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Blink, the employee app for frontline workers, has appointed Jim McInerny as Chief Revenue Officer. The appointment comes as Blink’s presence in the United States reaches new heights, with 350% growth in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) over the past 12 months, and the onboarding of a key new frontline workforce, including Elara Caring and Coach USA.
A veteran of technology sales, McInerny brings an impressive record of success growing software businesses, most notably as the 12th employee at the Application Resource Management (ARM) platform Turbonomic, where he built a sales organization that went on to take the business from $0 to $85 million ARR in five years. Turbonomic was sold to IBM in 2021 for $2 billion.
He joins Blink after nearly four years at security ratings platform BitSight, where his role as Vice President, America Sales significantly contributed to the company growing from $38 million ARR to $115 million in three year. In his previous role at Dell EMC, McInerny helped design and build EMC’s leading global inside sales program, which grew to a team of over 600 people and $300 million in mid-market revenue over seven years .
In addition to his sales leadership roles, McInerny also teaches at the University of New Hampshire’s Paul School of Business, supporting college students entering technology sales through the Professional Sales Group (PSG ).
Speaking on McInerny’s appointment, Sean Nolan, Founder and CEO of Blink, said: “Jim’s appointment comes as a result of an extensive search for a revenue leader who not only has a strong track record, but has strength beyond this. We’re excited to have him join this energetic and dynamic team and look forward to his leadership seeing our growth to new heights.”
In the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer, McInerny will lead a significant expansion of Blink’s go-to-market activities in its three core territories: the US, the UK and Australia, with more to come. McInerny will be based in Blink’s new office in Boston, where the team grew by more than 60% last year.
McInerny added: “Blink has the potential to completely transform the way millions of people experience work, and its potential for growth and impact therefore knows few limits. It is a unique and truly inspiring opportunity, and I’m excited to begin working with Sean and the rest of the leadership team on the next step of this journey.”
McInerny’s appointment is one of several senior hires made at Blink in the past six months, along with the company’s first Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of People.
Jeff St Laurent, formerly of Dell EMC and ServiceNow, has also been appointed to Blink’s Board. Jeff brings extensive experience leading and scaling high-performing sales teams in the US: at ServiceNow, he was a key member of Frank Slootman’s leadership team, responsible for growing revenues from $100m to $3bn.
Blink is a platform that gives frontline workers access to the people, processes, communications and applications they need to do their jobs – all through their corporate or personal devices. In doing so, it delivers higher productivity, increased retention and more conversations that close the gap between frontline workers and executives. Since launching in 2018, it now serves 230 customers across the UK, APAC and US, including Network Rail, Stagecoach and the NHS.
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Blink is a communication platform that transforms productivity and boosts staff satisfaction leading to higher retention in frontline organizations. We do this by giving frontline workers mobile access to everything they need when they need it. People, processes, communications and applications in one easy-to-use app. We are proud to be trusted partners to some of the world’s largest and most complex frontline organisations, including Elara Caring, Network Rail and Domino’s.
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