Fireside Chat with HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan

Godard Abel is CEO of G2, which he co-founded in 2012 — as well as Executive Chairman of ThreeKit, a leading 3D visualization technology company, and Logik.io, a next generation configuration technology. Prior to G2 he was CEO of SteelBrick, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2016, where he subsequently served as SVP/GM of the SteelBrick business unit until May 2017 when he left to refocus on entrepreneurial adventures. Godard also previously co-founded BigMachines, where he was CEO and built it into a leading software-as-a-service provider which was acquired by Oracle in 2013.

Prior to becoming CEO at HubSpot, Yamini served as the company's first-ever Chief Customer Officer, overseeing the marketing, sales, and services teams. A tech industry veteran, Yamini has more than 24 years of experience ranging from product marketing, sales, and strategy. She previously served as Chief Customer Officer at Dropbox and before that she was VP of Sales Strategy and Operations at Workday -- where she helped quadruple revenue and scaled the sales organization. At SAP, Yamini held several customer-facing leadership roles in strategy, pre-sales and value-based selling and helped close landmark deals. In 2019, Yamini was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times. Yamini currently serves on the Board of Splunk, a cybersecurity company.