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Outreach Expands Leadership Team, Adds Chief People Officer Leslie PendergrastSEATTLE, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform, today announced hiring Leslie Pendergrast to the new role of Chief People Officer. Pendergrast brings more than 20 years of experience driving global technology growth and has held senior Human Resources leadership roles in both public and private companies. "As Outreach grows its employee base and expands into new markets, we searched for a talented global human resources executive with a track record of bringing startup technology companies to scale, while ensuring employees have an outstanding experience and continuing Outreach's reputation as a best place work," said Manny Medina, co-founder and CEO of Outreach. "I'm excited to welcome Leslie on board." Pendergrast has held numerous senior human resources leadership positions including Code42, Datalogix, Sourcefire, and Citrix Systems. At Citrix Systems, she played an integral role in growing the company from $24M to $1B in revenue and 100 to 4,000 employees. She was also instrumental in scaling Sourcefire's global business from $75M to $223M in revenue and 200 to 700 employees, at which point the company sold to Cisco for $2.7B. Prior to joining Outreach, she was the Chief People Officer at Code42. Pendergrast has a proven track record advising CEOs and boards of technology companies on how to transform talent acquisition, talent development, culture and well-being, total rewards, and HR operations to scale operations and growth. "I am thrilled to be joining Outreach. From my first interview, even virtually, I could feel the enthusiasm for our customers, our product, and our company values. I thrive in a fast-paced, nmble environment that inspires rapid growth, and I am eager to help build people practices that allow us to scale quickly and effectively," said Pendergrast. Outreach also welcomed five strategic leadership hires:
"I'm thrilled to welcome Leslie, Victoria, Rajit, Min, Ella, and Kara to our team," added Medina. "This group of leaders brings the expertise we need as Outreach continues to expand both in the types of customers we serve and the technology innovations we are bringing to market. These are crucial areas for Outreach's further expansion." Outreach had a busy past few months, bringing home awards and industry recognition. The company took home two best place to work awards from the Puget Sound Business Journal and Seattle Business Magazine, as well as, The Next Tech Titan title at the GeekWire Awards. Most recently, Outreach was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Sales Engagement, Q3 2020. The platform earned the highest scores possible in 11 criteria in the evaluation and received the highest score of any vendor in the current offering category. Forrester recognized Outreach as "a strong fit for organizations that value innovation and category leadership." About Outreach PR Contact: View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/outreach-expands-leadership-team-adds-chief-people-officer-leslie-pendergrast-301131192.html SOURCE Outreach |