Leadership Team
Greg Flynn
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder and member of the leadership team since the company’s inception, Greg has been instrumental in building and solidifying Brainshark's reputation as a leading provider of sales enablement solutions and top-tier software-as-a-service organization. As CEO, he is responsible for the direction and planning of all sales, marketing, services, product, engineering and IT functions.
Chris Caruso
Chief Technology Officer
Chris is responsible for the technical direction of Brainshark’s SaaS applications and product management. A member of the engineering leadership team since the Version 1.0 release of the company’s flagship communications platform, Chris has been instrumental in the design and development of the company’s patented, award-winning web applications.
Colleen Honan
Chief Sales Officer
Over the course of her 20-plus-year career, Colleen has specialized in selling software and services that support the B2B sales community. As chief sales officer, she leads sales team initiatives worldwide as Brainshark continues to help new customers on their paths to better sales effectiveness. Colleen was most recently vice president of worldwide sales at SiriusDecisions, where she led the firm’s business development, customer support, sales enablement, sponsorship and worldwide sales teams.
Dermot O’Grady
Chief Financial Officer
Dermot is responsible for managing and leading Brainshark’s accounting and finance operations, as well as maintaining the company's relationships with its investors, outside counsel and financing institutions. Joining Brainshark in 2017, Dermot has 30 years of financial experience – including 26 years in CFO roles – working with international, high-growth, venture-capital-funded and public companies.
Brendan Cournoyer
VP of Marketing
Brendan is responsible for all corporate marketing and demand creation activities, with a continued focus on positioning Brainshark as the sales enablement and readiness leader. An experienced content strategist, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island, and worked in editorial and content strategy before joining Brainshark in 2012. He’s an avid Boston sports fan, pop culture junkie, and he currently enjoys a four-minute daily commute.
Karin Moffett
VP of Customer Care
Karin is responsible for providing Brainshark customers with first-class training, support and implementation, and ensuring that our clients get maximum value from Brainshark's solutions through improved sales readiness. With over 20 years of experience supporting customers in the technology industry, Karin has a proven track record of making and keeping customers happy.
Sandeep Soman
VP of Product
Drawing on his 20-plus years of software engineering, product management and user design experience, Sandeep is responsible for driving continuous product innovation at Brainshark. With his passion for building winning products, Sandeep is currently focused on helping customers accelerate revenues by achieving better sales effectiveness. Prior to joining Brainshark, Sandeep held several product leadership positions across Qstream and CA Technologies. A soccer and Patriots fanatic, family guy, world traveler and product geek are some of the words often used to describe Sandeep.
Phil Garlick
VP of Corporate Development
Phil is focused on strategically developing Brainshark partner and integration relationships. Joining Brainshark in April 2019, he has deep experience working in the sales data and intelligence markets, notably as one of the founders of OneSource, since acquired by Dun & Bradstreet. Most recently, Phil served as vice president of corporate development at ZoomInfo.
Alex Laats
EVP, Product & Strategy
Alex is Executive VP of Product & Strategy at Brainshark. Previously, Alex was CEO and Founder of Rekener, which was acquired by Brainshark in December 2019. Alex is a serial entrepreneur and business leader with over 2 decades of experience. Alex’s companies have generated over $500M in liquidity events and more than $1B in product sales. Before Rekener, he served as President and COO at ZeroTurnaround (acquired by Rogue Wave) and as President of the Delta Division of BBN Technologies (acquired by Raytheon). At ZeroTurnaround, he grew high velocity inside sales by 6x in 3 years.
Greg Keshian
Chief Product Officer
Greg is chief product officer at Brainshark. Most recently, he was in charge of product, growth, marketing and customer solutions at Rekener. Greg is a go-to-market and revenue analytics subject matter expert who has previously held leadership positions at BBN Technologies and ZeroTurnaround. He graduated from Babson College with a degree in business administration, finance and strategic management and earned an MBA at Boston College.