FourKites CEO and leadership

FourKites is reinventing the complex and labor intensive communication systems in the Logistics and Transportation Industry by providing a cost-effective, real-time and easy-to-use cloud based software solution.

In the current but outdated system, shippers and freight brokers have no up-to-date information of the current location of their freight and arrival times. They rely on multiple phone calls to drivers and dispatchers to get accurate information. Systems like Email, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Fax are all initiated after the fact, making the decision process very reactive. You have now wasted time and effort for data that could be days old. FourKites solves this problem.

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As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites, Matt is responsible for defining and implementing the company’s vision and strategy for the team, customers and investors. Matt works closely with the company Executive Team in creating the go-to-market strategy based on the analysis and insights from market research. Matt also works closely with the company product and engineering to guide technical innovation and product roll-out; define product road-maps; prioritize feature implementations based on customer feedback and secure key intellectual property including patents and trademarks.

Arun currently serves as Technology Advisor and previously held the role of CTO at FourKites. He brings years of experience building scalable enterprise systems that process millions of transactions every day, serving tens of thousands of users. Prior to FourKites, Arun held engineering roles at companies including Microsoft, Cognizant and Groupon.

An unabashed technology enthusiast, Arun stays abreast of the latest and greatest in software development and is an expert in cloud computing. He eats, drinks, lives and dreams ways to solve the challenges facing the trucking industry with the power of technology. He is also an avid biker.

Arun holds a bachelor’s in Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, in India.

Priya Rajagopalan is a seasoned business leader with 17 years of experience in product management, marketing, and strategy. Previously, Priya was the head of Product Management for the Metadata Business Group of TiVo Corporation, where she had global responsibility for its video, music, books, and games metadata products. While at TiVo, she led geographic expansion for video metadata across Western Europe and the APAC region and spearheaded the acquisitions of Veveo, a semantic search & recommendations engine, and Integral Reach, a cloud-based predictive analytics firm.

Prior to TiVo, Priya worked at Flexera Software, where she led product management for the award-winning FlexNet Producer suite of ERP-adjacent enterprise applications and launched a new product line aimed at high-tech device manufacturers. In her prior career in consulting, she advised leadership teams at technology firms such as Hewlett-Packard, Emerson, 3M, and ADP.

Priya has an MBA with a specialization in finance, marketing, and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Madras in India.

Successful CMO who drives business growth - recognized as:

★ Top 100 Influencer in Content Marketing

★ Top 40 Marketing Superstars to Follow

★ One of the Top Online Marketers on Twitter

★ CMO Best Practice Award from IDC

★ Winner Stackies Award - by ChiefMarTec

Expertise

* Data-driven / tech-driven marketing to drive revenue.

* Breakthrough messaging that accelerates product adoption.

* Building great global marketing teams that are fast and effective.

CMO - OutSystems

Leading the global marketing team at one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world. OutSystems is: 6th best Cloud Computing company to work for (Forbes), Unicorn growth and valued over $1 billion, 65% YoY ARR growth, Category leader (Gartner, Forrester), Private Equity funding from KKR, Goldman Sachs $360 million, Codie award winner and much more.

CMO - Acrolinx

Drove all marketing functions for award-winning artificial intelligence software company. Helped create new software category, scaled demand generation to achieve 70% YoY revenue growth, acquired new customers including Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and positioned company for successful acquisition.

VP Global Marketing - Brightcove (BCOV)

Led global go-to-market strategy, product marketing, demand generation, global field marketing and technology partnerships. Grew new customers from 300 to over 6000 leading to successful IPO in 2012 and exceeded $110 million in revenue.

Director of Product Marketing - Adobe Systems (ADBE)

Led Adobe's Enterprise and developer product marketing team growing revenue from $150 million to $500 million.

Co-founder and VP of Marketing - Q-Link Technologies

Venture-backed enterprise software start-up acquired by Adobe in 2004. Responsible for all marketing functions. Achieved 140% YoY growth.

Co-founder and Partner - Paradigm Research

Founder of business strategy consultancy focused on the Fortune 500 servicing clients such as IBM, Pitney Bowes, Pennzoil, MCI, and others.

MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and volunteered on advisory boards for several non-profit organizations including World Vision and A Child's Right.

FourKites is reinventing the complex and labor intensive communication systems in the Logistics and Transportation Industry by providing a cost-effective, real-time and easy-to-use cloud based software solution.

In the current but outdated system, shippers and freight brokers have no up-to-date information of the current location of their freight and arrival times. They rely on multiple phone calls to drivers and dispatchers to get accurate information. Systems like Email, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Fax are all initiated after the fact, making the decision process very reactive. You have now wasted time and effort for data that could be days old. FourKites solves this problem.

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As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites, Matt is responsible for defining and implementing the company’s vision and strategy for the team, customers and investors. Matt works closely with the company Executive Team in creating the go-to-market strategy based on the analysis and insights from market research. Matt also works closely with the company product and engineering to guide technical innovation and product roll-out; define product road-maps; prioritize feature implementations based on customer feedback and secure key intellectual property including patents and trademarks.

Arun currently serves as Technology Advisor and previously held the role of CTO at FourKites. He brings years of experience building scalable enterprise systems that process millions of transactions every day, serving tens of thousands of users. Prior to FourKites, Arun held engineering roles at companies including Microsoft, Cognizant and Groupon.

An unabashed technology enthusiast, Arun stays abreast of the latest and greatest in software development and is an expert in cloud computing. He eats, drinks, lives and dreams ways to solve the challenges facing the trucking industry with the power of technology. He is also an avid biker.

Arun holds a bachelor’s in Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, in India.

FourKites is reinventing the complex and labor intensive communication systems in the Logistics and Transportation Industry by providing a cost-effective, real-time and easy-to-use cloud based software solution.

In the current but outdated system, shippers and freight brokers have no up-to-date information of the current location of their freight and arrival times. They rely on multiple phone calls to drivers and dispatchers to get accurate information. Systems like Email, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Fax are all initiated after the fact, making the decision process very reactive. You have now wasted time and effort for data that could be days old. FourKites solves this problem.

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As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites, Matt is responsible for defining and implementing the company’s vision and strategy for the team, customers and investors. Matt works closely with the company Executive Team in creating the go-to-market strategy based on the analysis and insights from market research. Matt also works closely with the company product and engineering to guide technical innovation and product roll-out; define product road-maps; prioritize feature implementations based on customer feedback and secure key intellectual property including patents and trademarks.

Arun currently serves as Technology Advisor and previously held the role of CTO at FourKites. He brings years of experience building scalable enterprise systems that process millions of transactions every day, serving tens of thousands of users. Prior to FourKites, Arun held engineering roles at companies including Microsoft, Cognizant and Groupon.

An unabashed technology enthusiast, Arun stays abreast of the latest and greatest in software development and is an expert in cloud computing. He eats, drinks, lives and dreams ways to solve the challenges facing the trucking industry with the power of technology. He is also an avid biker.

Arun holds a bachelor’s in Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, in India.