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About CEO Dave Sipes in his own words (from Linkedin):

I am passionate about leading high-growth companies with disruptive products, and building market-leading organizations.

Most recently, as RingCentral’s Chief Operating Officer, I led product, engineering and go-to-market functions for their 9 global offices and 350K+ customers worldwide. With a robust and talented technology and go-to-market team, we created a world-class customer-first culture, growing the company from $10MM per year to more than $750MM.

Before joining RingCentral, I co-founded and served as COO of Branders.com, the nation’s largest online B2B seller of promotional items. Prior to that, I worked in brand management at PepsiCo and was a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton in their marketing intensive group. In that role, I provided strategic guidance to marketing and media companies such as Heinz Company, Callaway Golf, and Universal Pictures.

I am a frequent speaker at industry events, including Enterprise Connect and Forbes CIO Summit. I hold an MBA with an emphasis on marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of California, Berkeley.

(The bold emphasis was added by me)