Matt Curl as COO and Rich Bessel as SVP of Design

Matt Curl joins from Checkr and Rich Bessel joins from Affinity, Facebook, Robinhood and Intuit, bringing valuable expertise to advance innovation and customer experience

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Apollo.ioa leading go-to-market (GTM) solution for sales and marketing teams, has appointed two new leaders to its leadership team: Matte loop as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Rich Bessel as Senior Vice President of Design. These strategic hires will lead the company’s next phase of growth and help shape the future of go-to-market.

“We are excited to welcome Matt and Rich to our leadership team, both of whom have proven track records and a reputation for maximizing GTM innovation and team excellence,” said Apollo CEO. Tim Zheng“Rich’s expertise in human-centered design will enhance our platform and help us deliver the best user experience, while Matt’s expertise in revenue growth will help us scale our operations. Together, they will play a key role in advancing our business as Apollo continues to expand globally.”

Matte loop joins Apollo.io with a strong background in operational excellence and deep expertise in B2B SaaS. In his previous role as Senior Vice President, General Manager at Checkr, one of the largest consumer insights agencies valued at 5 billion dollarsCurl has brought impact and growth to the company. During his tenure, he led and launched Checkr Self Serve, which now has over 100,000 unique customers, and served as CEO of Tessera Data, a wholly owned subsidiary of Checkr, consolidated from four separate business acquisitions. Prior to Checkr, Curl was Senior Vice President of Operations for Fivestars, a Y Combinator-backed startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he built and grew the sales, operations, business systems, and product analytics departments from seed to growth. $317 million acquisition by SumUp.

As Apollo’s senior vice president of design, Rich Bessel Bessel brings nearly two decades of design expertise from leadership roles at Affinity, Facebook, Robinhood and Intuit, where he created award-winning designs that impacted billions of people. As a founding member of the Design Executive Council, Bessel has a deep network with the world’s most influential companies dedicated to strengthening the relationship between design and business. He will lead Apollo’s product vision to ensure a consistent and engaging user experience across the brand and platform. “This is a truly exciting time to join Apollo,” said Bessel. “I look forward to collaborating with the team and users to deliver a customer experience that makes going to market world-class simple and accessible to everyone.”

Apollo enables revenue teams to operationalize their GTM strategy, generate pipeline, win deals, and improve team performance with AI-driven insights, all in one place. The company was recently ranked by Forbes Apollo is one of America’s Top Startup Employers in 2024, employing over 600 full-time team members fully distributed in over 30 countries around the world. Apollo is currently hiring across all departments, including Marketing, Engineering, Customer Success, Product, and Sales. Apply to join the Apollo team today.

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About Apollo.io
Apollo.io is the go-to-market solution of choice for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users worldwide, from fast-growing startups to some of the world’s largest enterprises. The company is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies, with a funding round of approximately $250 million to date and valued at $1.6 billion. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data from over 275 million B2B contacts, along with tools to engage and convert those contacts on a unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers.

SOURCE Apollo.io