Anaplan, a leading platform provider driving a new age of connected planning, announced that Marilyn Miller has joined the company as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). Miller is well known as a seasoned and highly reputable executive who has spent her entire career devoted to exceptional human resources delivery.

“Employees are central to our success at Anaplan. As we continue to grow and scale to meet customer demand for our platform, it was important to find a seasoned leader like Marilyn who has a passion for what we do and the experience needed to drive our people strategy to new heights,” Frank Calderoni, President and CEO, Anaplan said.

Before joining Anaplan, Miller served at CPO at Alfresco Software, where she led the global HR team and ensured that the organization was prepared for the future. Prior to that, Miller held leadership positions at Quotient Technology, URS/AECOM, BMC Software, and Cisco Systems Inc.

“I’m incredibly delighted to join the Anaplan team to continue building an organization that inspires customers and partners to join the age of connected planning. I’m thrilled to lead the people function at such a fast-growing and exciting company,” Miller said.

Anaplan is driving a new age of connected planning. Large and fast-growing organizations use Anaplan’s cloud platform in every business function to make informed decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes. Anaplan also provides support, training, and planning transformation advisory services. Anaplan is a privately held company based in San Francisco with 16 offices and over 150 expert partners worldwide.

Recently, Anaplan was named in the 2017 edition of the Forbes Cloud 100 list, the second year in a row that Anaplan has appeared on the list. Anaplan moved up five places (to #24) compared with 2016, and is proud to share the Cloud 100 honor with several fast-growing customers including DocuSign (#4), ForeScout Technologies (#31) and Optimizely (#59). The Cloud 100 list, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, is published by Forbes in collaboration with Bessemer Venture Partners.