Melissa Purcell

Melissa has over 25 years of professional experience and a strong track record in building and leading global marketing and customer facing organizations in high-growth companies. Prior to joining KBS, Melissa held the position of Chief Customer Officer at Brain Corp, a company with a focus on robotic commercial cleaning technology. During her tenure, she was responsible for developing and executing the marketing strategy, product management, and leading the customer facing teams. Prior to Brain Corp, Melissa was Senior Vice President, Marketing and Customer Success at SmartDrive Systems, where she was responsible for developing the marketing strategy building the marketing team, creating the brand, and leading customer acquisition and retention, resulting in record growth and establishing the company as a leader in a new market category. Before SmartDrive, Melissa held senior positions at Accelrys, Inc. (now Biovia), WebSideStory Inc., a SaaS-based real-time analytics company acquired by Omniture/Adobe, and several San Diego venture-funded companies.

Melissa earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Irvine.