Eric Best ^{Top-Executive}

Driven growth-stage CEO with proven record in data cloud, SaaS, cloud integration, digital commerce, currency and advertising. As founder/CEO, grew and led companies to shareholder liquidity including cash exits to Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Liberty Interactive (NASDAQ:LVNTA). Twenty years’ hands-on contributions range from day-one founder to public offerings (NASDAQ:CHUBK) and board directorships:

- Founder/CEO/CXO experience spanning the complete growth company lifecycle
- Effective negotiator of complex capital and financial structures including VC, PE, and debt financing from top tier institutions
- Key contributing executive through public offerings and listings (NASDAQ)
- 19-year public board director; chair experience on all governance committees; successful shareholder proxy, tender offers, capitalization, strategic acquisitions
- Skilled builder of high-functioning teams aligned on common goals, culture and values
- Proven ability to identify nascent technology trends with massive market potential
- Proven ability to time and drive disruptive products and services to market
- Lead sales executive responsible for total top line, driving strategic customer wins
- Dynamic, effective communicator, public speaker and thought leader
- Guerilla and social marketing expert versed in mobile-first engagement
- Experience building innovative SaaS platforms on pure-cloud and data infrastructure (GCP, AWS and Azure)
- Direct product management/marketing/GTM leader for MS Windows, Amazon Marketplace, and numerous growth stage software and SaaS products