Jason Holland

Chief Business & Operating Officer at Firework

Jason Holland is a C-Suite SaaS, Technology, and Media Executive, who resides in California. Joining Firework in May 2020, Jason has served in multiple Senior Leadership Team roles, as Global Business President, and expanding across his 4 year tenure into the current role of Chief Business & Operating Officer.

Jason has been a material contributor across the company, with accomplishments and contribution spanning fundraising efforts (Series A - $85M, Series B - $150M; $750M valuation), as an active participant among the Board of Directors (reporting ARR/NRR, growth forecasts, commercial opportunities, & risk), Cap Table Investor, and Founder of the Advisory Board.

His leadership roles include overseeing Firework's Global Sales, Sales Operations, Customer Success, Contracts/Deal-Desk/ Legal, Hiring/HR, Vendor Partnerships, Negotiation, Events/PR, General Management, and as Executive Sponsor to the company's Culture Committee.

He often leads interaction for Firework with press, media & trade journalists, participates with Fortune 500 C-Suite peers across consumer categories in panel discussions (CES, NRF, Cannes Lions, eTail, MediaLink, Brand Innovators, etc), produces thought leadership on topics including innovation, video commerce, AI, and leadership in company Blogs, and as an active contributor across a wide range of personal-professional topics as a recently named TopVoice on LinkedIn.

Actively involved in his community, Jason maintains Board and Advisory commitments for several 501-C3s, volunteers actively with initiatives to support the homeless, proactive treatment of addiction, and is a strong advocate for animal welfare.

In January 2022, Jason was appointed to the Board of Directors for the John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship at Miami University, where he is also an alumni of the business school. In his time as a student, Jason was an academic scholarship recipient (while working full time), honor student, member of the Student Senate, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jason attended St. Xavier, an esteemed Catholic College Preparatory High School. He was a National Merit Scholarship recipient recognizing outstanding academic performance, a multi-sport athlete, mission trip leader, and graduated with AP Class Honors. He regularly gets back to St. X, speaking to students and classes on the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership. Most recently, Jason participated as one of 3 St. Xavier / Miami University alumni to create an annual entrepreneurial scholarship award, with an endowment to be received by one student annually, contributing more than $100,000 over 5 years, and launching in 2024.

Location

San Mateo, United States

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Timeline

  • Chief Business & Operating Officer

    January, 2022 - present

  • President

    June, 2020

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