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Exhibit 99.1
HubSpot Announces Jill Ward Joins Board of Directors
Ward joins the HubSpot Board as Larry Bohn, managing director at General Catalyst and early HubSpot investor, vacates his seat
CAMBRIDGE, MA October 17, 2017 HubSpot, a leading CRM, marketing, sales, and customer experience platform, announced today that seasoned business executive Jill Ward has joined HubSpots board of directors.
Jill Ward is a business leader and operating executive experienced in scaling products and global companies in technology and business services. Most recently, Jill served as President, COO, and CEO-elect of Fleetmatics. Other previous roles include SVP/General Manager at Intuit and VP/General Manager for a portfolio of industry-specific business management software companies acquired by Intuit. Prior to Intuit, Jill was division President of a customer contact outsourcing company serving enterprise clients in the financial services and technology spaces. Earlier, as an SVP at Fidelity Investments, she was responsible for marketing investment products to small businesses and consumers, and she also served in leadership roles at strategy consulting firm Bain & Company.
Jill has an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and a BA from Wellesley College. She currently serves on the board of the MicroLoan Foundation USA, a non-profit providing loans and business training to women-owned businesses in Africa.
As the first outside director on HubSpots Board, its been amazing to see the company grow from a startup to the category market leader. HubSpot is in great shape, and I am pleased to turn the director baton to Jill, whose executive background will serve the company well as it continues to grow, said Larry Bohn. It has been a privilege to work with HubSpot over the years and I know the best is yet to come.
About HubSpot
HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is a leading CRM, marketing, sales, and customer experience platform. Since 2006, HubSpot has been on a mission to make the world more inbound. Today, over 34,000 customers in more than 90 countries use HubSpots award-winning software, services, and support to transform the way they attract, engage, and delight customers. The HubSpot Growth Stack, built on a powerful, free CRM and comprised of the Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, and soon to be released Customer Hub, gives companies all the tools they need to manage the entire customer experience from awareness to advocacy.
HubSpot has been named a top place to work by Glassdoor, Fortune, The Boston Globe, and The Boston Business Journal. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with offices in Dublin, Ireland (EMEA HQ); Singapore; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Germany; and Portsmouth, NH.
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