SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freshworks Inc.
(https://www.freshworks.com/?utm_source=usa&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign
=pr2023aug) (NASDAQ: FRSH) today announced the appointment of Mika Yamamoto as
the company's Chief Customer and Marketing Officer. She will be responsible for
leading the company's global marketing and customer experience teams. Yamamoto
comes to Freshworks from F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) where she most recently served as the
Executive Vice President and the Chief Marketing and Customer Engagement
Officer, and led the company's data, marketing, digital transformation, and
customer experience efforts across all products, segments, channels, and
geographies.
"Mika's combined CMO and CXO roles have given her a unique perspective that has
ultimately led to innovative, measurable changes for employees, customers, and
prospects," said Dennis Woodside, President at Freshworks. "She has a long-
standing track record of leading global and diverse customer experience teams
and delivering exceptional go-to-market results at large public technology
companies with multi-domain businesses serving customers big and small. Her
know-how and desire to build and scale a large enduring company makes her a
great addition to our Freshworks leadership team."
Prior to joining F5, Ms. Yamamoto served as Global President of Marketo and then
became SVP and General Manager of Marketo at Adobe after it was acquired. Ms.
Yamamoto previously served as Chief Digital Marketing Officer and CMO of SMB for
SAP. In addition, she has held senior leadership roles at Amazon Books,
Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Stores, Gartner and Accenture.
"I am excited to join Freshworks to be a part of its journey to become a multi-
billion dollar software company and to focus on a segment of companies and
people I have a great passion to serve," said Mika Yamamoto, Chief Customer and
Marketing Officer at Freshworks. "My whole career has been spent on transforming
go-to-market approaches and customer experiences within global companies to
steepen the growth curve. I truly believe that bringing the end-to-end customer
experience with marketing and customer success teams together at Freshworks will
help accelerate growth while keeping our customers at the heart of all we do."
Yamamoto holds a B.A. in Commerce, with a focus on Economics and Marketing from
Queen's University in Canada and serves on the boards of BlackLine, the Rainier
Valley Food Bank and the United Way of King County. She joined the executive
team on November 20 and reports to Freshworks' CEO and Founder Girish
Mathrubootham, and President Dennis Woodside.
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About Freshworks
Freshworks Inc., (NASDAQ: FRSH) creates AI-boosted business software anyone can
use. Purpose-built for IT, customer support, and sales and marketing teams, our
products are designed to let everyone work more efficiently and deliver more
value for immediate business impact. Headquartered in San Mateo, California,
Freshworks operates around the world to serve more than 66,000 customers,
including American Express, Blue Nile, Bridgestone, Databricks, Fila, Klarna,
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