Clearbit Announces Derek Schlicker as New Chief Financial Officer

Clearbit, an industry leader in Marketing Intelligence software serving B2B organizations, announced that Derek Schlicker has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. With more than 15 years of enterprise SaaS leadership experience, Derek brings deep financial, operational and M&A expertise to the rapidly growing Clearbit team.

“I’m delighted to welcome Derek to the team,” said Ross Moser, Clearbit’s CEO. “His experience driving scale and execution in SaaS operations will be a critical asset as Clearbit is accelerating our customer growth across all B2B segments.”

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“I’m delighted to welcome Derek to the team”

Derek’s CFO appointment is the latest of several additions to Clearbit’s executive team since Ross Moser assumed the role of CEO in March. In May Kevin Tate joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer, while Jeffrey Coleman was appointed Chief Customer Officer in June. The company has grown by more than 50% so far in 2021.

“It’s exciting to be joining a team with such strong momentum, and in a space that’s evolving very quickly,” said Derek about his new role as CFO. “We’re in a market where companies are clearly feeling the pressure to better understand their customers and optimize their go-to-market operations. I see this as a massive opportunity, and we’re already experiencing outsized demand for Clearbit’s platform.”

Prior to Clearbit, Derek served as CFO at Quantivate, a SaaS GRC provider to US financial institutions, and VP of Finance at Payscale – where he was instrumental in growing annual revenues 5x to over $100 million and guiding several successful company acquisitions.

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“We’ve seen a fundamental shift in how business buyers prefer to engage with the companies that serve them,” says Moser of today’s market. “Companies that are able to target and embrace digital B2B buyers with efficient and personalized online interactions are dramatically outpacing the competition – and Clearbit is proud to be powering their success. The digital B2B funnel is here to stay.”

Founded in 2014, Clearbit provides their B2B marketing data platform to growth, marketing and revenue operations teams at over 1,500 worldwide customers. Fast-growing companies rely on Clearbit to maximize acquisition, conversion and operational efficiency by applying real-time intelligence to their digital funnel. Deep integrations with leading CRM systems like Hubspot, Marketo, and Salesforce ensure a seamless flow of data across marketing, product, sales, and analytics teams.