Category: Executive Moves

CEO of Community Brands has moved on

JP Guilbault, CEO of Community Brands, has moved on. We also understand that several other executives at Community Brands have also left, and that Ross Croley (executive chairman of Ministry Brands) has stepped in to lead the Community Brands in the interim.

This AMS has an inside track on blockchain tech

Thanks to last year’s acquisition of Wild Apricot, Personify is poised to lead the pack on blockchain technology in the AMS market. Why?

Dmitry Buterin, the founder of Wild Apricot happens to be the father of Vitalik Buterin, co-creator of Ethereum, which is widely acknowledged as the second most valuable cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin. Dmitry is a blockchain enthusiast, and left his position at Wild Apricot to pursue business ventures in blockchain.

And although the elder Buterin has moved on from his post at Wild Apricot, he still serves in an advisory role at Personify, and the Wild Apricot technical team remains highly interested in how blockchain could be applied to associations.

So if you’re curious to see how blockchain applications make their way into the association market, keep your eye on Wild Apricot and Personify.

MemberSuite names a new CEO

Natalie Cheney has been amed the new CEO of MemberSuite, a Venture Capital backed AMS from Atlanta. While one may assume that the founder and former CEO, Andrew Ryan, has moved on, the press release doesn’t mention him, and his LinkedIn profile hasn’t been updated. I’m digging for more information and will update theNIRD as details come in.