CHARLESTON, S.C., April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading
cloud software company powering social good, is pleased
to announce that Brandon
Sharrett has been appointed president and general manager
for Blackbaud Corporate Solutions™, reporting to David Benjamin, executive vice president,
International Markets Group. In this role, Sharrett will lead the
vertical business unit that serves all companies who use Blackbaud
solutions—including the Blackbaud
YourCause® suite—to demonstrate commitment to
social good, increase employee engagement, strengthen community
relationships, and boost customer and investor confidence in
environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
"The corporate solutions vertical is a strong area of growth for
Blackbaud, and we see incredible opportunity to scale this vertical
globally," said Benjamin. "We are pleased to appoint a proven
leader from within our organization to oversee this important
market. Brandon has demonstrated commitment and success during his
time at Blackbaud, and I'm confident that his strong leadership,
ingenuity and guidance will take our corporate solutions business
to the next level."
Sharrett first joined Blackbaud as a director in the faith
solutions vertical in 2019 and took the helm as president and
general manager of faith solutions in 2020. Sharrett has extensive
experience growing revenue and sales and working with complex
enterprise institutions in a range of global markets. Before
joining Blackbaud, he worked for Fiserv for eight years in various
leadership positions in their card processing and investment
services businesses. Prior to that, Sharrett was managing director
with SEI Investments for 17 years and, during that time, had the
opportunity to live in London for
four years while overseeing the leadership for global wealth
services in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa.
Bringing this experience to his new role, Sharrett will focus on
scaling Blackbaud's corporate solutions world-wide to serve large
enterprise customers who have global employee bases.
"I'm passionate about the role corporations play in philanthropy
to support and empower employees as they advocate for social good
in their communities locally, as well as globally," said Sharrett.
"In this new role, I am committed to working with the team to
continue to innovate our product features, functionality and
services to ensure companies are able to make a greater impact for
social good around the world."
Sharrett earned his bachelor's degree in industrial management
from Georgia Tech. He currently resides
in Charleston, SC, where
Blackbaud's global headquarters is based, and serves on the board
of directors for Reading Partners South Carolina, a nonprofit
organization that mobilizes communities to provide students with
proven, individualized reading support.
For additional information about Blackbaud's Cloud Solution for
Companies, visit blackbaud.com/who-we-serve/companies.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good.
Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher
education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations,
faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations,
companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and
empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud
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, Costa
Rica and the United
Kingdom. For more information, visit
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