Braze Appoints Yvonne Wassenaar to Board of Directors
03 Juin 2024 - 10:15PM
Business Wire
Technology Executive Brings Expertise in
Scaling and Diversifying Businesses
Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the leading customer engagement platform
that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™, today announced
the appointment of Yvonne Wassenaar to its Board of Directors and
as a member of its Audit Committee. As a tenured cloud and SaaS
technology executive, Yvonne brings a wealth of expertise in
scaling enterprise software companies to the board. Yvonne will
replace Doug Pepper, who joined Braze's board in August of 2014,
and who will remain as a Board Observer.
“The power of the Braze platform and its extensibility across
the customer engagement value chain is unmatched,” said Wassenaar.
“The company is uniquely positioned for leveraging AI to empower
customers in meaningful ways today and in transformational ways in
the future. The Braze team has the vision and passion to take the
company to the next level, and I look forward to partnering with
them in this journey.”
For over 30 years, Yvonne has advised leaders on scaling,
diversifying, and transforming their businesses throughout the
Americas, Europe, and Asia. She served as Chief Executive Officer
of Puppet, Inc., an IT automation software company, from January
2019 to May 2022. From June 2017 to September 2018, she served as
Chief Executive Officer of Airware, an enterprise drone solutions
company. From August 2014 to May 2017, Yvonne served in various
roles at New Relic, Inc. and prior to that she held various senior
positions at VMware, Inc. and served as a partner at Accenture plc.
Yvonne currently serves on the board of directors of Arista
Networks, Inc., a public cloud networking company, Forrester
Research, Inc., a public research and advisory company, InfoBlox, a
cloud networking and security services company, JFrog Ltd., a
public software supply chain platform provider, and Rubrik, Inc., a
public zero trust data management company.
"Yvonne is an accomplished leader with an incredible wealth of
experience that she has earned from a long and varied career across
iconic companies in the enterprise software space, two formative
decades at Accenture, and as a CEO on the cutting edge of technical
transformation," said Bill Magnuson, Cofounder and CEO of Braze.
“We look forward to her partnership and to benefiting from the
expertise she brings to our Board of Directors as we enter our next
stage of growth.”
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 potential growth and anticipated
performance of Braze and its business. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 2024, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 1, 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
by Gartner® in the 2023 Magic Quadrant™ for Multichannel Marketing
Hubs and 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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