JD Miller

JD leads Kantata’s global sales and partner strategies to support the increasing demand for Kantata’s purpose-built SaaS solutions for professional and embedded services organizations.

JD brings over 20 years of sales experience with valuable insights into cloud computing, enterprise technologies, and workforce solutions. His career has included roles at LexisNexis, West Monroe Partners, Workplace Systems, and BravoSolution -- backed by or exiting to private equity firms including Lloyds Development Capital, Insight Partners, Accel-KKR, and Thoma Bravo.

Prior to joining Kantata, JD served as CRO at Motus, a Boston-based reimbursement solutions provider for the mobile workforce in the fleet industry. Under JD’s nearly five years of leadership, the company experienced rapid ARR growth, strong EBITDA margins, net retention of over 100%, and high levels of customer satisfaction.

With a Ph.D. in organizational communication from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, JD’s leadership is marked by the intersection of technology, business, and humanity. He is active in the Chicago philanthropic community – serving as the Board Chair Emeritus of Care for Friends and a member of the Advisory Board of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois, where he has established the James D. Miller Endowment to support students pursuing business careers. His professional and community work have seen him recognized as one of the 20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans and a Notable LGBTQ Executive by Crain's Chicago Business.