Spiff automates and optimizes commissions plans and motivates commissioned reps. Their goal is to solve the headache of running commissions for the finance team, reduce friction between finance and sales, and increase sales performance.

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Anna Fisher is the Chief Marketing Officer at Spiff. Anna is responsible for shaping corporate brand and strategy and developing the lead generation, digital, advertising, and demand generation programs to support it.

Fisher is a proven marketing and sales leader, having managed revenue marketing programs through two acquisitions and an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in nearly a decade in marketing leadership roles at ZoomInfo. During her tenure at the company, Fisher most recently served as Vice President of Marketing. In her role heading up brand awareness, lead generation, product and customer marketing, she helped guide ZoomInfo through its merger with DiscoverOrg and saw the company through its IPO in June 2020. During her eight years at the company, Fisher was instrumental in ZoomInfo’s 2,000 percent growth as it matured from a tactical tool for sales reps and marketing managers to a strategic offering for Chief Revenue and Marketing Officers.



Anna Fisher

Leslie Stretch joined the Board of Directors in February of 2021. Mr. Stretch, who has had a storied career leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) organizations, is currently president and chief executive officer at customer experience (CX) management leader, [Medallia](/org/medallia), which he took public in 2019.

Mr. Stretch joined [Medallia](/org/medallia) in 2018 and guided the company to a successful IPO in July 2019. The company has emerged as a leader in the Customer and Employee Experience management platform market; in December, the company was named a Leader in Gartner’s first Magic Quadrant for Voice of the Customer and has an enterprise value north of $7 billion.

Prior to [Medallia](/org/medallia), Mr. Stretch was the President and CEO of Callidus Software, an early leader in the sales commissions space, for 11 years. Callidus was acquired by SAP for $2.6B in 2018.

Leslie Stretch

Jeron is a 4x founder who loves building software companies. Prior to founding Spiff, Jeron founded Capshare, Scalar, and Boardlink. He has worked as a Director of Product Management at Thomson Financial, a Principal at Signal Peak Ventures (formerly vSpring Capital), a $400M early-stage venture capital firm, and as the CEO of Scalar Partners. Jeron loves outdoor endurance events, soccer (indoors and out) and mountain biking. Jeron has a dual concentration degree from BYU in Philosophy and Economics and an MBA from Harvard.

Jeron Paul

Matt Stapleton is currently the Co-Founder & COO at [Spiff](/org/spiff). Prior to this, they were the Head of Shareworks Startup at Shareworks by [Morgan Stanley](/org/morgan-stanley) from May 2019 to September 2019. Before that, they were an Associate at Scalar Analytics from February 2011 to April 2014 where they provided independent valuation and transaction advisory services to limited partners, general partners, and private companies. In April 2010 to June 2010, Matt was an Intern at BoomStartup helping review applications to the summer incubator program and reviewed contact lists for marketing of events to the general community. From January 2010 to April 2010, Matt was a Class Due Diligence Intern at Kickstart Seed Fund. From May 2009 to September 2009 Matt worked as a Software Developer at Bidmail Inc.

Matt Stapleton's educational career includes a BS in Business Management: Entrepreneurship from [Brigham Young University](/org/brigham-young-university).

and Carolyn Passey - Head of Customer Success reports to Matt Stapleton. They are on a team with Mike Ries - Co-Founder & CTO, Matt Gahr - Chief Revenue Officer, and Anna Fisher - Chief Marketing Officer. Matt Stapleton reports to Jeron Paul, Founder & CEO.

Matt Stapleton

Casey Crouch is currently the Co-Founder and Head of Front-End Engineering at [Spiff](/org/spiff). Prior to this, Casey was a Software Engineer at Capshare, Inc from October 2014 to October 2018. There, they were a full-stack developer and team lead for a large scale equity management web application using Ruby on Rails and React. Casey's responsibilities included code design and architecture, training and development of team members, implementation and coordination of new features and enhancements.

Prior to Capshare, Casey worked as a contractor from June 2013 to September 2014 where they developed for several clients, primarily delivering front-end work but often providing back-end support as well. Casey contributed substantially to design, and was responsible for all front-end work at Mindquest, Inc. Casey also worked within a highly customized Wordpress theme at Go Moment, Inc., and provided PHP when necessary. Lastly, they solely developed, designed, and established hosting for WEDO, Inc, using a premium Wordpress theme.

Before their career in software engineering, Casey was Customer Service and Field Supervisor at Basin Recreation District Park City Utah from January 2007 to December 2013. Casey also worked part time as a Software Engineer at Safestream, Inc from August 2006 to May 2010.

Casey Crouch completed their undergraduate degree at the [University of Utah](/org/university-of-utah), where they studied biochemistry. They then went on to complete a BS in the same field.

Casey Crouch reports to Mike Ries, Co-Founder & CTO.

Casey Crouch

Raphael Bres is the current Chief Product Officer at [Spiff](/org/spiff). Prior to this, they served as the Chief Product Officer at [Tradeshift](/org/tradeshift) from February 2020 to August 2021. Raphael has also held positions as the Vice President & General Manager - Financial Management at [FinancialForce](/org/financialforce) from October 2015 to February 2020, the Vice President of Product Strategy - Financials at Workday Inc. from November 2012 to October 2015, and the Principal Group Program Manager - Dynamics ERP at Microsoft Corp. from July 2008 to November 2012. 

Raphael began their career in 1998 as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting. Raphael then became the Global Development Manager at Oracle Corp in 1999 and held that position until 2000 when they became the Senior Strategy Manager - Financial products. Raphael remained with Oracle Corp until 2006 when they joined Microsoft Corp. 

Raphael has a long history of working in product strategy and management with a focus on financial products. Raphael's experience and expertise have been invaluable in their role as Chief Product Officer at [Spiff](/org/spiff).

They are on a team with Matt Stapleton - Co-Founder & COO, Mike Ries - Co-Founder & CTO, and Anna Fisher - Chief Marketing Officer. A direct report to Raphael Bres is and Albert Candari - Head of UX. Raphael Bres reports to Jeron Paul, Founder & CEO.

Raphael Bres

Matt Gahr is the Chief Revenue Officer at [Spiff](/org/spiff), a company that provides an expense and AP automation platform. Prior to joining [Spiff](/org/spiff), Matt was with [Infrrd](/org/infrrd), a company that provides AI-powered data processing solutions. Before that, they were with NotMe Solutions, a company that provides software solutions for businesses.

Matt has also been an advisor and investor for [The James Brand](/org/the-james-brand), and an investor for Balter Brewing Company. Matt has over 14,000 customers and 4.5 million users in more than 120 countries.

Matt Gahr has an MBA from the University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management. Matt also has a BS in Business Admin and Int'l Affairs from the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. Matt has a High School Diploma from [Copenhagen International School](/org/copenhagen-international-school).

Their manager is Jeron Paul, Founder & CEO. Matt Gahr works with Mike Ries - Co-Founder & CTO, Matt Stapleton - Co-Founder & COO, and Anna Fisher - Chief Marketing Officer.

Matt Gahr

Mike Ries is the Co-Founder and CTO at [Spiff](/org/spiff). Mike was previously a Software Engineer and Computer Scientist at MX Enabled from December 2013 to December 2017. Before that, they were the Lead Developer at BuyPD, LLC from June 2012 to December 2013 where they managed a team of 6 developers. Mike has also been the Lead Developer at Class B Media from October 2010 to June 2012 and at Bloosky from December 2007 to October 2010.

Mike Ries has a BS in Computer Engineering from [Brigham Young University](/org/brigham-young-university).

A direct report to Mike Ries is and Casey Crouch - Co-Founder & Head of Front-End Engineering. Their manager is Jeron Paul, Founder & CEO. They work with Matt Gahr - Chief Revenue Officer, Anna Fisher - Chief Marketing Officer, and Raphael Bres - Chief Product Officer.

Mike Ries

Madison Meyer

Albert's career manifesto is to bring humanity to products through Design Thinking. Prior to Spiff, Albert was the Director of Product Design at [Instructure](/org/instructure). Instrumental in [Instructure](/org/instructure)'s successful IPO, he spearheaded the product research and design of two flagship products. He helped build numerous Human-Centered Design teams in diverse types organizations from global non-profit, growth companies to publicly traded companies.

Albert Candari

Arsham joined Lightspeed’s growth practice in 2019 to invest in product-driven software companies. Before moving West, Arsham spent five years in Boston at the expansion stage venture firm, OpenView, where he invested in companies like Deputy, Highspot, and GitPrime, among others. Arsham studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and is an active member of the school’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Council.

Arsham Memarzadeh

Sean Jacobsohn is a partner at [Norwest Venture Partners](/org/norwest-venture-partners) and former enterprise cloud executive with broad technology, sales and business development expertise. He focuses on early to late stage investment opportunities in enterprise cloud, including mobile-first business applications, human assisted AI, B2B marketplaces, and industry cloud solutions. He currently serves on the board of [FloQast](/org/floqast), Legion, Propel, and [Spiff](/org/spiff), and is a board observer for [Demandbase](/org/demandbase) and [Prodly](/org/prodly). Sean led Norwest’s investment in [Workato](/org/workato), and previously served on the board of Engagio (acquired by [Demandbase](/org/demandbase)), and Rallyteam (acquired by [Workday](/org/workday)). Prior to Norwest, Sean served on the board of Satmetrix (acquired by [NICE](/org/nice)).

Sean Jacobsohn

Gavin Christensen received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and has spent more than 20 years as a seed-stage investor. He currently serves on the boards of Banyan, [Boombox](/org/boombox), Chargeback.com, [Chatbooks](/org/chatbooks), Grow, Jackrabbit Systems, Lucid Software, Photopharmics, Rackware, [TaskEasy](/org/taskeasy) and [Zenprint](/org/zenprint).

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