Wrike Names Xactly Founder Chris Cabrera to Board of Directors

New Board Member Brings Experience in Rapid Growth Companies to Help Wrike Steer Accelerating Revenue

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wrike, the most versatile collaborative work management software, announced today that Chris Cabrera, Founder and CEO of Xactly, has joined the company’s board of directors. Chris Cabrera is an expert in sales performance management, incentive compensation and employee motivation. He is the author of “Game the Plan” and an established thought leader. Chris brings to Wrike’s board a wealth of experience in early-stage and public companies.

“In Chris’ impressive career he has overseen critical business functions including sales, marketing, and operations in highly successful companies; most recently Xactly,” said Andrew Filev, Founder and CEO of Wrike. “I’m looking forward to benefiting from his insight and direction as Wrike enters the next exciting phase of rapid growth.”

Since founding Xactly Corporation in 2005, both Chris and Xactly have received many accolades. He was chosen as the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. He has been featured in leading publications like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Forbes.

“The invitation to join Wrike's Board of Directors is a great compliment and promises to be an exciting task thanks to their ambitious goals for 2020 and beyond,” said Cabrera.“Wrike has a leading solution that has helped define the collaborative work management space, and as far as I can see their growth is just getting started.”

Wrike and Xactly are both Vista Equity Partners portfolio companies.

About Wrike:

Wrike is the only collaborative work management platform for the enterprise that can be easily configured for any department, team, or work style – all in a single digital workplace. The Wrike platform completes the cloud collaboration toolbox and transforms how work is done by allowing all teams to focus their attention on what matters most. Dedicated to making teams insanely productive, Wrike puts teams in control of their digital workflows to enable maximum potential and accelerate business growth. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, Wrike is the partner of choice for more than 20,000 organizations, including Hootsuite, Tiffany & Co., and Ogilvy, and two million users across 140 countries.