Atlassian Appoints Christian Smith, Splunk’s Chief Revenue Officer at Cisco, to Board of Directors
December 19 2024 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM), a leading provider of team
collaboration and productivity software, today announced it is
appointing Christian Smith to its Board of Directors, effective
January 1, 2025. Christian is the Chief Revenue Officer at Splunk,
a leader in cybersecurity and observability.
“Having Christian on the Board is a big win for Atlassian as we
accelerate our enterprise focus. Alongside his sales expertise, he
brings deep enterprise experience and broader operational muscle.
Christian’s superpower is breaking down complex concepts into
simple solutions that customers love. He’s customer first, a strong
communicator, and passionate about culture. I know he’ll be a real
asset to Atlassian,” said Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian CEO and
co-Founder.
Christian has more than 30 years of enterprise experience,
driving global sales and digital transformation, and was directly
involved in the creation and growth of several cloud-based
businesses, as a founder, executive and advisor.
At Cisco, Christian is responsible for all of Splunk’s
commercial business worldwide, including global sales, renewals,
sales engineering, partnerships, and alliances. Notably, he led the
company’s software transformation from perpetual license to
recurring revenue, while achieving consistent growth and improving
profitability. He also led the creation and implementation of the
industry-leading Unified Engagement Model, a sales methodology,
based around value selling and customer engagement.
Prior to joining Splunk, Christian served as Chief Revenue
Officer for Nintex and led its global go-to-market, including
sales, channel programs, field marketing, customer success, and
support. He also held leadership roles at Oracle, ATG, and Daptiv.
He currently serves on the Board of Feedzai and holds a B.A. from
the University of Washington.
Jay Parikh stepping down from Atlassian’s Board of
Directors
Atlassian also announced that Jay Parikh will retire from the
Board, effective December 31, 2024. The ex-Meta VP, Head of
Engineering and Infrastructure, was elected to Atlassian’s Board of
Directors in July 2013.
“I also want to extend my gratitude to Jay for his 11 years of
service on the Atlassian Board. He has contributed significantly to
Atlassian’s growth journey and we wish him all the best,” said Mike
Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian CEO and co-Founder.
About Atlassian
Atlassian unleashes the potential of every team. Our agile &
DevOps, IT service management and work management software helps
teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. The majority of
the Fortune 500 and over 300,000 companies of all sizes worldwide -
including NASA, BMW, Kiva, Deutsche Bank and Dropbox - rely on our
solutions to help their teams work better together and deliver
quality results on time. Learn more about our products, including
Jira, Confluence and Jira Service Management at
https://atlassian.com.
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