Freshworks Picks SaaS Visionary Stacey Epstein as its CMO

Freshworks has chosen the veteranSaaS leader Stacey Epstein as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She brings over 25 years of experience in the industry.She will be pivotal to Freshworks’ next phase of growth.

Freshworks is an intelligent customer engagement software company. Recently, the companysurpassed $300 million in ARR.The California headquartered companyhas a leadership team that is full of experienced veterans from Atlassian, Oracle, Veeva, and Zuora. Epstein will be a fresh addition to the company’s leadership, where she will lead the company’s global marketing strategy.

“Stacey is a talented leader who has built well-known brands from early stage through successful exits including both IPOs and multi-billion dollar acquisitions. She'll play a huge role in our next phase of growth,” said GirishMathrubootham, CEO of Freshworks. “More than that, she is a genuine and passionate person who will help us maintain our remarkable culture as we continue to scale our global product company.”

Stacey Epstein was recognized as one of the 'Top 50 women leaders in SaaS of 2020' by The Software Report and as the 'Global CMO of the Year' by Enterprise IT World.During her stint atSuccessFactors, the company grew from $10 million in ARR through six years of triple-digit revenue growth, a successful IPO, and subsequent acquisition by SAP for $3.4 billion.She also served as CEO of Zinc, Inc., which was acquired by ServiceMax in 2019.