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Blues Welcomes Silicon Valley Veteran Ian Small as CEO to Deepen Customer Focus and Drive Expansion
BOSTON, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Blues, a leader in IoT connectivity solutions, today announced that former Evernote Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ian
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[{"type":"text","content":"BOSTON, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Blues, a leader in IoT connectivity solutions, today announced that former Evernote Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ian Small has joined the company as CEO. Small, who has more than 30 years of technology-industry experience, brings deep operational expertise and a track record of scaling companies from early-stage through public-market maturity.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSmall is widely recognized as an end-to-end operator with the ability to drive growth across every stage of the business lifecycle. He brings a standout reputation for listening to customers and turning their needs into innovation. Small's experience spans a broad range of technology companies, from nimble startups to large-scale public enterprises, making him uniquely suited to guide Blues through its next phase of expansion.\nThe announcement follows Blues' recent closing of $25 million in additional funding led by Sequoia Capital and fueled by strong demand from large enterprise customers, many of whom are expanding their use of Blues as they scale their businesses.\n\"I founded Blues because of a deeply held belief that all the world's physical products would become connected and intelligent. Since 2020 we've been helping enterprises to do just that - transforming their businesses from products to intelligent services,\" said Ray Ozzie, founder and executive chair of Blues. \"We've reached a phase where our growth calls for a strong operational leader who can help us unlock our full potential by scaling the business. I look forward to working closely with Ian to take Blues to the next level.\"\nBlues is empowering established industries to reinvent themselves through intelligent, cloud-connected products, while also enabling emerging businesses to create entirely new markets. From industrial manufacturing and logistics to the energy sector, Blues addresses the most complex challenges of IoT connectivity, making it simple and secure to bring any physical product online.\n\"My early conversations with customers proved to be incredibly inspiring, ultimately cementing my decision to join Blues,\" said Ian Small, CEO of Blues. \"On every call, customers shared their excitement about driving revenue or profitability with their new intelligent services, all made possible by tapping the data previously locked inside their product...