Sisense, which provides thousands of companies, including Nasdaq, ZoomInfo and Air Canada, with the ability to build and implement business intelligence analytics in customer-focused products, announces today (Thursday) the promotion of Ariel Katz to CEO of the company and Kristina Agassi to Chief Operating Officer (COO). and the former chairman, Amir Ored, will continue to serve as chairman of the board and work with the company on key strategic initiatives.
The company appointments follow a year of significant milestones for Saysense, including double-digit growth for its public cloud solution for Embedded Analytics and reaching profitability, which sets it apart from many startups in terms of EBITDA and cash flow.
During the past year, Sysense presented several significant innovative solutions, including: the first deep integration and implementation of its kind in the industry of ChatGPT analytics through the use of Sysense API tools, which allows leveraging the advanced capabilities of ChatGPT and integrating them directly into analytics.
The company has also developed a service technology for integrating analytics into common applications for the first time in the industry, which allows customers to natively integrate insights from the Sysense platform into Slack, Teams, PowerPoint and Excel applications.
Sysense has also recently been recognized with several prestigious awards, including recognition as a company with exceptional vision by Gartner for the sixth time in a row, and as a market leader in the G2 report for Embedded BI, due to its high customer satisfaction score and strong market presence.
The incoming CEO, Ariel Katz, previously served as the chief product and technology manager of Sisense and the company’s CEO in Israel. He brings over 25 years of experience in technology and large enterprise cloud products, having played a leading role at Microsoft in founding and building Power BI, one of the world’s leading cloud BI services.
He then led the development of Dynamics 365 for Sales, helping to transform it into a smart, modern cloud service as both products grew to over $1 billion in ARR.
“I am proud to lead Saysense into its next era of growth, based on our strong foundations that include a rich implementation platform, ARR of 150 million dollars, a solid customer base and positive EBITDA. These will allow us to thrive in the coming years regardless of economic conditions,” said Ariel Katz , CEO of Saysense.
“Over the past two years, Amir and I have developed a strong partnership and friendship. I appreciate Amir’s leadership and look forward to working with him in his new position as chairman,” he noted.
“I am proud of the achievements of the last eight years, of course on the financial side and also in the human capital that we have at Saysense and the leading customers in the world who trust us to run their data analysis applications,” said Amir Ored, chairman of Saysense.
“Sysense continues to evolve and has successfully transitioned over the years to become the industry leader in Embedded Analytics as we begin our next phase of growth, but it is natural for Ariel to replace me as CEO while I focus on the role of the company’s chairman. Ariel brings leadership combined with proven cloud and industry experience that is unmatched It is appropriate for him now to lead Saysense into the future,” he concluded.