CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company
powering social good, announced today that Kevin Gregoire will join the company in April as
Group President overseeing its Enterprise Market Group (EMG) for
North America. Brian Boruff,
former EMG leader, has been tapped to expand Blackbaud's Partner
Ecosystem & Global Alliances business.
Gregoire joins Blackbaud with more than 20 years of leadership
experience in the software industry with responsibilities spanning
product management, business development, sales, support and more.
He is a 16-year veteran of Fiserv, a global provider of financial
services technology solutions, where he played a leadership role in
the company's growth.
Most recently at Fiserv, Gregoire had full P&L
accountability for one of the company's operating groups and was
responsible for a portfolio of businesses as a Group President.
Under his leadership, the business achieved revenue growth while
optimizing technology platforms and expanding customer support.
During his tenure at Fiserv, Gregoire served in other key
leadership roles including Division President and Chief Operating
Officer, Card Services, and Senior Vice President of Product and
Network Strategy.
"Blackbaud serves many of the world's largest, most recognized
enterprise social good brands," said Mike
Gianoni, president & CEO of Blackbaud. "We see it as our
responsibility to not only help customers achieve digital
transformation, but also to partner with them to achieve measurable
mission impact every day. Kevin
Gregoire knows how to do this well; bringing deep acumen in
the software industry and an understanding of what it truly takes
to build a world-class customer experience. He's the right leader
at the right time to lead our enterprise business to new levels of
customer satisfaction and growth."
Gregoire is also a veteran of the United States Army, where he
served as Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers and was awarded
three Army Commendation Medals. He has a BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a
MBA from the F.W. Olin School of
Business at Babson College. Gregoire
will report directly to President and CEO Mike Gianoni and will serve on the company's
executive leadership team.
"One constant we can count on is that the digital landscape is
changing rapidly, and all companies and organizations need a
thoughtful strategy to consume this change in an agile and flexible
way or they risk being left behind," said Gregoire. "Social good
organizations deserve the same kind of innovation, partnership and
transformation support as for-profit players, and Blackbaud
completely gets that. I've never encountered a company with a staff
so completely obsessed with driving global good. That, along with a
relentless focus on innovation, is an incredible combination.
I look forward to joining the team and unlocking new ways to help
enterprise organizations thrive in their work to change the
world."
With this announcement, Brian
Boruff, former head of EMG, will transition to build and
lead Blackbaud's Partner Ecosystem and Global Alliances business,
continuing to report directly to Mike
Gianoni as a member of the company's Executive Leadership
Team. This change will put a higher emphasis on the growing partner
program at Blackbaud and on high impact partnerships like the
expanded Microsoft partnership announced in the fall.
"As we work to power an ecosystem of good in a cloud context,
the role of partners has become even more critical", said Gianoni.
"From ensuring a robust partner program for those who sell
and service our solutions, to expanding resources for tech
providers who leverage our open REST APIs to complement our
offerings, to forming strategic global alliances with like-minded
industry leaders, we can create a network effect that strengthens
the entire social economy at a greater speed and scale than we
could do on our own. Brian's extensive experience leading at
software industry players with thriving partner ecosystems made him
the ideal fit to re-envision and build this critical business."
For more about Blackbaud's Executive Leadership Team, visit
www.blackbaud.com/company/executive-leadership.aspx.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good.
Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, foundations,
corporations, education institutions, healthcare institutions and
individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers
organizations to increase their impact through software, services,
expertise, and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is
tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions
for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer
fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management,
ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing,
and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades,
Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston,
South Carolina and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. For more information,
visit www.blackbaud.com.
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