Braze Announces Record Bookings to Close Fiscal Year, Announces Organizational Changes
February 03 2025 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Myles Kleeger to step down as President and
Chief Commercial Officer
Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform
that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced a
record for customer bookings in the quarter and fiscal year ended
January 31, 2025 and a leadership change for the new fiscal year.
Braze President and Chief Commercial Officer, Myles Kleeger, will
be stepping down from his position after 10 years of exceptional
leadership in the role. Kleeger will remain available to the
company as President and Chief Commercial Officer until June 1,
2025, to ensure a smooth transition.
Following its record bookings quarter and fiscal year, Braze
aims to continue scaling its growth in the year ahead and beyond
and will be hiring a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), reporting to Bill
Magnuson, Braze co-founder and CEO.
The company further strengthened its leadership bench across
go-to-market teams to support growth, innovation, and operational
excellence:
- Jesse Hoobler has transitioned into Senior Vice President
customer experience of the newly formed, unified post-sales
Customer Experience team;
- Jerry Schorn has been hired as Vice President in our
go-to-market organization to lead Sales for Americas, reporting to
Eric Sanders, Global Head of Sales; and
- John Ashton has transitioned into Vice President of the Global
Partnerships team.
"We are grateful to Myles for his contributions over the last 10
years. His leadership and commitment have been instrumental in
establishing Braze as the leading customer engagement platform for
the world's most creative and successful brands," said Bill
Magnuson, Chief Executive Officer. “After a record bookings fourth
quarter and fiscal year, I am excited to support our new leaders
who will play a key role in guiding the next phase of growth for
Braze."
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited
to, statements regarding the performance of and expected benefits
from Braze, its products, programs and recent organizational
changes. These forward-looking statements are based on the current
assumptions, expectations and beliefs of Braze, and are subject to
substantial risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that
may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Further information on potential factors that could
affect Braze results are included in Braze’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2024, filed with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2024,
and the other public filings of Braze with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in
this press release represent the views of Braze only as of the date
of this press release, and Braze assumes no obligation, and does
not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as
required by law.
About Braze
Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers
brands to Be Absolutely Engaging.™ Braze allows any marketer to
collect and take action on any amount of data from any source, so
they can creatively engage with customers in real time, across
channels from one platform. From cross-channel messaging and
journey orchestration to Al-powered experimentation and
optimization, Braze enables companies to build and maintain
absolutely engaging relationships with their customers that foster
growth and loyalty. The company has been recognized as a 2024 U.S.
News Best Technology Companies to Work For, is a 2023 UK Best
Workplace for Women by Great Place to Work, and was named a Leader
in The Forrester Wave™: Cross-Channel Marketing Hubs, Q1 2023.
Braze is headquartered in New York with 10+ offices across North
America, Europe, and APAC. Learn more at braze.com.
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