Mr. Read will join as President, CEO and Board
Member to help accelerate Sprinklr’s next phase of growth and
scale.
Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), the unified customer experience management
(Unified-CXM) platform for modern enterprises, today announced the
appointment of Rory Read as President & Chief Executive Officer
and a member of its Board of Directors, effective November 5, 2024.
Mr. Read will succeed Ragy Thomas, who will transition from his
Co-CEO role to Advisor to the CEO and work closely with Mr. Read
while continuing to serve as Founder and Chairman of the Board.
Trac Pham will transition from his Co-CEO and Board of Directors
roles at Sprinklr to an advisory role.
Mr. Read brings decades of global technology industry leadership
from brands such as Vonage, Dell, Boomi, Virtustream, AMD, IBM, and
Lenovo, including leading the historic integration of Dell and EMC
that created Dell Technologies, which became the world’s largest
privately controlled technology company at that time. He joins
Sprinklr from Vonage, where he was Chief Executive Officer and
President from 2020 to 2024, which was acquired by Ericsson in July
of 2022 for $6.2B.
“Rory is an exceptional leader with proven expertise in driving
transformational change and sustainable growth within the tech and
SaaS industry,” said Sprinklr Founder, Advisor to the CEO and
Chairman of the Board, Ragy Thomas. “Over many months, Trac and
I have worked in tight partnership to stabilize the business,
rigorously assess our needs, and identify the right leader to
advance Sprinklr’s mission and position us for scalable growth.
Rory has an impressive track record as a transformational CEO, with
an ability to unify teams, foster innovation, and create
substantial value for employees, customers, partners and
stockholders. With Rory’s leadership, we believe that Sprinklr is
uniquely positioned to help our customers accelerate their own
transformation with an innovative AI-powered platform that can
deliver tangible value and exceptional customer experiences.”
“We extend our deep gratitude to Trac for his exceptional
partnership and dedication,” Mr. Thomas continued. “His
leadership has been invaluable, providing thoughtful counsel and
strategic guidance to strengthen our direction. Trac’s
contributions have helped us to establish a strong foundation for
Rory to build from, setting the stage for our next chapter of
growth.”
“I am honored that Ragy, Trac and the Board have entrusted me to
lead Sprinklr through our next phase of growth and scale,” said
Mr. Read. “Sprinklr is an impressive company with a unique
combination of leading disruptive technology, world-class customers
and partners, passionate team members across the globe and an
innovative customer-focused culture."
Mr. Read continued, “I see a tremendous future ahead for
Sprinklr and believe in our ability to build and execute a strong
strategic vision that will bring tangible value to customers with
our AI-powered platform. I look forward to working with Ragy and
the Board, the leadership team and all our talented Sprinklr team
members to write our next chapter of growth and value creation as
we realize our full potential as a world-class industry changing
enterprise software company.”
About Rory P. Read
Rory P. Read most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of
Vonage Holdings Corp. from July 2020 until March 2024. While there,
he was responsible for building an industry leading communications
platform leveraging powerful CPaaS, CCaaS, and UCaaS technology to
help its customers win. In July 2022, he was also named Senior Vice
President of Ericsson and head of its Business Area Global
Communications Platform following Ericsson’s acquisition of Vonage
for $6.2 billion.
Previously, from April 2015 to June 2020, Mr. Read served as
Chief Operating Executive of Dell Technologies, an innovative
technology provider, where his executive leadership strength and
operational expertise were key to driving transformative change and
execution excellence. From October 2015 to May 2018, Mr. Read
served as Chief Integration Officer at Dell, where he played a lead
role in the largest tech merger in history— the $67 billion merger
of Dell and EMC in 2016.
From April 2018 to June 2020, Mr. Read also served as President
and CEO of Virtustream, a Dell Technologies business, where he
oversaw the strategic direction of the Company and was responsible
for extending Virtustream’s market leadership position as a
trusted, enterprise-class cloud service and software partner for
mission critical workloads. In addition, Mr. Read served as
Executive Vice President of SaaS integration platform leader Dell
Boomi from February 2016 to June 2020, helping drive rapid growth
and market share gains in this critical integration platform
segment.
Before joining Dell, Mr. Read served as Chief Executive Officer,
President and a member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) from August 2011 to October 2014. During his
tenure, he diversified the company’s portfolio to produce $2
billion in revenue from new businesses, initiated the
next-generation Zen chip architecture and restructured AMD’s debt
profile, returning the company to profitability.
From August 2006 to August 2011, Mr. Read served in various
roles at Lenovo Group Ltd., including as Chief Operating Officer
and President, where he was responsible for driving growth,
execution, profitability and performance across a Global 500
enterprise encompassing more than 160 countries.
Prior to Lenovo, Mr. Read spent 23 years at IBM, serving in
various leadership roles.
Mr. Read graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in
information sciences from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New
York.
About Sprinklr
Sprinklr is a leading enterprise software company for all
customer-facing functions. With advanced AI, Sprinklr's unified
customer experience management (Unified-CXM) platform helps
companies deliver human experiences to every customer, every time,
across any modern channel. Headquartered in New York City with
employees around the world, Sprinklr works with more than 1,800
valuable enterprises — global brands like Microsoft, P&G,
Samsung and more than 60% of the Fortune 100. Sprinklr’s value to
the enterprise is simple: We un-silo teams to make customers
happier.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information and
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the potential
benefits of appointing Rory Read as Sprinklr’s President &
Chief Executive Officer. By their nature, forward-looking
information and statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and
contingencies, including (i) the risk that the potential benefits
of Mr. Read’s appointment are not realized and (ii) risks,
uncertainties and contingencies that may apply to Sprinklr’s
business. Additional risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those
contemplated by the forward-looking statements are discussed in our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2024,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on
September 4, 2024, under the caption “Risk Factors,” and in other
filings that we make from time to time with the SEC. Sprinklr does
not undertake to update any forward-looking statements or
information, including those contained in this press release.
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