Cloudflare names Christian Smith revenue president with $5B ARR goal
Smith, who led Splunk's shift to cloud and recurring revenue past $4B ARR, succeeds the retiring Mark Anderson atop Cloudflare's global sales organization.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Cloudflare Newsroom
Why it matters
Smith led Splunk through a perpetual-license to recurring-revenue transition past $4 billion in ARR. He now takes over Cloudflare's go-to-market organization as Cloudflare targets $5 billion in ARR, following a quarter of 39% revenue growth.
Matthew Prince has picked the executive he wants running Cloudflare's sales organization for its next leg of growth. In Cloudflare's November 5th announcement, the co-founder and CEO appointed Christian Smith as president of revenue, putting him in charge of the worldwide go-to-market organization, including global sales and revenue operations. Cloudflare provides internet security, networking and developer tools.…
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