HubSpot Announces Jill Ward Joins Board of Directors

HubSpot, a leading customer relationship management (CRM), marketing, sales, and customer experience platform, announced that seasoned business executive Jill Ward has joined its board of directors.

Ward is a business leader and operating executive experienced in scaling products and global companies in technology and business services. Most recently, she served as president, chief operating officer, and chief executive officer-elect of Fleetmatics. Other previous roles include senior vice president/general manager at Intuit and vice president/general manager for a portfolio of industry-specific business management software companies acquired by Intuit. Prior to Intuit, Ward was division president of a customer contact outsourcing company serving enterprise clients in the financial services and technology spaces. Earlier, as a senior viice president at Fidelity Investments, she was responsible for marketing investment products to small businesses and consumers. She also served in leadership roles at strategy consulting firm Bain & Company. Ward currently serves on the board of the MicroLoan Foundation USA, a nonprofit providing loans and business training to women-owned businesses in Africa.

“Jill’s experience in scaling SaaS products and businesses globally, coupled with a deep understanding of and experience with SMBs, make her a perfect fit for the HubSpot board,” said Brian Halligan, cofounder and chief executive officer of HubSpot. “The other members of the board and I know her counsel will prove to be invaluable as we work to build a great end-to-end experience for HubSpot customers.”

Ward has an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and a BA from Wellesley College.