Snappy, the Leading Gifting Platform, Welcomes Matthew Kessler as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer & Matthew Peterson as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer
Snappy, the award-winning gifting company known for reimagining gifting, announced that Matthew Kessler will join as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer and Matthew Peterson will join as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Each brings decades of experience to Snappy, further propelling the company’s growth and innovation.
Kessler has a proven track record of leading high-performance enterprise sales teams and spearheading new business development as well as account management and retention. He was most recently Chief Revenue Officer at Torch. Kessler previously held senior roles at Glassdoor and The Active Network. During his seven years at Glassdoor, the company experienced exponential growth. As Vice President of Global Sales, he oversaw the hyper-growth Enterprise team across all facets of business, including customer acquisition and expansion.
Peterson was most recently Senior Vice President of Finance at Attentive, the comprehensive text message marketing platform. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Finance at Fastly, the cloud computing services provider, where he helped prepare and execute their successful IPO in 2019. He also held roles at Union Square Advisors LLC, a leading technology-focused investment bank, and Ernst and Young.
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Kessler and Peterson will both report to Snappy’s co-founder and CEO, Hani Goldstein.
“Matthew Kessler knows and understands the dynamics of Snappy’s customers, as well as our future customers. He has led and developed teams at high-growth companies and has deep experience selling to enterprises and Fortune 1,000 companies, making him the right person to guide our sales and customer success teams into our next growth stage.”
“Matthew Peterson is a strategic thinker and strong cross-functional leader with extensive usage-based SaaS model experience. He is also passionate about making good things happen, which is exactly what he is going to do at Snappy. I am so excited to welcome both of them to our team,” said Goldstein.
“I am eager to join my colleagues and customers in elevating recognition, appreciation, and gratitude as we head into the holiday season,” said Kessler.
“I can’t imagine a more exciting time to join Snappy,” said Peterson. “I’m eager to work with the entire team to help deliver trusted and meaningful gifting experiences as we continue Snappy’s powerful momentum.”
Kessler will work from California and Peterson will be based in Utah.
Both join Snappy during a time of rapid growth and innovation as the company expands its suite of offerings to further enhance the joy of gift-giving. A few weeks ago, the company launched its first personal gifting platform, which brings Snappy’s highly curated and customizable gift-giving experience to the $280 billion consumer market ahead of the holiday season. The company also recently added, Snappy Lite, the self-service solution for small businesses to send gifts to employees and customers.
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