Kady Srinivasan
joins Lightspeed to lead marketing as the Company continues
to
expand its leadership team to fuel strategic
growth
MONTREAL, Dec. 6, 2022
/PRNewswire/ - Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYSE: LSPD)
(TSX: LSPD), the one-stop commerce platform for merchants around
the world to simplify, scale, and create exceptional customer
experiences, today announced that the Company has appointed
Kady Srinivasan, former
Klaviyo and Dropbox executive, as its Chief Marketing
Officer, reporting to JP Chauvet, CEO of Lightspeed.
"We're thrilled to bring Kady onto the Lightspeed team as our
new CMO with her vast experience scaling up SaaS companies,
expanding businesses, and launching innovative cloud-based software
solutions," said JP Chauvet, CEO of Lightspeed. "Her unique skill
set will be pivotal for Lightspeed as we zero in on our target
market of complex SMBs, raise brand awareness, and continue to roll
out our flagship retail and hospitality products globally."
Srinivasan is a tenured executive with more than 15 years of
experience leading, building, and scaling marketing efforts at
retail, gaming, consumer products, and technology companies. In
this new role, Srinivasan will lead Lightspeed's overall marketing
strategy and build on the Company's position in the market to help
drive strategic growth, innovation, and value for shareholders and
customers worldwide.
"It is an exciting time to be joining Lightspeed," said
Kady Srinivasan, Lightspeed's Chief
Marketing Officer. "Now more than ever, the Company's
technology plays such an important role in helping complex
businesses thrive. I look forward to bringing my tech industry
marketing experience to advancing Lightspeed's position as
one of the world's most innovative and fast-growing commerce
companies. I can't wait to get started."
Srinivasan joins Lightspeed from Klaviyo, a SaaS marketing
automation technology provider, where she served as SVP, Global
Head of Marketing. Previously, Srinivasan was the Chief Marketing
Officer at Owlet Baby Care, leading the global marketing and sales
efforts that built brand equity, expanded the TAM, created demand
and raised awareness of the company as a leader in infant health
technology. Before joining Owlet Baby Care, Kady was Dropbox's
Global Head of Marketing and Integrated GTM, where she led
marketing for SMBs and consumers, driving considerable growth
within two customer segments. Kady was instrumental in
launching the Dropbox Business product brand and played a key role
in Dropbox's IPO journey. Srinivasan also served as Senior Director
of Growth and Integrated Marketing for Electronic Arts' mobile
division. She is currently a Venture Advisor at Relay Ventures and
a mentor for Girls Who Code. Kady holds an MBA from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and a BE from RV College of Engineering.
About Lightspeed
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global
economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants
innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer
experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies
online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to
new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection
to supplier networks.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in
2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams
across North America, Europe, and Asia
Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf
businesses in over 100 countries.
For more information, please visit: lightspeedhq.com
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