Brian D. Owen

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President and CEO, Board Chair and Director, CEO and Executive team Mentoring, and Operating Advisory roles @ 7x CEO and 25+ VC/Private Equity-backed SaaS software company Boards
Boston, MA, US
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About Brian D. Owen

Brian D. Owen is a 7-time public (IPO) and private company President/CEO within global Enterprise hardware and SaaS B2B software companies. He has also served as an Exec/Non-Exec Chairman/Board of Director member with 25+ technology companies (2 public) overseeing numerous financings, IPOs, acquisitions, divestitures, and 17 Exits working alongside such top-tier PE investors as TH Lee, Menlo Ventures, SoftBank, Playground, Greylock, Goldman Sachs, Sverica, Oak Investment Partners, Li & Fung, Viola, OMERS, WP Global, Pilot Growth, and Long Ridge. o Scalable Leadership: $10M - $1B+ annual revenueso. Global Leadership: Leading US, EU, Israeli, Asia Pac, and Australian Companies. Dual citizen: US/EUo Mentor/Executive Development: 20+ reports have gone on to become President/MD/CEO’so High EQ required to execute management transitions and quickly earn team confidence and respecto Significant Board Governance including CEO transition, Audit, and Compensation Committees o Generated IRR >300% for Greylock (MapInfo IPO) and 10x return to Viola (decalog sale to SunGard) o Managed through several market downturns, rightsizing to preserve cash and extend runwayEstablishes an inspirational corporate strategy, mission, and purpose while fostering a culture of trust, transparency, responsibility, and innovation among employees, partners, and customers. Effectively sponsors programs that drive digital transformation, increase employee engagement, foster customer success and commitment, and create value for all stakeholders. A universal reputation for coaching and collaborating with high-performance cross functional operating teams that execute market penetration strategies, efficiently grow ARR, deliver innovative products, “Surprise and Delight” customers, foster business development partnerships, and establish dominant global brands. Industry/Vertical Experience:Piece-picking RoboticsAI/ML and Vision SystemsWarehouse AutomationSupply Chain LogisticsBig Data/AnalyticsData Fabric and Knowledge Graph OLAPIndustry 4.0GIS and Location Based ServicesProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM)Omni-Channel Marketing and Merchandizing IoT and Blockchain Ledger Governance/Risk/ComplianceVendor Risk Management Financial Technology Sales and Marketing TechnologyHR/Compensation Managenent Systems

Brian D. Owen's Current Company Details
7x CEO and 25+ VC/Private Equity-backed SaaS software company Boards

7X Ceo And 25+ Vc/Private Equity-Backed Saas Software Company Boards

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President and CEO, Board Chair and Director, CEO and Executive team Mentoring, and Operating Advisory roles
Boston, MA, US
Brian D. Owen Work Experience Details
  • 7X Ceo And 25+ Vc/Private Equity-Backed Saas Software Company Boards
    President And Ceo, Board Chair And Director, Ceo And Executive Team Mentoring, And Operating Advisory Roles
    7X Ceo And 25+ Vc/Private Equity-Backed Saas Software Company Boards
    Boston, Ma, Us
  • Dragonfly Ai
    Executive Chairman
    Dragonfly Ai Sep 2022 - Present
    London, Greater London, Gb
    Dragonfly is trusted by over 70 global brands including Reckitt, CocaCola, Unilever, Pepsico, Danone, Bacardi, Colgate, Mars, Nestle, J&J and others.Dragonfly’s AI platform optimizes the quality and effectiveness of visual content by delivering instant actionable insight, and on-demand creative testing and analytics, at scale, across any format, channel, or marketplace providing customers a significant and measurable ROI.
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  • 7X Ceo And 25+ Vc/Private Equity-Backed Saas Software Company Boards
    President & Ceo, Board Chair/Director, Ceo/Executive Team Mentoring, And Operating Advisory Roles
    7X Ceo And 25+ Vc/Private Equity-Backed Saas Software Company Boards Jan 2001 - Present
    CEO (full time and interim), Executive Board Chair/Director, CEO/Management team Mentoring, and Operating Advisory roles with more than 25 enterprise SaaS software companies overseeing numerous financings, multiple acquisitions, and 17 Exits to both financial and strategic buyers. Representative companies include: Dragonfly AI (London) AI-based Predictive Attention Platform with Guinness & Foresight 2022 - Present Mobilus Labs (London) Voice Communication Platform with Chevron & Vinci VC 2022-2024 Full Circle Insights Martech Attribution and Analytics with Aligned VC 2015-2023 StorySlab Sales Enablement Solution with Armory Square 2019-2022 Sale to BTC Gryphon Technologies Sales Performance Management with Sverica 2020-2021 R4 Technologies AI for CPG and Retail with Priceline Founders 2019-2020 ProcessUnity GRC 3rd Party Risk Management with Long Ridge 2018-2021 Sale 13x to Marlin Equity Beqom Compensation Management (Switzerland) with Goldman Sachs 2018-2019 Centric Software PLM with Oak and Fung Capital 2004-18 Sale 8x to Dassault Cloud TP Cloud Migration Svcs with Oak and AWS 2014-18 Sale 5x to HPE Mojix Blockchain/IoT for Omnichannel Retail with Oak 2016-18 Recapitalization Lecorpio IP Management with M2O 2015-17 Sale 10x to Anaqua
  • Righthand Robotics, Inc
    President And Ceo
    Righthand Robotics, Inc Jan 2023 - Sep 2024
    Charlestown, Massachusetts, Us
    RightHand Robotics™ is the leading provider of robotic piece-picking solutions for efficient and predictable order fulfillment. Their state-of-the-art RightPick™ 3 system handles a wide variety of items and is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing fulfillment processes. The piece-picking solution combines an intelligent gripper, a vision system, and control software as a form of hand, eye, coordination – providing accountability for picking success. Driven by RightPick AI, the modular system leverages machine learning across the fleet to continuously improve picking in a variety of workflows, enabling supply chain managers to predictably increase productivity in distribution centers around the world.
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  • Cambridge Semantics Inc.
    Ceo And President
    Cambridge Semantics Inc. Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    Bookings grew 300% to $24M with such customers as the FDA, Bosch, Siemens, Raytheon, Merck, IBM Watson Health, and Point 72. Closed large global strategic deal that resulted in smaller surviving entity. Customers focus resulted in 100% customer satisfaction. Repositioning produced leadership status at Gartner and Forrester. Recruited by Founders to respond to severe COVID downturn. CSI’s Data Fabric and Knowledge Graph OLAP solutions facilitate enterprise digital transformations at scale.
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  • R4 Technologies
    President
    R4 Technologies 2019 - 2020
    Ridgefield, Connecticut, Us
    r4 is the pioneer in cross-enterprise AI. Organizations across multiple industries use r4’s platform to unlock growth opportunities trapped in and between enterprise silos, systems, and processes.Recruited by Series B Private Equity investor Pilot Growth to assess company circumstances and secure new Series C financing in 2019Started working with this innovative Artificial Intelligence SaaS software company as a member of their Leadership Advisory BoardRecruited as President and developed a business plan to quadruple ARR and reach profitability within 18 monthsLed fundraising efforts and secured a Series C Term Sheet from existing PE investorsCollaborated with the BoD, investors, and CFO, to secure debt concessions leveraging new Series C
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  • White Cup (Merged Tour De Force Crm With Compass Sales Automation)
    Chairman And Acting Ceo
    White Cup (Merged Tour De Force Crm With Compass Sales Automation) 2018 - 2019
    Recruited by Eden Capital Private Equity to lead the integration of two SaaS software companies: Compass, a provider of sales automation solutions (Boise, ID), and Tour de Force, a provider of CRM, Business Intelligence and sales force automation (Findlay, OH).Managed the alignment, integration, and restructuring of the leadership team of this profitable company.
  • X-Io Technologies
    Chairman, President & Ceo
    X-Io Technologies 2013 - 2016
    Colorado Springs, Co, Us
    Recruited as Executive Chairman by Ed Glassmeyer, Founder of Oak Investment PartnersAfter Global Ops review became CEO to restructure this ~$50M computer storage companyHeadcount was reduced by 45% to facilitate organizational rebuildingGo-To-Market strategy was focused/narrowed and eliminating the direct sales teams in favor of distributor and reseller partnersNew management team was recruited (VP US Sales, GM INTL Sales, VP HR) or promoted (COO, VP Marketing, VP Services) Successful recapitalization around a new Hype-Converged cloud architecture completed in H2 2016 led by new PE firm Based in Colorado, the organization has offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa and has a proven installation of more than 7,000 units across 1,200+ customers worldwide.
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  • Masthead Venture Partners
    General/Operating Partner
    Masthead Venture Partners 2000 - 2015
    Masthead’s focus was on investments in enterprise application SW, security software, and digital advertising platform companies Operating Partner focused on Sales, Marketing, GTM, Product/Market fit, and technology innovation Led recap of Centric Software. Dassault acquired 51% in 2018 at a $500M+ valuationNotable exits: Centric, Tacoda (sold to AOL), Tremor Video (Nasdaq: TLRA), AEP (sold to Ultra Electronics), BitPipe (sold to TechTarget), and World Wide Packets (sold to Ciena)
  • Sungard Financial Systems - Now Part Of Fis
    President And Ceo
    Sungard Financial Systems - Now Part Of Fis Mar 1997 - Jan 2000
    Wayne, Pa, Us
    Filed for an Initial Public Offering leading to the sale of company to SunGard (NYSE:SDS) Quadrupled the revenue run-rate in two years while transitioning from a loss to profitabilityRelocated corporate HQ from Paris to Boston Revenues grew from <$10M to ~$40Mdecalog was the leading provider of Straight-Through-Processing (STP) front office asset management solutions to the world’s largest global asset managers, including CitiGroup, Goldman Sachs, AXA Equitable Group, and FORTIS.Relocated corporate HQ from Paris to Boston and recruited a world class executive management team with regional offices in Boston, New York, London, Paris and Tel Aviv.
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  • Mapinfo
    President And Ceo
    Mapinfo 1992 - 1997
    Us
    Completed a very successful Initial Public offering (IPO) that was 24 times oversubscribed.Hired as the company’s first outside CEO following Greylock's investment.Successfully led the company through critical stages of corporate growth and development. 20 consecutive profitable quarters while International revenue contribution expanded to >50%. Revenue grew from <$10M to ~$50M and market cap exceeded $400M.While CEO, MapInfo was ranked #23 on Inc's list of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies and became the dominant worldwide provider of Geographic Decision Support Systems (GIS) and Location Based Services (LBS) for business. With product offerings in 58 countries and 23 languages we achieved a greater than 50% global market share.
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  • Computer Associates
    Vp/Gm Software Management Division
    Computer Associates Jan 1990 - Dec 1992
    Lincoln, Rhode Island, Us
    Later acquired by CA, Legent was a General Atlantic PE-backed Software roll-up. Hired to run the recently acquired BST software Management Division. AS GM, revenue more than doubled to >$40m in two years. Reported to John Burton, President and CEO.
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  • Oracle Corporation
    Vp/Gm Midrange Platforms
    Oracle Corporation 1987 - 1990
    Austin, Texas, Us
    Reported directly to Larry Ellison, CEO. While there, revenue more than quadrupled to over $1B. Responsible for several product divisions that generated >50% of corporate revenue. Managed and motivated a large staff of product development, marketing, operations and finance professionals at corporate HQ.
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Brian D. Owen Skills

Leadership Mobile International Business Strategic Partnerships Public Speaking Executive Management Start Ups B2b Software Alliances Saas Business Model Business Development Change Leadership Finance Board Member Strategic Planning Strategy Management Consulting Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship Emerging Markets Managed Services P&l Management New Business Development Product Strategy Big Data Acquisitions Liquidity Product Management Go To Market Strategy Enterprise Software Business Intelligence President And Ceo Business Alliances Private Equity Saas Business Strategy International Management Due Diligence Organizational Leadership Ipo Venture Capital Corporate Development Mobile Devices Mergers And Acquisitions Cloud Computing Analytics Managed Security Services Strategy Development Data Mining Venture Financing

Brian D. Owen Education Details

  • The Wharton School
    The Wharton School
    Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Boston College
    Boston College
    Mathematics
  • Trinity College Dublin
    Trinity College Dublin
    Undergraduate Studies

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