Higher Logic Board of Directors Appoints Company Co-Founder Rob Wenger as CEO
Higher Logic, the industry-leading, human-focused community engagement platform, today announced Rob Wenger as its next Chief Executive Officer. Wenger, who co-founded Higher Logic in 2007, spent more than a decade leading the Company as its first CEO. He is returning to the position as the strategic opportunity for the business shifts to product innovation and strategic partnerships to accelerate growth and become the mission critical solution for the industry. Wenger will succeed Kevin Boyce who is stepping down from the CEO position and will transition out of the business by year-end.
Wenger is re-joining Higher Logic after a series of entrepreneurial leadership roles including Founder and CEO of Cloud Generation, Chief Product Officer & Executive Chairman of Association Analytics, and Director at Higher Logic. Wenger’s expertise and success in innovation and industry partnerships for associations, non-profits and businesses is well aligned with the Company’s go-forward initiatives.
“We thank Kevin Boyce for his service and commitment to Higher Logic, navigating the Company through a transformative time, including the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic, consolidation of multiple acquired brands that spanned global customers and employees as well as establishing a business with a strategic plan and management team with operational excellence,” said Bob Nye, General Partner at JMI Equity and Director at Higher Logic. “In conjunction with Kevin and Rob, the Board has concluded that the Company is embarking on a journey to unify and lead the markets they serve with innovative solutions and partnerships and one that Rob is uniquely positioned to lead.”
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“Integrating multiple acquired businesses under the Higher Logic brand and building a management team for the last five years has been a highly rewarding experience,” said Boyce. “Rob is a visionary builder who deeply understands community and the customers we serve. I am confident in his leadership and the Company’s future and look forward to a seamless leadership transition.”
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“There is no better time to re-join Higher Logic,” said Wenger. “Having founded and built multiple businesses, I am incredibly appreciative of the business expertise and operations that Kevin has developed that enables this business to scale. Combining this capability with Higher Logic’s undeniable expertise and industry vision, we are poised to become the sole provider of solutions that create unprecedented value for our association, non-profit and business customers and begin our next phase of growth.”
