SmartBear announced the promotion of Frank Roe to the role of CEO.
Roe succeeds Justin Teague, who has decided to step down as CEO of the company for personal reasons. Teague will continue to contribute to the company’s growth as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Since joining the company in 2016, Teague has led the company through a period of record growth, more than doubling the size of the company, rocketing passed the $100 million revenue mark in that time period. Under his leadership, the company has experienced accelerated organic growth and product innovation. During his tenure, he also helped SmartBear broaden its product portfolio through key acquisitions and rapid, successful commercialization strategies of products and open source communities such as swagger.io, cucumber.io, Zephyr, CrossBrowserTesting, HipTest, and BitBar.
“I am so proud of the SmartBear team which has rallied together from around the world and accomplished so much in a few short years,” said Teague, outgoing CEO of SmartBear. “I have made the incredibly difficult decision to step aside as CEO for personal reasons. I have complete confidence in the company’s strategy and future under the leadership of Frank and the senior leadership team, and want to thank all of our employees and our customers for moving the industry forward in such great ways. I look forward to continue working with the company as Executive Chairman.”
Frank Roe joined SmartBear in 2018 as Chief Revenue Officer, following a successful career in senior leadership positions at Oracle, Progress Software, and other leading software organizations.
“I appreciate the opportunity to take over the helm of this great organization,” said Roe. “I am confident in the continued success and growth of SmartBear given our world class products and outstanding senior leadership team. I wish Justin all the best and look forward to working with him in his new role on the board.”
“We are enormously grateful to Justin for his leadership over the past four years,” said Brian Decker, Partner at Francisco Partners. “Under Justin’s leadership, SmartBear has more than doubled in size and is one of the leading providers of software development and quality tools in the world, and we look forward to continue working with Justin in his new role as Executive Chairman. We have full confidence in Frank and the rest of the leadership team at SmartBear and look forward to the Company’s next stage of growth.”
The Latest
Modernizing IT infrastructure has become essential for organizations striving to remain competitive. This modernization extends beyond merely upgrading hardware or software; it involves strategically leveraging new technologies like AI and cloud computing to enhance operational efficiency, increase data accessibility, and improve the end-user experience ...
AI sure grew fast in popularity, but are AI apps any good? ... If companies are going to keep integrating AI applications into their tech stack at the rate they are, then they need to be aware of AI's limitations. More importantly, they need to evolve their testing regiment ...
If you were lucky, you found out about the massive CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage last July by reading about it over coffee. Those less fortunate were awoken hours earlier by frantic calls from work ... Whether you were directly affected or not, there's an important lesson: all organizations should be conducting in-depth reviews of testing and change management ...
In MEAN TIME TO INSIGHT Episode 11, Shamus McGillicuddy, VP of Research, Network Infrastructure and Operations, at EMA discusses Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) ...
On average, only 48% of digital initiatives enterprise-wide meet or exceed their business outcome targets according to Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping industries around the world. From optimizing business processes to unlocking new levels of innovation, AI is a critical driver of success for modern enterprises. As a result, business leaders — from DevOps engineers to CTOs — are under pressure to incorporate AI into their workflows to stay competitive. But the question isn't whether AI should be adopted — it's how ...
The mobile app industry continues to grow in size, complexity, and competition. Also not slowing down? Consumer expectations are rising exponentially along with the use of mobile apps. To meet these expectations, mobile teams need to take a comprehensive, holistic approach to their app experience ...
Users have become digital hoarders, saving everything they handle, including outdated reports, duplicate files and irrelevant documents that make it difficult to find critical information, slowing down systems and productivity. In digital terms, they have simply shoved the mess off their desks and into the virtual storage bins ...
Today we could be witnessing the dawn of a new age in software development, transformed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). But is AI a gateway or a precipice? Is AI in software development transformative, just the latest helpful tool, or a bunch of hype? To help with this assessment, DEVOPSdigest invited experts across the industry to comment on how AI can support the SDLC. In this epic multi-part series to be posted over the next several weeks, DEVOPSdigest will explore the advantages and disadvantages; the current state of maturity and adoption; and how AI will impact the processes, the developers, and the future of software development ...
Half of all employees are using Shadow AI (i.e. non-company issued AI tools), according to a new report by Software AG ...
