- The appointment of Melanie
Kalemba as Board Member strengthens the Board of Directors
through the addition of complementary skills in sales and business
development and deep experience scaling SaaS companies
- Ms. Kalemba brings extensive experience and valuable
perspective gained through her 15 years of executive experience
across a variety of organizations, including BigCommerce where she
served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Channel, and
most recently as General Manager of Amazon Pay, Americas
Region
VANCOUVER, BC, June 8, 2022
/CNW/ - Thinkific Labs Inc. ("Thinkific" or the "Company") (TSX:
THNC), a leading platform for creating, marketing, and selling
online courses and other learning products, today announced the
election of Melanie Kalemba to the
Board of Directors.
"Thinkific is pleased to announce the appointment of
Melanie Kalemba to the Board of
Directors. Melanie brings extensive experience and valuable
perspective that further enhances the deep skill set represented on
our Board of Directors, " said Fraser
Hall, Chair of Thinkific's Board of Directors.
"We are excited to have Melanie join Thinkific's Board of
Directors. Her global experience scaling high-growth sales and
marketing organizations is a real asset," said Greg Smith, Thinkific's Co-Founder &
CEO.
"I'm honoured to be joining the Board of an organization that is
committed to creating positive change through its leading SaaS
Platform, " said Melanie Kalemba, "I
look forward to serving the Board and collaborating with management
as Thinkific continues to scale and deliver on its sustainable
growth strategy."
Ms. Kalemba brings over 15 years of executive experience focused
on business development, sales and operations across a variety of
high-tech and e-commerce companies, including her most recent role
as General Manager of Amazon Pay, Americas Region, where she led
the go-to-market strategy, and prior roles, including Senior Vice
President ("SVP") of Marketing & Sales at Miva, and SVP, Global
Sales & Channel at BigCommerce, both Software-as-a-Service
("SaaS") e-commerce companies.
About Thinkific
Thinkific (TSX: THNC) makes it simple for entrepreneurs and
established businesses of any size to scale and generate
revenue by teaching what they know. Our platform gives businesses
everything they need to build, market, and sell online courses and
other learning products, and to run their business seamlessly under
their own brand, on their own site. Thinkific's 50,000 active
creators earn hundreds of millions of dollars in direct course
sales while teaching tens of millions of students. Thinkific is
headquartered in Vancouver,
Canada, with a distributed team.
For more information, please visit www.thinkific.com.
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statements regarding the Company's plans related to the addition of
a new board director and the expected benefits of the board
director's experience and skillset as a member of the board of
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support of the company's growth plans. Such statements and
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SOURCE Thinkific Labs Inc.