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Max Zheng is the Head of Data at [Metabase](/org/metabase). Max was previously the founder of Human Prosperity, Inc., a company with the mission of ensuring the prosperity of humanity by enabling everyone to be powerful, happy, productive, and prosperous. Prior to that, they were a data engineering manager and software engineer at Confluent, where they led the data infrastructure and warehouse efforts to enable the company to make key decisions with confidence using the latest batch and streaming ETL techs. Max also built data infrastructure/pipelines for the Data Science team to enable the company to make sound data-driven decisions. Max has also held positions as a senior software engineer at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) and Ariba. Max started their career as a technical analyst at [Procuri](/org/procuri).

Max Zheng is currently a student at the [University of Central Florida](/org/university-of-central-florida).

Max Zheng

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Alexander Kinn is currently the Head of Growth at [Metabase](/org/metabase). Prior to this, they served as the Director of Digital and Brand for [Gladly](/org/gladly) from March 2018 to April 2021. In this role, they were responsible for brand design and strategic marketing for a radically new approach to customer support. From January 2015 to March 2018, Kinn served as the Senior Visual Designer and Pursuit Lead for [Perkins&Will](/org/perkins-will). In this role, they were responsible for pursuits and business development for an international design firm. Alexander also served as the Senior Visual Designer for Pacific Forest Trust from February 2013 to January 2015, where they were responsible for communications and visual design for the most innovative name in forest conservation. Lastly, Kinn served as the Visual Designer for National Youth Science Foundation from August 2011 to February 2013, where they were responsible for content strategy and visual design for a small-yet-mighty nonprofit.

Alexander Kinn's educational career includes a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Their manager is Bruno Bergher, VP, Product & Growth.

Alexander Kinn

Sameer Al-Sakran is the current CEO at [Metabase](/org/metabase). Sameer has also previously worked as a data scientist, CTO, and software engineer at various companies. Sameer founded SimpleHadoop and Adopilot, and was also a researcher at Genetic Programming Inc. Sameer has a wealth of experience in the engineering field and is dedicated to making Recruiting Engineers suck less.

Sameer Al-Sakran has a MS in Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics from [Stanford University](/org/stanford) and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

Some direct reports include Ariya Hidayat - Chief Architect, Bruno Bergher - VP, Product & Growth, and Cynthia Balusek - VP, Success Engineering.

Sameer Al-Sakran

Cynthia Balusek is the Vice President of Success Engineering at [Metabase](/org/metabase). Cynthia has over 25 years of experience in software engineering and global customer support. 

Cynthia started their career as a software engineer and quickly rose through the ranks to become a senior director at [Civitas Learning](/org/civitas-learning-inc). In this role, they led a team of software engineers and project managers to deliver software solutions to clients. Cynthia also created the first services and support headcount model and budget to allow for growth and scale.

In 2017, Cynthia became the Vice President of Global Customer Support at Revionics. In this role, they were responsible for post-sales services, education, and support. Cynthia led a global team of customer support representatives using agile methodologies to achieve results. Cynthia also conducted the first NPS (Net Promoter Score) and customer satisfaction survey, creating an action plan to address areas of improvement.

In 2020, Cynthia joined [Metabase](/org/metabase) as the Vice President of Success Engineering. In this role, they are responsible for overseeing the success of [Metabase](/org/metabase) customers. Cynthia also participates in presales activities to help sell the [Metabase](/org/metabase) solution and services to major accounts.

Cynthia Balusek has a master's degree in business administration from [Baylor University](/org/baylor-university)'s Hankamer School of Business, a BA in politics from [Randolph College](/org/randolph-college), and a certification in project management from the [Project Management Institute](/org/project-management-institute). Cynthia also has a certification in Disciplined Agile Scrum Master from the [Project Management Institute](/org/project-management-institute).

Cynthia Balusek reports to Sameer Al-Sakran, CEO. They are on a team with Ariya Hidayat - Chief Architect, Reza Lotun - VP, Engineering, and Bruno Bergher - VP, Product & Growth.

Cynthia Balusek

Matt Harmon is currently the Vice President of Revenue at [Metabase](/org/metabase). Prior to this, they served as the Vice President of Global Sales at Concord from December 2020 to November 2021. In this role, they were responsible for revenue growth, sales forecasting, and deal management. Matt also mentored and coached Concord's sales team.

From August 2015 to December 2020, Matt served as the Head of NA Enterprise Inside Sales & Development at [Asana](/org/asana). In this role, they were responsible for driving sales of [Asana](/org/asana)'s enterprise products and services within North America. Matt also oversaw the development and implementation of sales strategies and initiatives designed to increase sales and grow [Asana](/org/asana)'s customer base within North America.

Prior to joining [Asana](/org/asana), Matt spent two years at SurveyMonkey as an account executive and corporate account manager. In these roles, they were responsible for managing SurveyMonkey's relationships with its corporate customers. Matt also helped grow SurveyMonkey's customer base within the corporate sector.

Matt has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

They are on a team with Reza Lotun - VP, Engineering, Ariya Hidayat - Chief Architect, and Stephanie Redish - Chief of Staff, Head of Operations. Matt Harmon reports to Sameer Al-Sakran, CEO.

Matt Harmon

Bruno Bergher is the VP, Product & Growth at [Metabase](/org/metabase), a position they have held since January 2021. Prior to that, they were the VP Product at [Gladly](/org/gladly), Inc. from January 2018 to January 2021.

At [Gladly](/org/gladly), Bruno was responsible for the Product Management, Product Design and Brand Design functions, and was part of the senior leadership team. Bruno helped grow revenue by 12x and number of customers by 6x over a 2.5 year period, delivered on product functionality which won over much larger competitors, such as [Zendesk](/org/zendesk), Oracle, [Salesforce](/org/salesforce), [Talkdesk](/org/talkdesk), [Five9](/org/five9) and more, and built a highly-engaged, world-class team of 15 which consistently delivered simple, effective features in a complex, mission-critical product with a huge footprint.

Bruno also established processes which significantly improved collaboration within the product organization and cross-functionally, leading to a much shorter feedback cycle between customers and the roadmap. Bruno acted as the face of the product for prospects and customers, presenting in user conferences, key customer meetings and board meetings, and consistently drove excitement and alignment with our customer base towards the future of the product.

Bruno Bergher has a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

Some of their coworkers include Ariya Hidayat - Chief Architect, Cynthia Balusek - VP, Success Engineering, and Victoria Spektor - Director, People Operations. and Alexander Kinn - Head of Growth reports to Bruno Bergher. Bruno Bergher reports to Sameer Al-Sakran, CEO.

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