Santa Clara, California–(business wire) — Propel Software, creator of the first Product Value Management (PVM) platform, today named Salesforce and Accenture industry veteran Ross Meyercord as Chief Executive Officer. Co-founder and former CEO Ray Hine will lead product and customer initiatives as the company’s first Chief Strategy Officer. Meyercord and Hein leverage their 70+ years of experience to help the product lifecycle management (PLM) industry reach a strategic inflection point, as a rigid legacy provider seeks market leadership in the next generation of cloud-native his Accelerate Propel’s growth while yielding to solutions.
Meyercord is recognized for his expertise in leading revenue growth and scaling companies in highly competitive markets, including leadership roles in enterprise SaaS sales, technology, business development and sales operations. I’m a SaaS executive. Prior to joining Propel, Meyercord was the Chief Revenue Officer of Pluralsight, where he led a team of 900 people to generate global revenue and in annual recurring revenue he achieved more than $500 million. Meyercord also spent five years at Salesforce as Global Chief Information Officer, where she helped grow the company’s annual revenue from $2.5 billion to over $10 billion. Sales, service, and platform her software to customers in all segments. Meyercord began her career at Accenture, spending her 22 years as a consultant and partner in the Communications & High Tech group, which specializes in large-scale transformational programs.
“The board and I chose Ross because of his previous experience working with manufacturers, implementing PLM and quality management (QMS) solutions, and serving as Salesforce Global CIO, and his understanding of customer challenges. Founder of Propel, “As the divide between technology lagging and innovative product companies continues to deepen, Ross has real-world, proven experience and It helps our customers be very successful.”
Propel CEO Meyercord said: “Our recent release of Slack integration, which enables supplier management, product information management, rich visualizations, and collaboration from anywhere, accelerates our pace of innovation. While we’re focused on making it smarter, we’re already 100% low-code/no-code and focused on introducing the features our customers need to win in the market.”
As Chief Strategy Officer and Director of Propel, Hein leverages his experience in manufacturing and product development technology to lead corporate strategy. Hein brings his knowledge to clients to help them succeed by increasing revenue and profit margins on the PVM platform.
“Now that the cloud is taking over manufacturing, it’s a great opportunity for Propel. Legacy on-premises solutions have reached their breaking point and product companies must either modernize their technology or face obsolescence.” said Sean Jacobsohn, partner at Norwest Venture Partners and director of Propel. “Ross’ experience is a perfect complement to Ray’s industry knowledge, and together they enable our customers to maximize his ROI from his Propel investment.”
“Ross has a deep understanding of how enterprise companies derive value from mission-critical cloud applications and knows how to scale companies across segments while maintaining the core values that make them successful. ,” said Matt Holleran, managing partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners. Propel board member. “He’s a great CEO of Propel.”
About Propel software
Propel helps product companies increase revenue and increase business value. Our product value management platform connects commercial and product teams to optimize decision-making, increase process efficiency, and engage customers with compelling products and experiences. Propel has a proven track record of improving product quality, reducing time to revenue and profit, and increasing customer satisfaction. Repeatedly recognized as a winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Propel is built on Salesforce and drives the product success of hypergrowth startups, enterprise pioneers and Fortune 500 leaders in the high tech, medical tech and consumer goods industries. We are promoting. For more information, visit propelsoftware.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
