Yamini Rangan
Chief Executive Officer
Yamini Rangan is chief executive officer at HubSpot. Prior to becoming CEO, Yamini served as HubSpot's first-ever chief customer officer, overseeing the marketing, sales, and service teams.
A tech industry veteran, Yamini has more than 25 years of experience ranging from product marketing, sales, and strategy. Yamini previously served as chief customer officer at Dropbox, where she was responsible for embedding customer focus across the organization. Before Dropbox, she was VP of sales strategy and operations at Workday, where she helped quadruple revenue and scaled the sales organization. At SAP, Yamini held several customer-facing leadership roles in strategy, pre-sales and value-based selling and helped close landmark deals.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering, a master’s in computer engineering, and an MBA. Yamini was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times in 2019 and was recognized as the Best CEO for Women by Comparably in 2022. Yamini currently serves on the board of Haas School of Business, Berkeley and was previously on the board of Splunk.
Yamini Rangan is chief executive officer at HubSpot. Prior to becoming CEO, Yamini served as HubSpot's first-ever chief customer officer, overseeing the marketing, sales, and service teams.
A tech industry veteran, Yamini has more than 25 years of experience ranging from product marketing, sales, and strategy. Yamini previously served as chief customer officer at Dropbox, where she was responsible for embedding customer focus across the organization. Before Dropbox, she was VP of sales strategy and operations at Workday, where she helped quadruple revenue and scaled the sales organization. At SAP, Yamini held several customer-facing leadership roles in strategy, pre-sales and value-based selling and helped close landmark deals.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering, a master’s in computer engineering, and an MBA. Yamini was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times in 2019 and was recognized as the Best CEO for Women by Comparably in 2022. Yamini currently serves on the board of Haas School of Business, Berkeley and was previously on the board of Splunk.
Dharmesh Shah
Co-Founder, CTO
Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. Prior to founding HubSpot in 2006, Dharmesh was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, which was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 2005.
In addition to co-authoring Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs, Dharmesh founded and writes for OnStartups.com — a top-ranking startup blog and community with more than 700,000 members.
In 2013, Dharmesh published HubSpot’s Culture Code, which has garnered over five million views. Named an Inc. Founders 40 in 2016, he is an active member of the Boston-area entrepreneurial community, an angel investor in over 60 startups, and a frequent speaker on startups, inbound marketing, and company culture.
Dharmesh holds a BS in computer science from UAB and an MS in the management of technology from MIT.
Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. Prior to founding HubSpot in 2006, Dharmesh was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, which was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 2005.
In addition to co-authoring Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs, Dharmesh founded and writes for OnStartups.com — a top-ranking startup blog and community with more than 700,000 members.
In 2013, Dharmesh published HubSpot’s Culture Code, which has garnered over five million views. Named an Inc. Founders 40 in 2016, he is an active member of the Boston-area entrepreneurial community, an angel investor in over 60 startups, and a frequent speaker on startups, inbound marketing, and company culture.
Dharmesh holds a BS in computer science from UAB and an MS in the management of technology from MIT.
Duncan Lennox
Duncan Lennox is the chief product and technology officer at HubSpot, where he is responsible for the HubSpot product portfolio and leads Engineering, Product, UX, Next Bets, and IT & Security, in service of our mission to help millions of organizations grow.
Prior to HubSpot, Duncan held multiple roles at Google and Amazon Web Services, most recently GM for the Applied AI team in Google Cloud, which builds conversational and agentic AI enterprise applications. Previous roles at Google included leading Ads Privacy and Safety, as well as Reliability Engineering for the largest consumer services in the world, including Search, Maps and Ads. At AWS, Duncan was the general manager for Elastic File System, an enterprise storage service. Duncan also spent two decades as the co-founder of two enterprise SaaS startups, where he held both CEO and CTO roles.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and math from University College Dublin. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Duncan lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, three daughters, and two dogs, Seamus and Reilly. He can often be found drinking Irish tea and talking endlessly about Star Trek or airplanes.
Duncan Lennox is the chief product and technology officer at HubSpot, where he is responsible for the HubSpot product portfolio and leads Engineering, Product, UX, Next Bets, and IT & Security, in service of our mission to help millions of organizations grow.
Prior to HubSpot, Duncan held multiple roles at Google and Amazon Web Services, most recently GM for the Applied AI team in Google Cloud, which builds conversational and agentic AI enterprise applications. Previous roles at Google included leading Ads Privacy and Safety, as well as Reliability Engineering for the largest consumer services in the world, including Search, Maps and Ads. At AWS, Duncan was the general manager for Elastic File System, an enterprise storage service. Duncan also spent two decades as the co-founder of two enterprise SaaS startups, where he held both CEO and CTO roles.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and math from University College Dublin. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Duncan lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, three daughters, and two dogs, Seamus and Reilly. He can often be found drinking Irish tea and talking endlessly about Star Trek or airplanes.
Kate Bueker
Kate Bueker is the chief financial officer at HubSpot, where she manages the company's finances, and is also the co-executive sponsor of the Women@HubSpot employee resource group. Kate has also served on the Procore Technologies, Inc. board of directors since April 2021.
Prior to HubSpot, Kate spent eleven years in finance and business development leadership roles at Akamai Technologies, and most recently served as senior vice president of business finance and operations. During her tenure, Kate was instrumental in building out the finance business support capabilities and function at Akamai. Kate also spent almost 10 years in investment banking at The Blackstone Group, UBS, Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Outside of work, Kate loves to travel (especially throughout Italy) and enjoys tennis and golf. Kate received her BA in mathematics from Cornell University and her MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kate currently serves on the boards of Procore and Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
Kate Bueker is the chief financial officer at HubSpot, where she manages the company's finances, and is also the co-executive sponsor of the Women@HubSpot employee resource group. Kate has also served on the Procore Technologies, Inc. board of directors since April 2021.
Prior to HubSpot, Kate spent eleven years in finance and business development leadership roles at Akamai Technologies, and most recently served as senior vice president of business finance and operations. During her tenure, Kate was instrumental in building out the finance business support capabilities and function at Akamai. Kate also spent almost 10 years in investment banking at The Blackstone Group, UBS, Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Outside of work, Kate loves to travel (especially throughout Italy) and enjoys tennis and golf. Kate received her BA in mathematics from Cornell University and her MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kate currently serves on the boards of Procore and Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
Erika Fisher
Erika Fisher is chief legal officer at HubSpot. She leads the company’s global legal and compliance functions, with a focus on ensuring that HubSpot’s products and customer experiences meet the highest standards of trust, privacy, and safety. Erika plays a key role in helping HubSpot build AI that is fast, easy, secure, and grounded in strong ethical and regulatory frameworks. She serves on the board of the Business Software Alliance.
Prior to HubSpot, Erika was chief administrative and legal officer at Atlassian, where she oversaw legal (including policy, compliance, and government affairs), people and talent (including the future of distributed work teams), real estate, facilities, and customer support. She also managed Atlassian’s board of directors.
A tech industry legal veteran, Erika has more than 15 years of experience guiding high-growth companies through evolving regulatory landscapes. She first joined Atlassian in 2016 and held a range of leadership roles across commercial and product counsel, as well as head of privacy. Before that, she practiced law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP, advising early-stage technology companies on licensing and transactional matters.
Erika holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Silverman-Rodin merit scholar (awarded to a select two members of each class year), and a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history and political science from the University of Miami as a Foote Fellows merit scholar.
Erika Fisher is chief legal officer at HubSpot. She leads the company’s global legal and compliance functions, with a focus on ensuring that HubSpot’s products and customer experiences meet the highest standards of trust, privacy, and safety. Erika plays a key role in helping HubSpot build AI that is fast, easy, secure, and grounded in strong ethical and regulatory frameworks. She serves on the board of the Business Software Alliance.
Prior to HubSpot, Erika was chief administrative and legal officer at Atlassian, where she oversaw legal (including policy, compliance, and government affairs), people and talent (including the future of distributed work teams), real estate, facilities, and customer support. She also managed Atlassian’s board of directors.
A tech industry legal veteran, Erika has more than 15 years of experience guiding high-growth companies through evolving regulatory landscapes. She first joined Atlassian in 2016 and held a range of leadership roles across commercial and product counsel, as well as head of privacy. Before that, she practiced law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP, advising early-stage technology companies on licensing and transactional matters.
Erika holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Silverman-Rodin merit scholar (awarded to a select two members of each class year), and a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history and political science from the University of Miami as a Foote Fellows merit scholar.
Helen Russell
As chief people officer at HubSpot, Helen Russell has global responsibility for the company’s most important asset — its people. She leads recruiting; learning and talent management; total rewards; culture; environmental, social, and governance (ESG); diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DI&B); and people operations. Helen is passionate about nurturing a culture that accelerates business and employee growth. Seasoned in scaling organizations, she brings over 25 years of people leadership experience across multiple industries, geographies, and sizes of businesses.
Prior to joining HubSpot, Helen served as chief people officer of Rivian Inc., a key leader in the electric vehicle space. She also held chief human resource officer roles at Atlassian Inc., a leading B2B SaaS provider; Sonos Inc., a leader in the home audio space; and Kantar, one of the world's largest research, data, and insight consultancies. Helen began her career in HR at Siebel Systems before joining Yahoo! as VP of HR, EMEA.
She takes pride in helping others do the best work of their careers and is a dedicated mentor to emerging and executive leaders across the globe. Helen is often asked to speak on the business benefits of strong company culture. Helen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Liverpool, England.
As chief people officer at HubSpot, Helen Russell has global responsibility for the company’s most important asset — its people. She leads recruiting; learning and talent management; total rewards; culture; environmental, social, and governance (ESG); diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DI&B); and people operations. Helen is passionate about nurturing a culture that accelerates business and employee growth. Seasoned in scaling organizations, she brings over 25 years of people leadership experience across multiple industries, geographies, and sizes of businesses.
Prior to joining HubSpot, Helen served as chief people officer of Rivian Inc., a key leader in the electric vehicle space. She also held chief human resource officer roles at Atlassian Inc., a leading B2B SaaS provider; Sonos Inc., a leader in the home audio space; and Kantar, one of the world's largest research, data, and insight consultancies. Helen began her career in HR at Siebel Systems before joining Yahoo! as VP of HR, EMEA.
She takes pride in helping others do the best work of their careers and is a dedicated mentor to emerging and executive leaders across the globe. Helen is often asked to speak on the business benefits of strong company culture. Helen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Liverpool, England.
Kipp Bodnar
Kipp Bodnar is the chief marketing officer of HubSpot, where he sets HubSpot’s global marketing strategy to drive awareness and demand for HubSpot’s products.
Prior to his role as CMO, Kipp served as vice president of marketing at HubSpot, overseeing all demand generation activity worldwide, building out the EMEA and APAC marketing teams, and managing HubSpot’s field marketing, localization, strategic partnerships, and social media efforts.
Kipp serves as a marketing advisor for SaaS companies including SimplyMeasured, InsightSquared and Guidebook. He is also the co-author of The B2B Social Media Book: Become a Marketing Superstar by Generating Leads with Blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Email, and More. Kipp is an industry-leading speaker and blogger and holds a BA in journalism from Marshall University.
Kipp Bodnar is the chief marketing officer of HubSpot, where he sets HubSpot’s global marketing strategy to drive awareness and demand for HubSpot’s products.
Prior to his role as CMO, Kipp served as vice president of marketing at HubSpot, overseeing all demand generation activity worldwide, building out the EMEA and APAC marketing teams, and managing HubSpot’s field marketing, localization, strategic partnerships, and social media efforts.
Kipp serves as a marketing advisor for SaaS companies including SimplyMeasured, InsightSquared and Guidebook. He is also the co-author of The B2B Social Media Book: Become a Marketing Superstar by Generating Leads with Blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Email, and More. Kipp is an industry-leading speaker and blogger and holds a BA in journalism from Marshall University.
Jon Dick
Jon Dick is the chief customer success officer at HubSpot, where he oversees the customer experience and helps our 200,000+ customers grow better.
Before this role, Jon was senior vice president of customer success at HubSpot. He also led the flywheel marketing team at HubSpot, which combined product marketing, digital marketing, and customer marketing to take our products to market worldwide. During his tenure, he helped transform HubSpot’s approach to demand generation by scaling freemium, innovating on automation and AI, and delivering new global marketing models. Before joining HubSpot, Jon worked in B2C, leading marketing teams at Klout and Trunk Club.
Jon studied physics at the University of Massachusetts and Oxford University and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was elected co-president of the student body. He also spent a decade performing improvised comedy, but now that he’s a dad, he only tells one kind of joke.
Jon Dick is the chief customer success officer at HubSpot, where he oversees the customer experience and helps our 200,000+ customers grow better.
Before this role, Jon was senior vice president of customer success at HubSpot. He also led the flywheel marketing team at HubSpot, which combined product marketing, digital marketing, and customer marketing to take our products to market worldwide. During his tenure, he helped transform HubSpot’s approach to demand generation by scaling freemium, innovating on automation and AI, and delivering new global marketing models. Before joining HubSpot, Jon worked in B2C, leading marketing teams at Klout and Trunk Club.
Jon studied physics at the University of Massachusetts and Oxford University and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was elected co-president of the student body. He also spent a decade performing improvised comedy, but now that he’s a dad, he only tells one kind of joke.
David Cohen
David Cohen is chief sales officer at HubSpot. He joined the company in 2025 to lead its global sales organization and drive growth by delivering exceptional value to customers around the world.
David brings more than two decades of experience in building and scaling high-performing go-to-market teams. Prior to HubSpot, he served as chief revenue officer at Sword Health, where he helped accelerate growth in the digital physical therapy space. Before that, David spent 15 years at LinkedIn, joining as one of its first 250 employees and playing a key role in the company’s expansion. He led LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions business across North America, growing it fivefold to $3B in annual recurring revenue, and previously tripled the EMEA business to $300M ARR while based in London. He also spearheaded the company’s geographic growth, opening new offices in Chicago and Canada.
In addition to his operating experience, David is an active advisor and investor in high-growth technology companies. He serves on the Chicago Board of Directors for Braven, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting first-generation college students on their path to strong careers. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Accenture, worked in venture capital, and founded his own consulting firm.
David holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Emory University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and three children.
David Cohen is chief sales officer at HubSpot. He joined the company in 2025 to lead its global sales organization and drive growth by delivering exceptional value to customers around the world.
David brings more than two decades of experience in building and scaling high-performing go-to-market teams. Prior to HubSpot, he served as chief revenue officer at Sword Health, where he helped accelerate growth in the digital physical therapy space. Before that, David spent 15 years at LinkedIn, joining as one of its first 250 employees and playing a key role in the company’s expansion. He led LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions business across North America, growing it fivefold to $3B in annual recurring revenue, and previously tripled the EMEA business to $300M ARR while based in London. He also spearheaded the company’s geographic growth, opening new offices in Chicago and Canada.
In addition to his operating experience, David is an active advisor and investor in high-growth technology companies. He serves on the Chicago Board of Directors for Braven, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting first-generation college students on their path to strong careers. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Accenture, worked in venture capital, and founded his own consulting firm.
David holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Emory University and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and three children.
Alison Elworthy
Alison Elworthy is chief of staff to the CEO and executive vice president of central strategy at HubSpot, where she partners with the executive team to set and communicate HubSpot’s strategy.
Prior to her role as chief of staff and EVP of strategy, Alison led various functions at HubSpot including EVP of revenue operations, SVP of customer success, and VP of operations, helping to scale HubSpot over the past decade. Alison also serves on the board of directors at Varicent and the Posse Foundation. She holds a BS in human factors engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Alison Elworthy is chief of staff to the CEO and executive vice president of central strategy at HubSpot, where she partners with the executive team to set and communicate HubSpot’s strategy.
Prior to her role as chief of staff and EVP of strategy, Alison led various functions at HubSpot including EVP of revenue operations, SVP of customer success, and VP of operations, helping to scale HubSpot over the past decade. Alison also serves on the board of directors at Varicent and the Posse Foundation. She holds a BS in human factors engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Karen Ng
Karen Ng is the executive vice president of product at HubSpot, where she leads product strategy and execution across product management, design, and partnerships with a mission to help millions of organizations grow better.
Since joining HubSpot in 2022, Karen has driven transformative impact across Smart CRM, Operations Hub, Breeze Intelligence, and HubSpot’s developer platform and partner ecosystem. She has championed HubSpot's pioneering work in unified and unstructured data — the foundation that makes AI actually useful for growing businesses. Known for leading with clarity, courage, and "AI speed," Karen exemplifies the rapid innovation needed to help businesses not just survive disruption but lead through it.
Prior to HubSpot, Karen held head of product roles at Common Room, Google, and Microsoft. At Common Room, a customer intelligence platform, she founded and scaled the product and data science teams, taking the product from 0–1 and driving its first revenue milestones. At Google, she served as director of product management for Android, creating core developer frameworks like Jetpack and Jetpack Compose that power leading mobile apps worldwide. During her decade-plus tenure at Microsoft, she led the company's .NET programming language strategy, developed enterprise collaboration tools and reporting, and led the groundbreaking Roslyn compiler platform.
Karen is a recognized industry leader, named a Product 50 Winner for "Best Digital Native Product Leader" and recipient of the 2023 PM Award for "Technical Strategist" by Products That Count. She is an active advisor and investor in high-growth technology companies.
Karen holds a master's degree from MIT, where she focused on machine learning, and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Wellesley College. She is passionate about transformative technology, strong team culture, and building products that make people’s lives better.
Karen Ng is the executive vice president of product at HubSpot, where she leads product strategy and execution across product management, design, and partnerships with a mission to help millions of organizations grow better.
Since joining HubSpot in 2022, Karen has driven transformative impact across Smart CRM, Operations Hub, Breeze Intelligence, and HubSpot’s developer platform and partner ecosystem. She has championed HubSpot's pioneering work in unified and unstructured data — the foundation that makes AI actually useful for growing businesses. Known for leading with clarity, courage, and "AI speed," Karen exemplifies the rapid innovation needed to help businesses not just survive disruption but lead through it.
Prior to HubSpot, Karen held head of product roles at Common Room, Google, and Microsoft. At Common Room, a customer intelligence platform, she founded and scaled the product and data science teams, taking the product from 0–1 and driving its first revenue milestones. At Google, she served as director of product management for Android, creating core developer frameworks like Jetpack and Jetpack Compose that power leading mobile apps worldwide. During her decade-plus tenure at Microsoft, she led the company's .NET programming language strategy, developed enterprise collaboration tools and reporting, and led the groundbreaking Roslyn compiler platform.
Karen is a recognized industry leader, named a Product 50 Winner for "Best Digital Native Product Leader" and recipient of the 2023 PM Award for "Technical Strategist" by Products That Count. She is an active advisor and investor in high-growth technology companies.
Karen holds a master's degree from MIT, where she focused on machine learning, and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Wellesley College. She is passionate about transformative technology, strong team culture, and building products that make people’s lives better.
Jared Williams
Jared Williams is the executive vice president of engineering at HubSpot, where he leads the company’s engineering teams and technical strategy.
Since joining HubSpot in 2011, Jared has held a range of engineering leadership roles. Earlier in his career he was one of the founding engineers of HubSpot’s CRM, where he led teams building HubSpot’s customer data platform, scaling its core infrastructure to support billions of records and high-throughput systems. He helped drive the acquisition and integration of PieSync and played a key role in launching Operations Hub, where he continues to lead and scale HubSpot’s underlying platform.
Jared holds a BS in computer science from SUNY Albany.
Jared Williams is the executive vice president of engineering at HubSpot, where he leads the company’s engineering teams and technical strategy.
Since joining HubSpot in 2011, Jared has held a range of engineering leadership roles. Earlier in his career he was one of the founding engineers of HubSpot’s CRM, where he led teams building HubSpot’s customer data platform, scaling its core infrastructure to support billions of records and high-throughput systems. He helped drive the acquisition and integration of PieSync and played a key role in launching Operations Hub, where he continues to lead and scale HubSpot’s underlying platform.
Jared holds a BS in computer science from SUNY Albany.
Chris Hogan
Chris Hogan is the senior vice president of operations at HubSpot. His teams are responsible for revenue operations, business operations (strategy and execution, planning, program management, pricing strategy), product operations, and global data and intelligence. Chris and his teams partner closely with functional leaders across HubSpot to manage, plan, and operate each area of the business efficiently and effectively.
Before taking on operations, Chris started the corporate strategy function, and scaled HubSpot’s product strategy and operations team with a push to bring a freemium go-to-market model across all product lines. He was in the first class of the company's post-MBA Accelerated Leadership Program, a two-year cross-functional rotational program. Prior to joining HubSpot, Chris worked in investment banking at Barclays, where he covered infrastructure software and small-cap SaaS.
Chris earned his MBA at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he was a fellow in both the Center for Digital Strategies and Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He earned his bachelor's degree in finance and accounting from Boston College and is also a chartered financial analyst and CPA in Massachusetts.
Chris Hogan is the senior vice president of operations at HubSpot. His teams are responsible for revenue operations, business operations (strategy and execution, planning, program management, pricing strategy), product operations, and global data and intelligence. Chris and his teams partner closely with functional leaders across HubSpot to manage, plan, and operate each area of the business efficiently and effectively.
Before taking on operations, Chris started the corporate strategy function, and scaled HubSpot’s product strategy and operations team with a push to bring a freemium go-to-market model across all product lines. He was in the first class of the company's post-MBA Accelerated Leadership Program, a two-year cross-functional rotational program. Prior to joining HubSpot, Chris worked in investment banking at Barclays, where he covered infrastructure software and small-cap SaaS.
Chris earned his MBA at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he was a fellow in both the Center for Digital Strategies and Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He earned his bachelor's degree in finance and accounting from Boston College and is also a chartered financial analyst and CPA in Massachusetts.
Yamini Rangan
Chief Executive Officer
Yamini Rangan is chief executive officer at HubSpot. Prior to becoming CEO, Yamini served as HubSpot's first-ever chief customer officer, overseeing the marketing, sales, and service teams.
A tech industry veteran, Yamini has more than 25 years of experience ranging from product marketing, sales, and strategy. Yamini previously served as chief customer officer at Dropbox, where she was responsible for embedding customer focus across the organization. Before Dropbox, she was VP of sales strategy and operations at Workday, where she helped quadruple revenue and scaled the sales organization. At SAP, Yamini held several customer-facing leadership roles in strategy, pre-sales and value-based selling and helped close landmark deals.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering, a master’s in computer engineering, and an MBA. Yamini was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times in 2019 and was recognized as the Best CEO for Women by Comparably in 2022. Yamini currently serves on the board of Haas School of Business, Berkeley and was previously on the board of Splunk.
Yamini Rangan is chief executive officer at HubSpot. Prior to becoming CEO, Yamini served as HubSpot's first-ever chief customer officer, overseeing the marketing, sales, and service teams.
A tech industry veteran, Yamini has more than 25 years of experience ranging from product marketing, sales, and strategy. Yamini previously served as chief customer officer at Dropbox, where she was responsible for embedding customer focus across the organization. Before Dropbox, she was VP of sales strategy and operations at Workday, where she helped quadruple revenue and scaled the sales organization. At SAP, Yamini held several customer-facing leadership roles in strategy, pre-sales and value-based selling and helped close landmark deals.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering, a master’s in computer engineering, and an MBA. Yamini was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times in 2019 and was recognized as the Best CEO for Women by Comparably in 2022. Yamini currently serves on the board of Haas School of Business, Berkeley and was previously on the board of Splunk.
Brian Halligan
Co-Founder
Brian Halligan, co-founder of HubSpot, served as the company's CEO until 2021. During this time, he earned consistent recognition on Glassdoor’s and Comparably’s lists of best CEOs.
Brian coined the term "inbound marketing" and together with Dharmesh Shah built a movement around the concept, which included organizing the INBOUND event and co-authoring the book Inbound Marketing.
Prior to HubSpot, Brian earned an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management where he continues to stay involved. Brian developed MIT’s popular Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures class, which he has taught for over a decade. In recognition of his outstanding mentorship in entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan honored Brian with the Monosson Prize in 2023. In addition to teaching on the topic of scaling, Brian tweets, writes, presents, and talks on the topic often.
As the founder of Propeller Ventures, Brian directs a $100 million climate tech venture fund, specializing in ocean innovation investments. He serves on the boards of Navier and Aquatic Labs. Brian is also a senior advisor at Sequoia Capital, where he coaches startup founders on their journey to becoming scaleup CEOs.
A passionate fan and scholar of the Grateful Dead, Brian co-wrote Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead with Bill Walton and David Meerman Scott. As the proud owner and steward of Jerry Garcia's Wolf guitar, he continues to honor the legacy of the iconic band. Currently, Brian is working on a film that explores the life and times of John Perry Barlow. He is also a co-author of an upcoming Harvard Business Review case study on the Grateful Dead.
Brian started his career with a BSEE from the University of Vermont. He was an early employee at PTC and rose to become an SVP of sales there over a 10-year span. Then he ran sales at Groove Networks, which was later acquired by Microsoft.
Brian Halligan, co-founder of HubSpot, served as the company's CEO until 2021. During this time, he earned consistent recognition on Glassdoor’s and Comparably’s lists of best CEOs.
Brian coined the term "inbound marketing" and together with Dharmesh Shah built a movement around the concept, which included organizing the INBOUND event and co-authoring the book Inbound Marketing.
Prior to HubSpot, Brian earned an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management where he continues to stay involved. Brian developed MIT’s popular Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures class, which he has taught for over a decade. In recognition of his outstanding mentorship in entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan honored Brian with the Monosson Prize in 2023. In addition to teaching on the topic of scaling, Brian tweets, writes, presents, and talks on the topic often.
As the founder of Propeller Ventures, Brian directs a $100 million climate tech venture fund, specializing in ocean innovation investments. He serves on the boards of Navier and Aquatic Labs. Brian is also a senior advisor at Sequoia Capital, where he coaches startup founders on their journey to becoming scaleup CEOs.
A passionate fan and scholar of the Grateful Dead, Brian co-wrote Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead with Bill Walton and David Meerman Scott. As the proud owner and steward of Jerry Garcia's Wolf guitar, he continues to honor the legacy of the iconic band. Currently, Brian is working on a film that explores the life and times of John Perry Barlow. He is also a co-author of an upcoming Harvard Business Review case study on the Grateful Dead.
Brian started his career with a BSEE from the University of Vermont. He was an early employee at PTC and rose to become an SVP of sales there over a 10-year span. Then he ran sales at Groove Networks, which was later acquired by Microsoft.
Dharmesh Shah
Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. Prior to founding HubSpot in 2006, Dharmesh was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, which was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 2005.
In addition to co-authoring Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs, Dharmesh founded and writes for OnStartups.com — a top-ranking startup blog and community with more than 700,000 members.
In 2013, Dharmesh published HubSpot’s Culture Code, which has garnered over five million views. Named an Inc. Founders 40 in 2016, he is an active member of the Boston-area entrepreneurial community, an angel investor in over 60 startups, and a frequent speaker on startups, inbound marketing, and company culture.
Dharmesh holds a BS in computer science from UAB and an MS in the management of technology from MIT.
Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. Prior to founding HubSpot in 2006, Dharmesh was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, which was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 2005.
In addition to co-authoring Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs, Dharmesh founded and writes for OnStartups.com — a top-ranking startup blog and community with more than 700,000 members.
In 2013, Dharmesh published HubSpot’s Culture Code, which has garnered over five million views. Named an Inc. Founders 40 in 2016, he is an active member of the Boston-area entrepreneurial community, an angel investor in over 60 startups, and a frequent speaker on startups, inbound marketing, and company culture.
Dharmesh holds a BS in computer science from UAB and an MS in the management of technology from MIT.
Andrew Anagnost
Andrew Anagnost has served as a member of our board since August 2023. Mr. Anagnost is the current president and chief executive officer of Autodesk. Dr. Anagnost’s career spans more than 25 years of product, business, and marketing experience focused on driving strategy, transformation, and product development — and includes positions at Autodesk, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, and EXA Corporation. He also completed a doctorate degree at Stanford University and worked at NASA Ames Research Center as an NRC post-doctoral fellow. Prior to becoming president and CEO in June 2017, he served as chief marketing officer and SVP of the business strategy & marketing organization. Anagnost is also a member of the Autodesk board of directors.
Andrew Anagnost has served as a member of our board since August 2023. Mr. Anagnost is the current president and chief executive officer of Autodesk. Dr. Anagnost’s career spans more than 25 years of product, business, and marketing experience focused on driving strategy, transformation, and product development — and includes positions at Autodesk, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, and EXA Corporation. He also completed a doctorate degree at Stanford University and worked at NASA Ames Research Center as an NRC post-doctoral fellow. Prior to becoming president and CEO in June 2017, he served as chief marketing officer and SVP of the business strategy & marketing organization. Anagnost is also a member of the Autodesk board of directors.
Nick Caldwell
Nick Caldwell has served as a member of our board since January 2021. Mr. Caldwell was previously vice president of engineering for consumer products at Twitter from June 2020 to December 2021, and general manager for core technologies from December 2021 to November 2022. From October 2018 to June 2020, Mr. Caldwell served as chief product officer for Looker Data Sciences, a business intelligence firm acquired by Google in 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Caldwell held the position of vice president of engineering for Reddit from October 2016 to October 2018. Mr. Caldwell also spent fifteen years at Microsoft and held various positions, most recently as general manager for the Power BI product organization.
Nick Caldwell has served as a member of our board since January 2021. Mr. Caldwell was previously vice president of engineering for consumer products at Twitter from June 2020 to December 2021, and general manager for core technologies from December 2021 to November 2022. From October 2018 to June 2020, Mr. Caldwell served as chief product officer for Looker Data Sciences, a business intelligence firm acquired by Google in 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Caldwell held the position of vice president of engineering for Reddit from October 2016 to October 2018. Mr. Caldwell also spent fifteen years at Microsoft and held various positions, most recently as general manager for the Power BI product organization.
Ron Gill
Ron Gill has served as a member of our board since June 2012. Mr. Gill has served as an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity investment firm, since June 2018. Mr. Gill has also served as a director of Amplitude, Inc. since June 2019. From 2007 to 2017, Mr. Gill held multiple positions at NetSuite, Inc., including chief financial officer from 2010 until 2017, including through NetSuite’s acquisition by Oracle in 2016. Prior to joining NetSuite, Mr. Gill was vice president, finance at Hyperion Solutions. Previously, he held a variety of financial positions with several technology companies, including SAP, Dell, and Sony.
Ron Gill has served as a member of our board since June 2012. Mr. Gill has served as an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity investment firm, since June 2018. Mr. Gill has also served as a director of Amplitude, Inc. since June 2019. From 2007 to 2017, Mr. Gill held multiple positions at NetSuite, Inc., including chief financial officer from 2010 until 2017, including through NetSuite’s acquisition by Oracle in 2016. Prior to joining NetSuite, Mr. Gill was vice president, finance at Hyperion Solutions. Previously, he held a variety of financial positions with several technology companies, including SAP, Dell, and Sony.
Claire Hughes Johnson
Claire Hughes Johnson has served as a member of our board since March 2022. Since April 2021, Ms. Hughes Johnson has served as a corporate officer and advisor for Stripe. Ms. Hughes Johnson previously served as Stripe’s chief operating officer from October 2014 until April 2021. During her time at Stripe, she led business operations, sales, marketing, customer support, risk, real estate, and all of its people functions. Prior to Stripe, Ms. Hughes Johnson spent ten years at Google leading sales and operations teams and in general management roles leading product, engineering, sales, and operations. Ms. Hughes Johnson has served on the board of directors of Ameresco since July 2021 and on the board of directors of Aurora Innovation since January 2022.
Claire Hughes Johnson has served as a member of our board since March 2022. Since April 2021, Ms. Hughes Johnson has served as a corporate officer and advisor for Stripe. Ms. Hughes Johnson previously served as Stripe’s chief operating officer from October 2014 until April 2021. During her time at Stripe, she led business operations, sales, marketing, customer support, risk, real estate, and all of its people functions. Prior to Stripe, Ms. Hughes Johnson spent ten years at Google leading sales and operations teams and in general management roles leading product, engineering, sales, and operations. Ms. Hughes Johnson has served on the board of directors of Ameresco since July 2021 and on the board of directors of Aurora Innovation since January 2022.
Lorrie Norrington
Lorrie Norrington has served as a member of our board since September 2013. Ms. Norrington has served as an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity investment firm, since 2012. Ms. Norrington has served on the board of directors of Autodesk since 2011, Colgate-Palmolive since 2015, and Asana since July 2019, and also previously served on the boards of directors of Eventbrite from April 2015 to August 2020, Duo Security from October 2017 to October 2019, Signal Sciences from December 2018 to October 2020, Shopping.com, McAfee, Lucasfilm, and DIRECTV. In addition, Ms. Norrington has served as a director of Ancestry since March 2021. From 2005 to 2010, Ms. Norrington served in several senior management roles at eBay, including President of Global Marketplaces, CEO of Shopping.com, SVP of Intuit, and General Electric Company.
Lorrie Norrington has served as a member of our board since September 2013. Ms. Norrington has served as an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity investment firm, since 2012. Ms. Norrington has served on the board of directors of Autodesk since 2011, Colgate-Palmolive since 2015, and Asana since July 2019, and also previously served on the boards of directors of Eventbrite from April 2015 to August 2020, Duo Security from October 2017 to October 2019, Signal Sciences from December 2018 to October 2020, Shopping.com, McAfee, Lucasfilm, and DIRECTV. In addition, Ms. Norrington has served as a director of Ancestry since March 2021. From 2005 to 2010, Ms. Norrington served in several senior management roles at eBay, including President of Global Marketplaces, CEO of Shopping.com, SVP of Intuit, and General Electric Company.
Jay Simons
Jay Simons has served as a member of our board since January 2017. Mr. Simons has been a general partner at Bond Capital Management LP since November 2020. He previously served as a director of Dragoneer I from July 2020 to July 2021 and of Dragoneer II from November 2020 to December 2021, and has served on the board of directors for Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III since March 2021. Mr. Simons served in various executive roles at Atlassian Corporation Plc, including its president from 2011 until July 2020 and as vice president of sales and marketing from June 2008 until August 2011. From October 2005 to May 2008, Mr. Simons served in various roles, including vice president, marketing, at BEA Systems, Inc. an enterprise software company, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2008. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Simons served in various roles, including vice president, product marketing & strategy, at Plumtree Software, Inc., a web software company, which was acquired by BEA Systems, Inc. in 2005.
Jay Simons has served as a member of our board since January 2017. Mr. Simons has been a general partner at Bond Capital Management LP since November 2020. He previously served as a director of Dragoneer I from July 2020 to July 2021 and of Dragoneer II from November 2020 to December 2021, and has served on the board of directors for Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III since March 2021. Mr. Simons served in various executive roles at Atlassian Corporation Plc, including its president from 2011 until July 2020 and as vice president of sales and marketing from June 2008 until August 2011. From October 2005 to May 2008, Mr. Simons served in various roles, including vice president, marketing, at BEA Systems, Inc. an enterprise software company, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2008. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Simons served in various roles, including vice president, product marketing & strategy, at Plumtree Software, Inc., a web software company, which was acquired by BEA Systems, Inc. in 2005.
Jill Ward
Jill Ward has served as a member of our board since October 2017. Ms. Ward has also served on the board of directors of Informatica since May 2021, and on the board of directors at Dynatrace since September 2019, including as its chair since January 2021. Between October 2018 and February 2020, Ms. Ward served as an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity investment firm. From December 2018 to October 2019, she served as a director of Carbon Black. In 2018, she served as a director of Adaptive Insights, which was acquired by Workday in 2018. Ms. Ward previously served as president and chief operating officer of Fleetmatics from 2015 until its acquisition by Verizon Communications in 2016. Prior to Fleetmatics, from 2001 to 2014, Ms. Ward served as vice president and then senior vice president and general manager at Intuit. Prior to 2001, Ms. Ward’s experience included leadership roles at Fidelity Investments and Bain & Company.
Jill Ward has served as a member of our board since October 2017. Ms. Ward has also served on the board of directors of Informatica since May 2021, and on the board of directors at Dynatrace since September 2019, including as its chair since January 2021. Between October 2018 and February 2020, Ms. Ward served as an operating partner of Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity investment firm. From December 2018 to October 2019, she served as a director of Carbon Black. In 2018, she served as a director of Adaptive Insights, which was acquired by Workday in 2018. Ms. Ward previously served as president and chief operating officer of Fleetmatics from 2015 until its acquisition by Verizon Communications in 2016. Prior to Fleetmatics, from 2001 to 2014, Ms. Ward served as vice president and then senior vice president and general manager at Intuit. Prior to 2001, Ms. Ward’s experience included leadership roles at Fidelity Investments and Bain & Company.
Clara Shih