Matt Curl Joins From Checkr and Rich Bessel
Hails From Affinity, Facebook, Robinhood, and Intuit, Bringing
Valuable Expertise to Advance Innovation and Customer
Experience
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FRANCISCO, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo.io, a
leading go-to-market (GTM) solution for sales and marketing teams,
has appointed two new executives to its leadership team:
Matt Curl as Chief Operating Officer
(COO) and Rich Bessel as SVP of
Design. These strategic hires will lead the company's next phase of
growth and help shape the future of go-to-market.
"We are excited to welcome Matt and Rich to our executive team,
who each have a proven track record and reputation for maximizing
GTM innovation and team excellence," said Apollo's CEO Tim Zheng. "Rich's human-centered design
expertise will enhance our platform and help us deliver the best
user experience and Matt's expertise driving revenue growth will
help us scale operations. Together, they will play key roles in
driving our business forward as Apollo continues to expand
globally."
Matt Curl joins Apollo.io with a
strong background in operational excellence and deep expertise in
B2B SaaS. In his previous role as SVP, General Manager at Checkr,
one of the largest consumer reporting agencies valued at
$5 billion, Curl brought impact and
growth to the company. During his tenure, he led and launched
'Checkr Self Serve' which now has over 100,000 unique customers,
and served in a CEO capacity for Tessera Data, a wholly owned
Checkr subsidiary consolidated from four distinct company
acquisitions. Prior to Checkr, Curl was the SVP of Operations for
Fivestars, a Y Combinator backed Bay Area startup, where he built
and grew the sales, operations, business systems, and product
analytics departments from seed round to a $317 million acquisition by SumUp.
As Apollo's SVP of Design, Rich
Bessel brings nearly two decades of design expertise from
leadership roles at Affinity, Facebook, Robinhood, and Intuit,
where he created award-winning designs reaching billions of people.
As one of the founding members of the Design Executive Council,
Bessel has a vast network with the world's most influential
corporations, dedicated to fortifying the relationship between
design and business. He will lead Apollo's product vision to ensure
a cohesive and engaging user experience across the brand and
platform. "It's a really exciting time to be joining Apollo," said
Bessel. "I look forward to collaborating with the team and with
users, to deliver a customer experience that makes world-class
go-to-market simple and accessible to all."
Apollo enables revenue teams to operationalize their GTM
strategy, generate pipeline, win deals, and improve team
performance with AI-driven guidance — all in one place. The company
was recently ranked by Forbes as one of America's Best Startup
Employers 2024, employing over 600 full-time team members who are
fully distributed across more than 30 countries globally. Apollo is
currently hiring across all departments including marketing,
engineering, customer success, product, and sales. Apply to join
the Apollo team today.
To sign up for free, visit www.apollo.io.
About Apollo.io
Apollo.io is the leading
go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000
companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing
startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. The company is
one of the fastest growing companies in SaaS, raising approximately
$250 million to date and valued at
$1.6 billion. Apollo.io provides
sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data
for over 275 million B2B contacts, along with tools to engage and
convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue
professionals find the most accurate contact information and
automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into
customers.
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