Jahia names Michael Tupanjanin as new CEO
Jahia names Michael Tupanjanin as new CEO
Former Sitecore CRO and Microsoft/ Fast General Manager will bring his +30-year tenure in the global software industry to the open source DXP vendor
Washington, DC – Geneva, Switzerland – Paris, France 11 Jan 2018 – Jahia Solutions Group (www.jahia.com), vendor of the most advanced open source Digital Experience Platform today announced the appointment of Michael Tupanjanin as new CEO of the company.
Tupanjanin will bring his extensive experience in the software industry to help Jahia accelerate both its international commercial growth and product strategies.
I am thrilled to participate in the expansion of Jahia. As recognized by Gartner, one of Jahia’s key platform strengths lies in its digital marketing capabilities and very high customer satisfaction levels. Global companies are looking for powerful, yet easy to implement solutions that leverage customer data, all the while guaranteeing them air-tight data privacy and control. This is what Jahia allows them to achieve.
Former CEO and co-founder Elie Auvray will focus on the product evolution as Chief Product Officer.
Early on, I saw in Michael a perfect match with what we were looking for as a Board: an experienced leader, and a great fit with Jahia's technology and culture. With a strong customer base, a recognized product offering, a committed team of professionals, and a long term investor (Invus) on board, Michael’s appointment further reinforces Jahia’s commitment to provide the market’s most reliable and innovative software to customers.
Michael has spent most of his career helping companies transition and enhance their businesses through the use of digital technologies and devices. Michael was the Chief Revenue Officer at Sitecore, a $200M technology company used by the world's leading brands to build online and mobile customer experiences. At Sitecore, he led all global sales, services, customer support, and partnerships. Prior to Sitecore, Michael was the CEO of Metavana, a startup that developed highly accurate algorithms to track social media for consumer expressions of opinions and emotions about companies products and services.
As Executive Vice President of FAST, Michael led all global operations while the company grew from a startup to a global leader in Enterprise Search. FAST was acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Michael remained with Microsoft for another 3 years in order to lead the commercial integration of FAST, and was subsequently placed in charge of the Digital Marketing Platform Group. Earlier in his career, Michael was the VP Corporate Development for an eLearning company, Centra Software, which had a successful IPO in 2000. He also had successful stints at several high tech media companies including CMP Media and Ziff Davis.
Most recently, Michael was the CEO of ArtLifting, where he led the expansion of a commerce platform and marketplace which empowered artists experiencing homelessness or living with disabilities. Key customers and partners included Google, Linkedin, Microsoft, Staples, Fedex, Gensler, and CBRE.
About Jahia
Jahia is a software vendor that provides the most comprehensive and integrated open-source Java Digital Experience Platform (DXP) that unifies content, applications and customer data for truly personalized customer experience.
Leveraging Jahia’s DXP strong continuous integration capabilities and easy to use interfaces, IT & Marketing teams build and manage together all their multichannel initiatives, faster than with any other solution.
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Jahia Solutions Group has its North American headquarters in Washington, DC, with offices in Houston, Toronto and throughout Europe. Jahia’s loyal customers community counts hundreds of global brands and organisations such as HomeAway, BNP Paribas, Sodexo and the European Parliament.