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BlackLine Appoints Stuart Van Houten as Chief Commercial Officer
Stuart Van Houten, Will Join BlackLine Effective February 17, 2025, and Succeed Mark Woodhams as Head of Global Sales Team BlackLine Expects Fourth Quarter
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[{"type":"text","content":"Stuart Van Houten, Will Join BlackLine Effective February 17, 2025, and Succeed Mark Woodhams as Head of Global Sales Team BlackLine Expects Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Revenue to Meet or Slightly Exceed High End of Guidance Range; Reaffirms Non-GAAP Operating Margin Guidance LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) (“BlackLine” or the “Company”), the future-ready platform for the Office of the CFO, today announced that Stuart Van Houten, a seasoned technology and enterprise SaaS veteran, will assume the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer on February 17, 2025. Mr. Van Houten will be responsible for leading the Company’s global sales organization and revenue operations. He will succeed BlackLine’s current Chief Revenue Officer, Mark Woodhams, as head of the global sales team. Mr. Woodhams will retire effective June 2nd. Mr. Van Houten brings over 20 years of sales leadership and strategic expertise to BlackLine, with nearly a decade spent in roles of increasing responsibility at SAP. Most recently, he has served as the Chief Revenue Officer for SAP’s North American Intelligent Spend Management division, where he successfully doubled the division’s revenue during his tenure. At SAP, he has led a high-performing team of hundreds of professionals across sales, customer success, solution and value advisory, in delivering innovation and fostering strong client relationships. Mr. Van Houten has also held transformative leadership roles at Orchestro, Clarabridge, and GridPoint, where he scaled revenues, built global teams, and spearheaded successful transitions to SaaS models. \"We are incredibly excited to welcome Stuart to BlackLine. His experience accelerating growth and leading large sales teams make him a perfect fit for BlackLine and where we are in our transformation. We also want to recognize Mark and, on behalf of our Board of Directors and executive leadership team, thank him for his valuable contributions to BlackLine for almost seven years. We wish him all the best and thank him for helping to ensure a smooth transition,” said Therese Tucker, Co-CEO and Founder of BlackLine. “At our November Investor Day, we presented our refined strategy centered on accelerating platform innovation, while expanding our market reach, with particular focus on strategic partnerships, includi...