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Harvey Dawson is responsible for helping the company balance business needs with solving for the customer, and offers valuable experience on important issues like privacy and sustainability. As a member of the executive leadership team, she plays a critical role in ensuring that HubSpot continues to grow and scale to meet its long-term objectives.

Harvey Dawson has over 20 years of broad-based legal experience overseeing corporate governance, corporate, M&A and commercial transactions, enterprise risk management, compliance, data privacy, intellectual property, regulatory and governmental/public affairs. At Gusto, Harvey Dawson sat on the executive leadership team and partnered with the business to incorporate forward-thinking legal, risk, and compliance strategies to enable the company to compliantly and innovatively serve the needs of its small business customers and their employees. Before joining Gusto, Harvey Dawson held senior legal positions with Sidewalk Labs, Harman International, Netflix, and Autodesk.

Harvey Dawson received her BA in Journalism from Michigan State University and was a Honors College member. She received her JD, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a board member of AppLovin and Make-A-Wish Connecticut and also serves on the advisory boards of the Quello Center and Georgetown Law’s Initiative on Gender Justice and Opportunity.

Alyssa Harvey Dawson

Caldwell joins as Michael Simon, founder and CEO of NDVR, Inc. and former co-founder, chairman, and CEO of [LogMeIn](/org/logmein), retires from the board. Simon joined HubSpot's board in 2011 and has supported the company through key milestones, including an IPO in 2014 and numerous product expansions over the years.

Caldwell has a proven track record in building and scaling well-known products, including previous roles at PowerBI at Microsoft, [Reddit](/org/reddit), [Looker](/org/looker), and Twitter, that will be invaluable as HubSpot continues to scale. His deep expertise in reporting and business intelligence, gained during his time as GM of PowerBI and chief product and engineering officer at [Looker](/org/looker), will be especially useful as HubSpot continues to build out its reporting capabilities.

Caldwell is a board member of /dev/color and BAMIT, organizations with missions of empowering Black professionals to build and grow careers in the technology space. He also co-founded Color Code, a scholarship fund dedicated to future leaders of color in technology fields.

Nick Caldwell

Over 15 years of experience advising & collaborating with C-Suite and a track record of leadership & execution across SaaS, digital advertising, multi-sided marketplaces, and technology businesses. Growth focussed executive- grown multiple early-stage/mature startups 2-3x revenue. Currently Vice President, Partnerships, Business & Corp Development at Wrike. Led strategic programs,GTM & Corp Strategy/Dev at Wrike, launched and served as GM for verticals. Prior to Wrike, led corporate strategy & development at OpenX & built Connected TV marketplace for OpenX. Joined OpenX from Ingram Micro, leading business transformation initiatives for $10B business unit focusing on long term profitability. Headed the strategy consulting practice at Bainbridge, & provided recommendations to C-level executives in F500 companies. Executed 6 M&A deals(led M&A for Wrike by Citrix for $2.25B). Hold 2 US patents in predictive analytics and published author at business insider, ad exchanger, bbc capital. Alum of Western Digital(F 500), Ingram Micro(F 100), J&J(F 50), Akzonobel(F 500), Siemens(F 500), OpenX, Citrix/Wrike & founded AI-based startup.

Archie Sharma

Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi

Kate Bueker is the current Chief Financial Officer at HubSpot. Prior to their current role, Kate served as the Senior Vice President of Business Finance & Operations at [Akamai Technologies](/org/akamai-technologies) from 2007 to 2018. From 2004 to 2007, they were a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group. Kate also spent a year as a Director at UBS and four years as a Vice President at Credit Suisse First Boston / DLJ. Prior to their financial career, Kate worked as a consultant at Price Waterhouse from 1993 to 1995. Kate holds a BA in Economics from [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Kate Bueker has a MBA in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA in mathematics from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university).

Kate Bueker works with Stephanie Cuthbertson - Chief Product Officer, Alison Elworthy - EVP, Revenue Operations, and Archie Sharma - VP, Business & Corp Development. Kate Bueker reports to Yamini Rangan, CEO.

Kate Bueker

David Meerman Scott is an advisor at [Hubspot](/org/hubspot) and a bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR. David has over 25 years of experience in marketing and public relations, including positions at NewsEdge Corporation and Knight-Ridder. 

Scott is a pioneer in web marketing and PR, and was one of the first to realize the potential of the internet for marketing and PR purposes. David ignored the old rules of marketing and PR, which emphasized print advertising and news releases sent only to journalists. Instead, they focused on creating content-rich marketing and PR programs that could be accessed by anyone online. This approach generated more interest from qualified buyers and resulted in millions of dollars in sales.

David Meerman Scott

Dharmesh Shah is the Co-Founder of [Hubspot](/org/hubspot). Dharmesh has also founded OnStartups.com and Pyramid Digital Solutions. Dharmesh has been a software developer since 1992.

Dharmesh Shah attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where they earned a B.S. in Computer Science. Dharmesh then went on to earn an M.S. in Management of Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, Dharmesh Shah has a certification from HubSpot in Inbound Certification.

Their manager is Yamini Rangan, CEO. Dharmesh Shah works with Kate Bueker - CFO, Alison Elworthy - EVP, Revenue Operations, and Archie Sharma - VP, Business & Corp Development.

Dharmesh Shah

Katie Burke

Leslie has used research to inform growth and innovation strategy for over 20 years. She’s held brand management, product marketing and business development roles in consumer technology and products, market research, media and publishing companies. Most recently, she held leadership positions at [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt](/org/houghton-mifflin-harcourt), [Care.com](/org/care-com) and CSpace. Her writing about parenting, motherhood and equity has appeared in [The Washington Post](/org/the-washington-post), Slate, Parents Magazine, among other publications.

Leslie Forde

Leilani Lindfield

Ryan Dennison

Annie O'Gorman

Katherine Suen

Jill Ward has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2017. Ms. Ward previously served as president and chief operating officer of Fleetmatics from April 2015 until its acquisition by Verizon Communications in November 2016. Prior to Fleetmatics, from 2001 to 2014, Ms. Ward served as vice president and then senior vice president and general manager at [Intuit](/org/intuit).  Prior to joining [Intuit](/org/intuit) in 2001, Ms. Ward served as division president of a customer contact outsourcing company serving enterprise clients in the financial services and technology spaces. Earlier, as a senior vice president at Fidelity Investments, she was responsible for marketing investment products to small businesses and consumers, and she also served in leadership roles at strategy consulting firm [Bain & Company](/org/bain).

Jill Ward

Whitney Sorenson is the Chief Technology Officer of HubSpot, where he is responsible for leading HubSpot’s engineering teams and technical strategy.

Prior to his role as CTO, Whitney was the Chief Architect at HubSpot, where he led HubSpot's infrastructure team and helped build a modern, scalable platform to move fast while deploying hundreds of services and products. Whitney has worked for startups and big companies alike but has always focused on building teams and developing innovative web technologies that deliver value to customers by creating something from nothing.

Whitney is a startup investor and advisor and holds a BS in Software Engineering from RIT.

Whitney Sorenson

Jay Simons has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2017. Mr. Simons has served as president of [Atlassian](/org/atlassian) Corporation Plc since August 2011. From June 2008 to August 2011, Mr. Simons was vice president of sales and marketing at [Atlassian](/org/atlassian). From October 2005 to May 2008, Mr. Simons served in various roles, including vice president, marketing, at BEA Systems, Inc. an enterprise software company, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2008. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Simons served in various roles, including vice president, product marketing & strategy, at Plumtree Software, Inc., a web software company, which was acquired by BEA Systems, Inc. in 2005.

Jay Simons

Avanish Sahai has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2018. Mr. Sahai has served as the global vice president of ISV and technology alliances at [ServiceNow](/org/servicenow), a leading enterprise software vendor, since December 2016. From May 2015 to December 2016, Mr. Sahai was the senior vice president of channels and alliances at [InsideSales.com](/org/insidesales-com). From April 2014 to May 2015, he was the senior vice president and chief product officer at [Demandbase](/org/demandbase). Prior to [Demandbase](/org/demandbase), Mr. Sahai served as the global vice president of ISV and channel alliances at Salesforce.com from June 2009 to April 2014. In addition, Mr. Sahai has held leadership positions at Oracle and [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company), as well as executive roles in product, marketing and business development at various early-to-mid stage startups in Silicon Valley.

Avanish Sahai

Brian Halligan is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of HubSpot, a customer relationship management (CRM) platform. HubSpot was founded in 2006, was first listed on the NYSE in 2014, and has grown to over $1 billion in revenue serving more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Prior to starting HubSpot, Brian was a Venture Partner at Longworth Ventures, was VP of Sales at [Groove Networks](/org/groove-networks) (acquired by Microsoft) and a Senior VP of Sales at PTC. Brian also served on the board of directors of Fleetmatics Group, a global provider of fleet management solutions, until its acquisition by Verizon Communications in November 2016.

Brian has been named to Glassdoor and Comparably’s top CEO lists several times.

He has co-authored two books, "Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs" with Dharmesh Shah, and "Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead" with David Meerman Scott and Bill Walton. 

He is a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School Of Management where he teaches Course 15.392 called "Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures." He has a BSEE from the University Of Vermont and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School Of Management.

He’s a member of the corporation at The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where he focuses on climate change.

Brian Halligan

Jeetu Mahtani is the Executive Vice President of Customer Success at HubSpot, where he is responsible for the vision and execution of customer service and support of HubSpot’s global customer base.

Prior to his role as EVP, Jeetu served as HubSpot's Senior Vice President of Sales and Managing Director of International Operations driving HubSpot's growth around the world. Jeetu founded the search marketing and lead generation practice at a marketing agency in the Boston area and grew the business to one of the fastest-growing marketing agencies in the region. As a former consultant in the SAP CRM space, Jeetu lived and worked in several countries including the US, Ireland, France, Hong Kong and India.

Jeetu can be found enjoying local cuisines and exploring garden and nature reserves. He holds an MS in Operations and Information Technology from [Worcester Polytechnic Institute](/org/worcester-polytechnic-institute).

Jeetu Mahtani

Eric Richard is the Chief Information Security Officer and Senior VP of Engineering at HubSpot, where he oversees HubSpot’s Cambridge and Dublin development teams and the development of all of HubSpot’s products. Eric brings more than two decades of experience in the tech industry as a founder, CTO, engineering, and business leader. Eric also serves as the co-executive sponsor of the Women@HubSpot employee resource group.

Prior to HubSpot, Eric was the SVP of Engineering at [Compete](/org/compete), where he led the company's developer and engineering team through growth and internationalization initiatives. Eric was previously the Chief Architect at [SPSS](/org/spss) and the VP of Engineering at Idiom Technologies. Eric began his career as the co-founder and CTO of NetGenesis, an online software company that went public in 2000 and was later acquired by [SPSS](/org/spss).

In his spare time, Eric spends time with his family, enjoys movies, and works to become a better runner. He holds a BS in Computer Science from MIT.

Eric Richard

Rob Giglio is the Chief Customer Officer at HubSpot, overseeing the marketing, sales, customer success and revenue operations teams. He has over 20 years of industry experience leading and executing global marketing and sales initiatives.

Before joining HubSpot, Rob served as Chief Marketing Officer at [DocuSign](/org/docusign) where he was responsible for marketing and digital sales. Prior to [DocuSign](/org/docusign), Rob was Senior Vice President, Digital Media Go-to-Market & Sales at Adobe where he was responsible for Adobe’s Creative Cloud and Document Cloud products and solutions. At Adobe, Rob led the global sales and GTM team of sales, marketing, digital and operations professionals with responsibility for over $7B in revenue for Adobe. Rob and his teams have been known for a relentless focus on customer acquisition and engagement through every step in the customer journey.  Rob’s previous professional experiences also include general management and marketing roles at Gap, [Williams-Sonoma](/org/williams-sonoma-inc), Clorox and [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble). 

Rob holds an MBA from the [University of Southern California](/org/university-of-southern-california) and a B.A. in Psychology from [San Diego State University](/org/san-diego-state-university).

Rob Giglio

Dr. Claudia Igbrude has worked in the technology sector in Ireland for nearly 20 years across SMEs, higher education, large multinationals and as an entrepreneur. She has conducted research and partnered with various stakeholders, organizational leaders to leverage technology for transforming how learners acquire knowledge and skills. 

Claudia is currently the Learning Technology Business Partner at [PayPal](/org/paypal) overseeing the technology infrastructure and learning platforms enabling learning and talent development of operations teammates globally and across multiple regions. She leads and works on diversity and inclusion initiatives including ERGs in EMEA such as Amplify (Black Employees), Believe (Interfaith) and is a champion for Justice by Design and Inclusive AI. 

She is also the Education lead for Women in AI Ireland and a co-founder of ScorMorApp.

Previously, Claudia was part of the Learning Teaching Technology Center of the Technological University Dublin (TUD) and worked alongside non-academic and academic staff to create the technology ecosystem for learning and teaching in the university. She also taught on postgraduate modules in TUD and the [National College of Ireland](/org/national-college-of-ireland) (NCIRL). She was an entrepreneur in natural skincare, health-tech, and games for learning. 

Building on a BSc(Hons) in Industrial Mathematics, Claudia earned postgraduate qualifications- MSc in Learning Technologies, Certificate in Intellectual Property & Media Law, PhD in Computer Science, and PG Diploma in Product Management. 

Claudia Igbrude

Jeanine is passionate about creating equitable environments in the corporate and local community in which people are afforded equal access to opportunities to thrive and progress. Throughout her career spanning the tech, private, finance, charity and community sector, she has worked towards creating inclusive, diverse work environments in which under represented talent can develop and grow.

Jeanine is an agent of change and works strategically with senior leaders, guiding organizations to recognize intersectionality and the importance of storytelling – which in turn fuels people’s curiosity and drive for self-learning and engaging with the principles of diversity.

Jeanine Francis

Sarah Devlin

Claire Hughes Johnson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2022. Since April 2021, Ms. Hughes Johnson has served as a corporate officer and advisor for [Stripe](/org/stripe). Ms. Hughes Johnson previously served as [Stripe](/org/stripe)’s chief operating officer from October 2014 until April 2021. During her time at [Stripe](/org/stripe), she led business operations, sales, marketing, customer support, risk, real estate, and all of its people functions. Prior to [Stripe](/org/stripe), Claire spent ten years at Google leading various business teams across general management, product, sales, support, and operations. Ms. Hughes Johnson serves on the boards of directors of [Ameresco](/org/ameresco), [The Atlantic](/org/the-atlantic), and [Aurora Innovation](/org/aurora-innovation).

Claire Hughes Johnson

Niall Delaney

Maire O'Connor

Stephen Kelleher

Nichole Williams

Marie Herlihy

Chris is the VP of Corporate Strategy and Product Operations at HubSpot. His teams are responsible for partnering with the executive team to define HubSpot’s long-term strategy; collaborating with the product leadership team; managing pricing and packaging; and product analytics. 

Before taking on Corporate Strategy, Chris scaled HubSpot’s Product Strategy and Operations function with a push to bring a freemium go-to-market model across all product lines. He was in the first class of the company's post-MBA Accelerated Leadership Program, a two-year cross-functional rotational program. Prior to joining HubSpot, Chris worked in investment banking at Barclays, where he covered infrastructure software and small-cap SaaS. 

Chris earned his MBA at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he was a Fellow in both the Center for Digital Strategies and Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from Boston College and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and CPA in Massachusetts. 

Chris Hogan

Ryan Kabir

Gracie Harrigan

Stephanie Cuthbertson is Chief Product Officer at HubSpot where she is responsible for leading the product strategy, design and user experience teams. She previously served as Senior Director leading Google’s Display, Video and App Ads product management team, one of Google’s largest revenue growth businesses. 

Stephanie was part of the team that built out Android’s developer platform and served as Senior Director leading the Android Developer Platform PM, UX and Developer Relations, as well as being one of the spokespeople for Android OS. She also served on Google PM Steering, which guides the PM discipline at Google, and co-founded the Kotlin Foundation, also serving as a board member. Stephanie has had various roles growing large-scaled platforms and developer ecosystems, including Google Search Ads, Amazon leading AWS Storage, and at Microsoft on Visual Studio. 

She attended Brown University where she graduated with honors, was a Royce Fellow, and graduation speaker.

Stephanie Cuthbertson

Kipp Bodnar is the Chief Marketing Officer of HubSpot, where he sets HubSpot’s global inbound marketing strategy to drive awareness and demand for HubSpot’s inbound marketing and sales products.

Prior to his role as CMO, Kipp served as Vice President of Marketing at HubSpot, overseeing all demand generation activity worldwide, building out the EMEA and APAC marketing teams, and managing HubSpot’s field marketing, localization, strategic partnerships, and social media efforts. Kipp serves as a marketing advisor for SaaS companies including SimplyMeasured, [InsightSquared](/org/insightsquared) and [Guidebook](/org/guidebook).

Kipp is the co-author of “The B2B Social Media Book: Become a Marketing Superstar by Generating Leads with Blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Email, and More.” An industry-leading speaker and blogger, Kipp is also a strategic advisor to three companies. He holds a BA in Journalism from [Marshall University](/org/marshall-university).

Kipp Bodnar

Yamini Rangan is Chief Executive Officer at HubSpot. Prior to becoming CEO, Yamini served as HubSpot's first-ever Chief Customer Officer, overseeing the marketing, sales, and services teams.

A tech industry veteran, Yamini has more than 24 years of experience ranging from product marketing, sales, and strategy. Yamini previously served as Chief Customer Officer at [Dropbox](/org/dropbox), where she was responsible for embedding customer focus across the organization. Before [Dropbox](/org/dropbox), she was VP of Sales Strategy and Operations at [Workday](/org/workday), where she helped quadruple revenue and scaled the sales organization. At SAP, Yamini held several customer-facing leadership roles in strategy, pre-sales and value-based selling and helped close landmark deals.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, a Master’s in Computer Engineering, and an MBA from Berkeley. In 2019, Yamini was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times.

Yamini Rangan

Alison Elworthy is the Executive VP of Revenue Operations at HubSpot, where she leads a unified team of operations professionals, dedicated to designing strategies, systems, and processes that power HubSpot as it scales. Alison believes that operations teams hold the key to breaking linear growth and achieving sustainable scale — and she's passionate about helping companies realize that vision.

Prior to her role as EVP of Revenue Operations, Alison led various functions at HubSpot as SVP of Customer Success, VP of Operations, Chief of Staff, Senior Manager of Sales Operations and Manager of Marketing Operations.

Alison also serves on the board of directors at [Varicent](/org/varicent). She holds a BS in Human Factors Engineering from [Tufts University](/org/tufts-university) and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Alison Elworthy

Dantley Davis leads design and research at Twitter. Prior to joining Twitter, Dantley was at Facebook, where he led product design for Stories, News Feed, and Video. He spent seven years at Netflix, where he was responsible for design and product strategy for television and mobile experiences. His work transformed streaming user interfaces across the SVOD industry.

Dantley received his undergrad degree and MBA from the [University of San Francisco](/org/university-of-san-francisco)..

Dantley Davis

Mark Roberge

JD Sherman was most recently the President and Chief Operating Officer of HubSpot, where he set company goals and aligns them across HubSpot.

Prior to HubSpot, JD spent six years as [Akamai](/org/akamai)'s Chief Financial Officer, where he was responsible for finance, strategic planning, and corporate development. During his tenure, [Akamai](/org/akamai) grew from over $200 million to $1.2 billion in revenue, with over 2,000 employees globally, and was added to the S&P500 index. JD also served as the Chief Financial Executive of IBM's $21 billion Systems and Technology Group. During his 15-year career at IBM, JD held a number of senior executive positions in finance.

As Vice President of Finance and Planning for the zSeries Server Division, JD served as financial and business leader for IBM's $5 billion mainframe computer division. He was instrumental in the company’s pricing strategies and led a worldwide finance and sales operations team responsible for an $800 million expense budget. JD also served as CFO for CommQuest, which was acquired by IBM. He developed the post-acquisition business plan and led the integration of CommQuest into IBM.

He holds a BA in Economics from [Emory University](/org/emory-university) and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

JD Sherman

Ron Gill has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2012. Mr. Gill held multiple positions at NetSuite, Inc. since joining in 2007 and served as chief financial officer from 2010 until March 2017, including through NetSuite’s acquisition by Oracle in November 2016. Prior to joining NetSuite, Ron was vice president, finance at Hyperion Solutions. Previously, he held a variety of financial positions with several technology companies, including SAP, Dell and Sony. Mr. Gill qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC guidelines.

Ron Gill

Lorrie Norrington has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2013. Ms. Norrington has served as an operating partner of [Lead Edge Capital](/org/lead-edge-capital), a growth equity investment firm, since 2013. Prior to [Lead Edge Capital](/org/lead-edge-capital), Ms. Norrington served in several senior management roles at [eBay](/org/ebay) from 2005 through 2010, including president of [eBay](/org/ebay) Marketplaces. Prior to joining [eBay](/org/ebay), she was the chief executive officer of Shopping.com and held senior positions at [Intuit](/org/intuit). Ms. Norrington also led a variety of businesses at General Electric Company over a twenty-year period in a broad range of industries. Ms. Norrington currently serves on the boards of directors of two other public companies, [Autodesk](/org/autodesk) and Colgate-Palmolive and also previously served on the boards of directors of Shopping.com, McAfee, [Lucasfilm](/org/lucasfilm), and DIRECTV.

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