Digital finance transformation leader expands
leadership team, adding former Automation Anywhere CIO to oversee
IT and InfoSec, scale internal cloud operations, and lead AI
initiatives
LOS
ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackLine,
Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) announced today that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
and intelligent automation industry veteran Sumit Johar has joined the company as chief
information officer (CIO), effective Feb.
12th. Reporting to Co-CEO Therese Tucker, Johar will oversee Information
Technology and Information Security globally for the digital
finance transformation leader.
"Sumit's extensive SaaS and intelligent automation experience,
coupled with his deep knowledge of emerging technology and AI,
aligns perfectly with our vision and will prove invaluable in
fostering innovation and bringing a competitive edge to our global
business operations," said Tucker. "With Sumit on the executive
leadership team, we are poised to advance and accelerate our own
digital transformation and scale operations, so we remain best
equipped to deliver on our mission as the premier accounting and
finance platform for the Office of the CFO."
Johar comes to BlackLine with more than 20 years of enterprise
cloud experience spanning applications, infrastructure,
cybersecurity, data governance and engineering, and automation. He
most recently served as CIO at Automation Anywhere, a leading
provider of AI-powered intelligent automation solutions. Previously
he was CIO at enterprise mobile security provider MobileIron where
in just his first two years, he significantly reduced operational
costs while making room for digital transformation
initiatives. Before that, he led Enterprise Applications at
TIBCO Software for 10 years and also has held management-level
consulting and engineering positions at Wipro and Infosys.
"Generative AI and other emerging technologies have put fuel on
the fire for IT innovation, creating endless opportunities for CIOs
to transform business operations," said Johar. "I look forward to
taking BlackLine's IT infrastructure, business intelligence, and
business applications to the next level with leading-edge AI and
automation technologies that will enable our global workforce to
perform at an even higher level, ultimately supporting BlackLine's
leadership in the digital finance transformation market."
Johar holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science
and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra.
About BlackLine
Companies come to BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) because their traditional
manual accounting and finance processes are not sustainable.
BlackLine's market-leading cloud platform and customer service help
companies move to modern accounting by unifying their data and
processes, automating repetitive work, and driving accountability
through visibility. BlackLine provides solutions to manage and
automate financial close, intercompany accounting, invoice-to-cash,
and consolidation processes – inspiring, powering, and guiding
large enterprises and midsize businesses on their digital finance
transformation journeys.
More than 4,300 customers trust BlackLine to help them close
faster with complete and accurate results. The company is the
pioneer of the cloud financial close market and is recognized as
the leader by customers at leading end-user review sites including
G2 and TrustRadius. BlackLine is a global company with operations
in major business centers including Los
Angeles, New York, the San
Francisco Bay area, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney. For more information, visit
blackline.com.
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