Digital finance transformation leader adds
former Apptio, Amazon Web Services,
and Microsoft leader to oversee global technology direction
LOS
ANGELES, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Digital finance transformation leader BlackLine,
Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) announced today that cloud software
engineering veteran Jeremy Ung has
joined the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective
April 15th. As CTO, Ung
will guide the technology direction of BlackLine's market-leading
cloud platform as the company continues to capitalize on the
growing worldwide demand for solutions that drive greater
automation, efficiency, financial governance, and risk management
for the Office of the CFO. He will report to Founder and Co-CEO
Therese Tucker.
"Jeremy has a broad range of technical, interpersonal, and
managerial skills from working at companies of various sizes, where
he has been instrumental in providing the technology vision,
strategy, and leadership to run and scale leading-edge technology
organizations," said Tucker. "We have found a leader who not
only understands the complexities of cloud infrastructure but also
shares our commitment to customer success and product innovation as
we continue to grow and deliver AI-powered solutions for the Office
of the CFO."
Ung comes to BlackLine with over 20 years of experience in
software engineering, spanning development, product management, and
engineering management. He most recently served as CTO at
AI-powered technology financial management software leader Apptio,
leading the Engineering, Operations, and Global Support teams.
Before joining Apptio in 2019, he spent three years in leadership
positions at Amazon Web Services. Before that, he held various
senior program and software management roles at Microsoft and
MDA, a satellite and geo-intelligence pioneer.
"BlackLine has consistently set the benchmark for delivering
software that solves complex challenges for the Office of the CFO,
fundamentally transforming processes and unlocking efficiencies
through automation and data intelligence," said Ung. "Joining
BlackLine as CTO gives me an incredible opportunity to build on
that foundation and impact the finance and accounting technology
landscape of the future. I look forward to continuing to enhance
BlackLine's solutions through connected data and AI-powered
platforms that will accelerate our ability to scale and
continuously deliver customer value."
Ung holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and
English from the University of British
Columbia.
About BlackLine
Companies come to BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) because their traditional
manual accounting and finance processes are not sustainable.
BlackLine's market-leading cloud platform and customer service help
companies move to modern accounting by unifying their data and
processes, automating repetitive work, and driving accountability
through visibility. BlackLine provides solutions to manage and
automate financial close, intercompany accounting, invoice-to-cash,
and consolidation processes – inspiring, powering, and guiding
large enterprises and midsize businesses on their digital finance
transformation journeys.
Nearly 4,400 customers trust BlackLine to help them close faster
with complete and accurate results. The company is the pioneer of
the cloud financial close market and is recognized as the leader by
customers at leading end-user review sites including G2 and
TrustRadius. BlackLine is a global company with operations in major
business centers including Los
Angeles, New York, the San
Francisco Bay area, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Sydney, Bangalore, and Singapore. For more information, visit
blackline.com.
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