CEO & Founder of Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events, and hospitality software company based in Tysons, VA. With more than 5,000 employees and 22,000 customers worldwide. I founded Cvent in 1999, and am extremely grateful to have an incredible team that is passionate about transforming the events industry. The ride has been not always been easy, but has always been exciting. In 2011, NEA and Insight Ventures invested $136M in Cvent. In 2013. we went public on the NYSE and raised $135M. In 2016, we went private with Vista Equity Partners for $1.65 billion. In December 2021, Cvent returned to the public markets on the Nasdaq. In June 2023, Cvent was acquired for $4.6B by Blackstone, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. It's exciting to think about where we'll go in the next 25 years!In 2022, I was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame. In 2018 & 2019, I was named the #1 SaaS Ceo by the SAAS Report. I was also very fortunate to be named the "Most Admired CEO and CEO of the Year of Washington" by the Washington Business Journal. I was also named Executive of the Year by the American Business Awards and Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. Cvent is also consistently named a "Best Places to Work" by the Washington Business Journal and Washington Post.