SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its
transition to a public company after a successful IPO in April this
year, DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) today announced that it will welcome
three new members to its board of directors, and that five will in
turn move off over the course of the year.
Joining effective August 29, 2018,
are former GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving,
Docker chairman and CEO Steve Singh,
and IBM Watson business unit GM Inhi Cho
Suh.
"We are thrilled to be welcoming Inhi, Blake and Steve into
their new roles on our board," said Dan
Springer, the CEO of DocuSign. "We have worked with them
all in various roles over the years. They bring a wealth of
experience across the public and private sector. And they bring
unique perspectives in the areas of SaaS, big data, artificial
intelligence, and serving customers from the largest enterprises to
the very smallest businesses. This will offer a vital contribution
to our growth and evolution as a newly-public company."
With more than 25 years of leadership experience at public
corporate and consumer technology companies—including Microsoft,
Yahoo and GoDaddy—Irving will bring a breadth of knowledge to
DocuSign's board. "In the SaaS industry, it's rare to see a company
create a category from scratch, grow to lead that category, and
then continue its innovation ark by extending to meet an even
broader set of business challenges. That's what we are seeing with
DocuSign and its System of Agreement vision, and that's why I am
excited to join the board and help support the company for the
future," said Irving.
Singh has been Docker's chairman and CEO for just over a year,
having spent much of his career prior to that at SAP and Concur
Technologies—all of which ensures he offers public, private and
enterprise SaaS expertise. "Joining DocuSign's board is exciting
for me both personally and professionally. I've worked across a
spectrum of enterprise technologies, so I can appreciate the impact
that DocuSign is already having in that space—and its vast
potential for the future," said Singh.
Suh is an industry veteran, with 20 years of experience driving
innovation at IBM. She currently leads the company's Watson
Customer Engagement business unit and is no stranger to DocuSign,
having appeared on the company's Momentum conference stage as a
customer and partner over the past few years. "DocuSign is a strong
digital brand that engenders trust among people and businesses. The
company offers incredible value to customers, demonstrates strong
innovation, and is on a solid growth path—I look forward to
supporting its success as a member of the board," said
Suh.
As part of this planned transition, DocuSign founder
Tom Gonser and current chairman
Keith Krach will leave their board
roles at the end of the year. And directors Scott Darling, Rory
O'Driscoll and Jonathan
Roberts will leave their board roles when the new members
join on August 29, 2018.
"I know that I speak for the entire company when I offer my
sincerest thanks to Tom, Keith, Scott, Rory and Jonathan," added
Springer. "Each have helped write important chapters of the
DocuSign story. For this we are all grateful, and I know they will
remain close to the company."
For more information, visit www.docusign.com.
Investor Relations:
Annie
Leschin
VP Investor Relations
investors@docusign.com
Media Relations:
Adrian
Wainwright
Head of Communications
media@docusign.com
About DocuSign, Inc.
Founded in 2003, DocuSign® offers
the leading e-signature solution as part of its broader platform
for automating the agreement process. Today, DocuSign's cloud-based
platform enables more than 370,000 companies and hundreds of
millions of users in over 180 countries to accelerate business and
simplify life. For more information, visit www.docusign.com, call
+1-877-720-2040, or follow @DocuSign on Twitter, LinkedIn,
Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
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