Chorus.ai, the premier Conversation Intelligence Platform for high-growth sales teams, announced Jim Benton as CEO. Benton joins the company at a momentous time, as Chorus has tripled revenue growth, doubled employee size and secured banner customers such as Bill.com, TripActions, Lucid, Podium and more. A former Co-Founder of ClearSlide and CEO of Apollo, Benton’s career is defined by revenue generation and applying the voice of the customer to guide product innovation.
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Jim Benton joins @Chorus_ai as CEO to accelerate expansion and bring Conversation Intelligence, the fastest-growing category in sales technology, to the masses.
“Jim is not only a visionary in SaaS sales technology but a principled and professional leader,” said Roy Raanani, President at Chorus.ai. “I’m proud to have him as a friend and partner and couldn’t be more excited to welcome him as Chorus’ new CEO. His passion for helping companies bring their best to every interaction will enable Chorus to take full advantage of the opportunities ahead.”
Business transactions drive the economy, and conversations drive those transactions. Benton’s expertise and perspective will fuel Chorus’s overall trajectory as the premier conversation intelligence platform for revenue organizations. With his leadership, Chorus will foster the power and brilliance of the sales community through every conversation via machine learning and automation.
“Conversation Intelligence is a must-have solution for go-to-market teams. After being a customer of Chorus for the past year, I can’t imagine running a company without it. Just like Waze gives users the best route to their destination, Chorus gives users the most efficient steps to revenue generation by navigating their talk track, customer needs, and the actual problems to solve,” said Benton. “Chorus’s remarkable team, incredible vision and best-in-class technology made joining the company my most exciting opportunity yet. Chorus is absolutely positioned to become an iconic success story.”
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Building off Chorus.ai’s largest growth year to date, the company has also hired Tat Ng as VP of Engineering. Ng has a long history of growing and scaling Engineering teams at B2B SaaS companies, most recently at Stellar Labs. He is charged with overseeing the continued development of market-leading capabilities and scaling the platform as the business grows, like the newly announced Deal Hub and Analytics releases.
“Conversations between a business and its market are the most human, valuable, yet ignored source of data. Through its AI, Chorus augments human work, delivering the voice of the customer and unearthing valuable insights to help others learn and grow,” said Gordon Ritter, GP and Founder of Emergence Capital. “Chorus is one of a new breed of companies that builds software to help unlock our full potential and scale without eliminating people in the process. With its already massive growth, Jim’s expertise at the helm and potential to make every seller better, Chorus is poised to lead this multi-billion dollar category.”
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