Michael Sonier

About

Michael Sonier is currently the Head of Product Management at Ceros. Prior to that, they were the VP of Products from March 2020 to February 2022. Before that, they worked at Magento, an Adobe Company, from July 2015 to March 2020 where they were the Sr. Director - Product. While at Magento, Michael was responsible for the P&L, strategy and day-to-day execution of all aspects of the product suite which included: target segments, go-to-market strategy, roadmap, pricing, sales and channel enablement, and strategic partnership opportunities. Michael also collaborated with engineering counterparts to lead agile development of our product roadmap. Michael was able to successfully grow product revenue by 110% YoY and increase product penetration rate by 15% in <3 years resulting in a 50% increase in contract value. Michael also trained and enabled global strategic partners leading to 50% pipeline contribution. Michael was a member of the pitch team for the spin-out from eBay which resulted in the acquisition by PE firm Permira. Michael was also the chief evangelist and gave frequent keynote speeches. Magento was acquired by Adobe for $1.68B in May 2018, 2.5 years post private equity spin out.

Their manager is Simon Berg, CEO. Michael Sonier works with Jamie Gier - Chief Marketing Officer, Matthew Wellschlager - Chief Strategy Officer, and Brian Abent - CTO.