The veteran enterprise technology executive and advisor brings more than 30 years’ experience of industry leadership and innovation to GTreasury’s Board
GTreasury, a treasury and risk management platform provider, announced that it has appointed veteran technology executive Lou Shipley to its board of directors.
Shipley joins the GTreasury Board with more than three decades of accomplishments as an enterprise software executive, technology entrepreneur, and sales leader. Currently, Shipley serves as the Executive-in-Residence at General Catalyst. Previously, Shipley was President and CEO of Black Duck Software, where he grew the valuation of the security company by more than 300% and led it to a successful acquisition by Synopsys. Prior to Black Duck, Shipley served as President and CEO of Turbonomic, and Reflectent Software (acquired by Citrix Systems). Shipley serves on the boards of Fairmarkit, Wasabi, Logz.io, TeamWorks, Alchemista and CustomerGauge. Shipley holds a degree in Economics from Trinity College-Hartford (where he also a Trustee), and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the faculty at Harvard Business School where he teaches Entrepreneurial Sales and lectures at the MIT Sloan School of Management where he teaches Technology Sales.
Shipley will apply his depth of experience leading and advising technology companies to GTreasury, as the treasury and risk management innovator continues to expand its platform capabilities and partnerships amid accelerated global customer growth.
“No company understands what treasurers require to get their jobs done better and more efficiently than GTreasury, and I’m excited to join the board and offer guidance as it moves forward,” said Shipley. “Now in its fourth decade, GTreasury is continuing to set the bar with its comprehensive treasury and risk management capabilities. With a combination of vision and execution – including adding several key platform additions over the past year – GTreasury is seeing remarkable customer growth and demand from corporate treasurers and financial professionals.”
“Lou’s proven track record and depth of experience driving business growth and innovation for fast-growing software companies make him an ideal addition to the GTreasury Board,” said Renaat Ver Eecke, CEO at GTreasury. “On behalf of the board, we’re excited to have Lou join us and help steer GTreasury’s direction as we scale our services and sales footprint around the world.”
