Nuxeo has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Steve King as Executive Chairman and Dave Kellogg as Independent Director. The announcement follows the completion of Nuxeo’s recently announced Series B funding round which totalled $30 million.
“Nuxeo is delivering an essential solution that meets the urgent and exploding market demand for next-generation ECM technology that will manage today’s complex digital content at massive scale,” said Eric Barroca, CEO, Nuxeo. “Faced with the increasing complexity, volume and diversity of digital content, organizations need a powerful and flexible solution that will enable architects and developers to easily build and run the applications that power business. The addition of Steve and Dave to our board will provide the expansive vision and experience Nuxeo needs to quickly capitalize on this ‘white hot’ market opportunity as we act quickly to execute our business strategy for global expansion.”
Steve King is a veteran enterprise software executive and distinguished visionary in the electronic document and digital content market. Most recently he was CEO of Recommind, a leading provider of eDiscovery and information analytics which was acquired by OpenText. Prior to that he served as CEO of DocuSign, the global standard for digital transaction management. Earlier he led ZANTAZ, Inc. as president and CEO where, under his seven-year leadership, it grew to become the recognized market leader in cloud-based content archiving and e-discovery solutions. King also served in multiple executive positions at E*TRADE, becoming the CEO of E*OFFERING, a pioneering online investment bank of E*TRADE. He currently sits on the boards of multiple startups. King earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA from Thomas Edison State University.
“Nuxeo has a tremendous opportunity to lead the next generation of cloud-scale digital content and asset management. With innovative technology, impressive customer successes and a growing global infrastructure the company is primed for success,” said King. “I look forward to helping to chart the company’s growth during such a pivotal time.”
Dave Kellogg is an enterprise software thought leader, executive, strategist and marketer. Currently he is the CEO of Host Analytics, the leader in cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions. Prior to Host Analytics, Kellogg served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Service Cloud business unit of Salesforce.com. He has also served as CEO for MarkLogic and has held marketing executive positions with Business Objects, Versant Corporation and Ingres Corp. He holds a bachelor’s degrees in Geophysics and Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.
“The digital content explosion is driving opportunity like never before. Nuxeo is right at the heart of this change, delivering a flexible yet powerful platform that enables business applications to not just manage, but truly use, content in new and transformative ways,” said Kellogg. “I look forward to working with this creative, passionate team to accelerate market adoption and to drive the future of ECM technology.”
