with the CFO in his role as the company’s chief commercial officer.
He has over twenty years of experience with FINEOS and has previously held the positions of EVP North America, based in Boston, and Sales Director Europe, while based in Dublin.
Prior to joining FINEOS, Lynagh worked in several senior roles at Northgate Information Solutions in the UK. A graduate of Dublin City University, he holds an honors BSc Degree in Computer Science.
Vaultree Appoints Technology Industry Veteran Rinki Sethi to Its Board of Directors
BUSINESS WIRE, February 14, 2023
CORK, Ireland Vaultree, the Data-In-Use Encryption leader, today announced the appointment of Rinki Sethi to the company's board of directors.
Rinki Sethi is the current vice president and chief information security officer at BILL, where she leads global information technology functions. She is also responsible for leading efforts to protect BILL’s information and technology assets and advise the company’s continued innovations in the security space.
Sethi holds several recognized security certifications and has a B.S. in Computer Science Engineering from UC Davis and a M.S. in Information Security from Capella University.
Ventiv Technology Appoints Jennifer Butts as New VP of Information Security
BUSINESS WIRE, February 14, 2023
Ventiv Technology, the leading provider of advanced analytics for risk, claims and underwriting solutions, today announced the appointment of Jennifer Butts as Vice President of Information Security.
The addition of Butts to the Ventiv team is another strategic move to accelerate the company’s leadership position in SaaS and on-premise solutions for the risk, claims administration, and insurance industry.
Butts, a dynamic leader and technology visionary, has over 20 years of software experience specializing in data security, privacy, and compliance. She earned the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designation and led teams through preparing for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 certifications and creating formal security programs from scratch. Her recent experience working with a software company that provided multiple products, ranging from single- to multi-tenant and both on-premise and hosted environments, makes her uniquely qualified to expand Ventiv’s information security practice.
Executive with over 20 years of experience chosen to further Ventiv’s data security and privacy standards team.
Torq Poaches Splunk’s Josh Morris as New SVP of Worldwide Sales and Taps Chief Marketing Officer Don Jeter From Pax8
BUSINESS WIRE, February 13, 2023
Torq further accelerates growth and global expansion with world-class hires as broader tech sector struggles with revenue declines and layoffs.
Torq, the security automation leader, today announced the addition of new Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales Josh Morris and Chief Marketing Officer Don Jeter to its executive team.
Together, Morris and Jeter will be responsible for helping propel Torq into its next phase of growth and shape the company’s sales and marketing strategies to maximize its pipeline, customer engagement, and brand reach and engagement.
Morris is a highly-experienced executive with more than 20 years of sales leadership in global companies across all aspects of cybersecurity. He has a demonstrated history of working in both public companies and early-stage ventures. Morris was previously Group Vice President at Splunk and has held sales leadership positions at Palo Alto Networks, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence via Silversky acquisition, and Symantec via Messagelabs acquisition.
The addition of Morris follows the appointment of Paulo Veloso, Vice President of Sales, Americas, another cybersecurity visionary who joined Torq after serving as a key sales leader at Splunk.
John Di Leo Appointed as Everbridge Chief Revenue Officer
BUSINESS WIRE, February 13, 2023
Di Leo brings strong global sales leadership experience across direct and channel organizations at leading, high-growth SaaS businesses.
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning software solutions, today announced the appointment of John Di Leo as Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for leading the company’s global sales and go-to-market teams including global partnerships, business development, professional services, and Everbridge’s centers of excellence.
Mr. Di Leo joins Everbridge, effective immediately, and reports to Chief Executive Officer David Wagner.
Prior to Everbridge, Mr. Di Leo served as Chief Revenue Officer of Zix, a leader in email security and encryption. In this role he integrated and optimized a complex set of sales motions: direct (both Enterprise and SMB), VAR channels, and managed services partnerships. In addition, his close collaboration with the product organization enhanced Zix’s delivery in the European market which resulted in doubling of international annual recurring revenue (ARR) in less than two years. Following Zix’s acquisition by OpenText, Mr. Di Leo served as SVP of OpenText.
Before Zix, Mr. Di Leo served as Chief Revenue Officer at Entrust|Datacard where over two-thirds of the company’s revenues were from outside North America and Mr. Di Leo’s team conducted business in 190 countries and with many of the Global 2000.
Recruit Holdings Announces Appointment of Katrina Lake to Board of Directors
February 13, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE 6098) announced today its Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members for the fiscal year 2023. These members are subject to approvals at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled in June 2023.
The Company has decided to appoint Katrina Lake to the role of Outside Director of the Board to strengthen further the management and supervision of its overall business operations and to enhance enterprise value.
Katrina has a wealth of experience and extensive knowledge gained both from building a technology based platform business in the U.S., and her tenure serving as CEO and Chairperson of an expanding business that is publicly traded on the U.S. stock exchange. She also has experience serving on the Board of Directors of some platform companies, including one that was publicly traded.
Booz Allen Appoints Andrew Turner to Lead Global Commercial Business
BUSINESS WIRE, February 10, 2023
Turner Will Deliver an Integrated Vision of Booz Allen’s Portfolio of Cybersecurity Services
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) announced today that it has appointed Andrew Turner to lead the firm’s Global Commercial business. In this role, Turner will deliver an integrated vision of Booz Allen’s portfolio of cybersecurity services, including strategy, risk management, incident response, cyber defense, cloud, and operational technology to help commercial clients achieve positive business outcomes and growth.
Turner assumes this role after joining Booz Allen in 2020 and previously serving as the chief technology officer and market strategy lead for the firm’s Global Commercial business.
Skyworks Appoints Maryann Turcke to its Board of Directors
BUSINESS WIRE, February 09, 2023
Accomplished Executive Brings Extensive Media and Telecommunications Experience
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), an innovator of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors connecting people, places and things, today announced that the company has appointed Maryann Turcke to its board of directors.
Turcke most recently served as senior advisor to the infrastructure division of Brookfield Asset Management. Her previous experience includes chief operating officer for the National Football League (NFL) and more than a decade in senior executive roles at Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE), a publicly traded telecommunications company, including as president of Bell Media, a division of BCE.
Turcke, currently serves as chair of the board of Playmaker Capital Inc., a publicly traded digital sports media company, as well as on the boards of the Royal Bank of Canada, a publicly traded financial services company; Frontier Communications Parent, Inc., a publicly traded telecommunications company; and Diamond Sports Group, LLC, a privately held media and entertainment company and subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.
Bessemer Venture Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Litify as Legal Tech Company Achieves Profitability
February 09, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Bessemer Partner Brian Feinstein Joins Litify Board of Directors to Guide Next Stage of Growth and Continued Product Development for Corporate Legal Departments and Law Firms
Litify, the best-in-class end-to-end legal operating platform, announced today that Bessemer Venture Partners has acquired a majority stake in the company as it achieves profitability and continues its next phase of growth.
Bessemer Partner Brian Feinstein will serve as Chairman of Litify’s Board of Directors. He brings 15 years of business and vertical SaaS expertise to the company’s strategies and operations. Bessemer has a long history of investing in industry-defining software companies including Procore, ServiceTitan, Shopify, Toast, nCino, and Vlocity. The firm has a successful track record of helping to grow cutting-edge legal technology companies including Clio, Disco, and Anaqua.
Since being founded by John Morgan and Reuven Moskowitz in 2016, Litify has grown to service over 45,000 legal professionals globally, including iconic clients such as Salesforce, and Morgan & Morgan, America’s largest injury law firm.
Magnit Appoints Doug Barnett as CFO to Accelerate Global Reach
February 09, 2023, BusinessWire
Barnett to pursue modernization and operational excellence as the company leads the evolution of work
Magnit, an Integrated Workforce Management (IWM) platform provider, today announced that Doug Barnett has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). In this role, Barnett will work to scale the company’s global operations as it leads the evolution of work.
Barnett has more than two decades in executive roles within the tech and software sectors. Most recently, he spent four years as the executive vice president (EVP) and CFO at the Sabre Corporation, spearheading the company’s global finance organization and corporate development initiatives. Previously, Barnett has also served as EVP-CFO of Informatica and TriZetto Corporation, as well as being CFO of UGS.
Barnett joined Magnit closely on the heels of the company’s extensive rebrand. A veteran and industry leader in contingent workforce management, Magnit has been guided by its ongoing mission to make planning, attracting, and managing the best talent faster and more effectively for over 30 years.
Assent Appoints Aaron Korsen as Senior Vice President of North American Sales to Lead Growth in Supply Chain Sustainability and Product Compliance Solutions
February 15, 2023, BusinessWire
Strategic hire will help manufacturers navigate increasing compliance and sustainability requirements
Assent Inc. (Assent), a leader in supply chain sustainability management, has appointed Aaron Korsen as Senior Vice President of Sales, North America.
The hire comes at a time of rapid growth for Assent as the company delivered another year of double-digit sales growth in 2022 and recently launched its complete end-to-end ESG solution to help manufacturers manage upcoming and expanded supply chain reporting requirements.
Based in Orange County, CA, Korsen brings over 20 years of manufacturing ERP and supply chain experience to Assent. Most recently, he spent three years at Mitek Solutions (NASDAQ: MITK) as the Senior Vice President of Sales. While Korsen led sales at Mitek, the company surpassed a record $100 million in annual revenue. Prior, he spent three years at Oracle NetSuite, a leading integrated cloud business software company.
Anatomy IT Appoints Three C-level Executives as Demand Builds for More Innovative and Proactive Healthcare Technology Solutions
February 15, 2023, BusinessWire
Anatomy IT, a leader in managed IT and cybersecurity for the healthcare industry, announced today the appointment of several new executives with extensive healthcare and business experience to drive its next growth phase. The new executives are:
David F. Smith III, Chief Financial Officer
Curt Thornton, Chief Commercial Officer
Jennifer Clarke, Senior Vice President, People
As CFO, David will work closely with Anatomy IT’s executive team to drive growth, integrate acquisitions, and provide scalable infrastructure. David brings over 25 years of finance and strategic leadership experience, recently serving as Caregivers' Chief Financial Officer. David leverages his public accounting background, private equity experience, and deep healthcare knowledge to transform and consistently implement value-creating growth.
As Senior Vice President, People, Jennifer leads Anatomy IT’s human resources division. Previously, Jennifer held HR leadership roles at Town & Country Living, Amazon, and Time, Inc.
Brinqa Expands Leadership Team to Support Accelerating Growth
February 15, 2023, BusinessWire
Cyber risk management innovator welcomes Mayuresh Ektare and Dimitri Vlachos
Brinqa™, a leader in cyber risk management, today announced two new appointments to its leadership team: Mayuresh Ektare as senior vice president of product management and Dimitri Vlachos as chief marketing officer. Between them, they have decades of experience leading successful, high-performing teams in cybersecurity.
With a resumé spanning 23 years at companies such as Trend Micro, Aerohive Networks, Zingbox, Inc., and Palo Alto Networks, Ektare has demonstrated proven expertise in bringing industry-disrupting enterprise solutions to market. Leading the product team as SVP of product management, Ektare steers Brinqa’s product roadmap to continue meeting customer demand amidst a dynamic threat landscape.
Vlachos joins Brinqa with more than 20 years in marketing leadership roles at companies including Riverbed Technology, Proofpoint, and Devo. As CMO of Devo, he built the company’s brand and marketing organization from scratch, helped create more than $2B in market valuation, and established Devo as a leader in the cloud-native logging space. He also serves as a board advisor to CYTRIO and Rebel Data.
Gigamon Names Dee Dee Acquista Vice President of Worldwide Channel and Alliances
February 15, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Gigamon, the leading deep observability company, today announced that Dee Dee Acquista has been named vice president of Worldwide Channel and Alliances. With 25 years of experience in channel strategy, Acquista brings a fresh perspective as she and the team build on the company’s channel-first strategy to propel the Gigamon Catalyst Partner Program and its deep observability pipeline to new heights.
For more than a decade Acquista has been consistently recognized on reputable industry lists, including Channel Marketing Journal’s Channel Change Agent (2018-2021), CRN’s Channel Chief (2018-2022), CRN’s Power 100 (2018-2022), and CRN’s Women of the Channel. Most recently, she served as the vice president of Channel Sales at Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud, where she was responsible for program management, strategy, design, and execution. Prior to Mandiant, Acquista served in several channel sales leadership roles at Proofpoint, SentinelOne, and BeyondTrust. She was also a Founding Board Member of the Ingram Micro Security Vendor Advisory Board and she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communication studies from Florida State University.
SpyCloud Expands C-Suite to Build on Growth in Cybercrime Analytics Market
February 15, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Ronak Patel and Heather Smith are promoted to SpyCloud’s executive team as CTO and CMO
SpyCloud, the leader in operationalizing Cybercrime Analytics™, today announced the promotions of two executives: Ronak Patel will take over the role of Chief Technology Officer and Heather Smith will serve as SpyCloud's Chief Marketing Officer. Patel replaces co-founder Alen Puzic as CTO; Puzic will now transition to Chief Information Officer.
Ronak Patel, Chief Technology Officer, SpyCloud
Ronak Patel joined SpyCloud in 2018 as Director of Engineering, with over a decade of experience in leading software development positions at ReIntent, Waterfall and IBM. He has been key to the development of innovative solutions that have significantly impacted SpyCloud’s technology initiatives and operations. As CTO, Patel will lead SpyCloud's technology vision and strategy.
Heather Smith, Chief Marketing Officer, SpyCloud
Heather Smith has nearly 20 years of experience in B2B SaaS marketing and has spearheaded brand and growth initiatives at SpyCloud since 2019 as the company’s first full-time marketing hire. Prior to SpyCloud, she ran events at Rackspace Technology, creating the company’s first-ever hosted conference, workshop and retreat program. As SpyCloud’s CMO, she will continue to lead the global brand, communications, demand, product marketing, and sales development teams – shepherding the company into its next phase of growth and championing novel solutions that bring SpyCloud into new markets.
Sendoso Expands GTM Leadership Team, Industry Partners and Peer-to-Peer Recognition During Global Expansion
February 15, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Sendoso, the leader in direct marketing automation, today announced the addition of a new Go-To-Market Leadership Team to continue the strong momentum the company achieved in 2022. The additions come on the heels of Sendoso’s Elevate Conference, an exclusive customer event where more than 200 brands and marketers across the industry converged to share marketing strategies to help drive growth and enhance customer satisfaction in 2023.
Leading Direct Marketing Automation Company Celebrates 2022 with Key Growth, Global Expansion, Innovation, and Customer Experience Milestones; Achieves G2, TrustRadius Recognition.
Joining the Sendoso leadership team are Bryan Seltzer, EVP of Revenue; Egan Callahan, VP Customer Experience; Karen Steele, Chief Marketing Advisor; and Linda Fitzek, VP of Revenue Operations. The new team will help extend Sendoso’s growth after a year where it increased partnerships by nearly 30 percent, teaming up with some of the biggest brands in financial services, healthcare, real estate, sports and software/technology.
Ontra Appoints Megan Hansen as Chief People Officer
February 14, 2023, BUSINESS WIRE
Ontra, the leading provider of contract automation and intelligence solutions for the world’s most prominent asset managers, today announced the appointment of its first Chief People Officer, Megan Hansen, who will be responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing world-class global talent across the organization.
Before joining Ontra, Megan was the chief people and culture officer at Smartsheet, a leading enterprise platform for work management, where she led the organization’s people team during a time of tremendous growth. She has also held several prominent human resource and talent roles, serving as the senior vice president of people at MOD Pizza, vice president of talent management for Outerwall, including its Coinstar and Redbox brands, and leading global HR programs at Frog Design.
Qumulo Expands Leadership Team with Technology Industry Veterans Ryan Farris and Brandon Whitelaw
February 14, 2023 BUSINESS WIRE
New executive team members with extensive cloud expertise join company with strong momentum and recent 22% increase in customer base
Qumulo, the radically simple way to manage exabyte-scale data anywhere, today announced the appointment of Ryan Farris as Vice President of Product and Brandon Whitelaw as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships.
They will help drive cloud innovation and strategic partnerships as Qumulo enters a new chapter of growth and continues to help customers Scale Anywhere™. The new hires come just after the company wrapped up its fiscal year 2023 with a 22% increase in customers, highlighting the company’s understanding of the vast and dynamic data storage environment.
Prior to Qumulo, Farris was the CTO at Anitian, a leading provider of cloud security and compliance automation. His team focused on the creation of disruptive software used by enterprises seeking to accelerate the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) process.
Whitelaw also comes from Amazon where he led worldwide go-to-market strategy for AWS's storage portfolio along with vertical solution development. Prior to AWS, Whitelaw was Chief of Strategy for Dell's File and Object division where he developed their hybrid multi-cloud strategy and led collaboration efforts with Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and AWS.
EngageSmart Appoints Mark Daoust as Chief Customer Officer, Enterprise Solutions
BUSINESS WIRE, February 14, 2023
EngageSmart, Inc. (NYSE: ESMT), a leading provider of vertically tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions, has appointed Mark Daoust as Chief Customer Officer of Enterprise Solutions. In this role, Daoust will oversee Implementations, Onboarding, Pricing, Settlement Operations, Client Services, and Customer Success across EngageSmart’s Enterprise solutions including InvoiceCloud, HealthPay24, and DonorDrive.
Daoust has over 25 years of experience in the enterprise technology space. He spent nearly 15 years at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise where he held a variety of leadership positions including as the Vice President of Operations and Services. In this role, he was responsible for leading a 350-person team focused on enablement, implementation, delivery, and support for seven software-as-a-service (SaaS) products including digital archiving, compliance, and eDiscovery. Following, he served as the Chief Customer Success Officer at Quickbase, a leading no code/low code SaaS platform, where he built a new Customer Success function from the ground up to serve over 6,000 customers. During Daoust’s tenure, Quickbase grew from $80m to $180m ARR and was recapitalized under Vista Equity in 2019.
WNS Announces Departure of COO, New Organizational Structure
BUSINESS WIRE, February 15, 2023
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) solutions, today announced that Mr. Gautam Barai has decided to step down as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective May 15, 2023 to pursue other interests.
Over the next three months, Gautam will help ensure a seamless transition to the company’s new organizational structure, which will become effective April 1, 2023. The new structure will feature four “Strategic Business Units” (SBU), each headed by a Chief Business Officer (CBO), and will eliminate the current COO role.
The four SBUs will combine the company’s eight current verticals into logical groups while maintaining each vertical as an independent business unit and continuing to report their quarterly revenue contribution.
Lawrence Lu Joins Dialpad as Vice President of Engineering to Continue Investment in Ai
February 16, 2023, BusinessWire
Lawrence brings 20+ years experience in B2B tech to Dialpad as the company leads the industry forward in the next generation of customer and contact center agent experiences, powered by Ai
Dialpad, Inc., the industry-defining Ai-Powered Customer Intelligence Platform, today announced the hiring of Lawrence Lu as Vice President of Engineering. Lawrence’s extensive background in software and engineering will support Dialpad’s mission as it leads the industry forward in redefining the customer and contact center experience while enabling organizations to unlock tremendous advances in collaboration, productivity, customer satisfaction, and revenue for long-term growth.
Before joining Dialpad, Lawrence held positions as the Director of Engineering at Instacart and Senior Engineering Manager at Facebook. Between 2009 and 2020, Lawrence spent over a decade at Google as a Senior Staff Software Engineer where he was responsible for managing over 120 engineers across iOS, Android, Web, Google Home and WebRTC.
Lawrence joins the company at a monumental time, following Dialpad’s launch of Ai-Powered Customer Intelligence and Dialpad Ai Labs. Dialpad is committed to revolutionizing AI for the greater good of business communications and business outcomes. The $50M that Dialpad has committed to AI will go towards the continued research and development (R&D) of artificial intelligence (AI) related technologies to accelerate the development of cutting-edge features to automate business processes and provide predictive insights.
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