SmartBear Names General Manager and EVP for API Business

SmartBear Software, a leader in software quality tools for teams, named Christian Wright as the company’s new executive vice president and general manager for its API Business.

Prior to joining SmartBear, Wright held multiple chief technology officer and general manager positions within eBay Enterprise. Prior to eBay, he held CTO and P&L roles at multiple high-growth companies in the marketing technology and services space, including KBM, MITI and Merkle. He has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

“We are in the middle of a revolution in how companies deliver value to their consumers, and APIs are at the core of this change,” said Justin Teague, CEO of SmartBear. “Adding someone with Christian’s experience, skillset and specific mandate to maximize the value our customers receive from SmartBear’s API products is critical to our long-term success.”