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Chad Quinn CEO & Co-Founder

Chad has led Ecosystems for more than 20 years. He has been recognized by Forrester Research as a leader in 21st-century selling. Profiled in The Wall Street Journal for his innovative sales models, Chad is sought out as an industry leader on customer value, leading CXO roundtable discussions nationwide. He has led keynote discussions with more than 400 executives on the full lifecycle of customer value management and has created the Customer Value Community with over 600 members representing 250+ companies. He is the co-inventor of a patent-pending algorithm that uses historic outcomes to intelligently recommend the focus of value conversations with new customers. Chad also hosts the Voice of Value podcast, giving listeners a seat at the table as he interviews leaders on the topic of value.

MICHAEL PLASKOW
CPO & Co-Founder

Mike Plaskow CPO and Co-Founder

Michael’s passion for automation, AI, and scale found an ideal outlet in the form of B2B value selling, and ultimately, the formation of Ecosystems. Owning the product vision, design, and development of Ecosystems’ cloud platform, Michael has dedicated two decades to solutioning the intersection of scalable technology and the business process of value selling and value realization. He also leads the innovation for a patent-pending algorithm that uses historic outcomes to intelligently recommend the focus of value conversations with new customers. Although a technologist at heart, as chair of Ecosystems’ Client Advisory Board (CAB), Michael spends much of his time with customers large and small to understand current challenges and anticipate those to come.

BRENT ADAMSON
Global Head of Research & Communities

Brent Adamson Global Head of Research & Communities

Brent Adamson is a world-renowned researcher, author, presenter, trainer, and advisor to B2B commercial executives around the world. Known as having the “biggest crystal ball in B2B sales,” Brent is the co-author of the best-selling, industry-changing The Challenger Sale and The Challenger Customer. He is also a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, featuring his recent articles, “Sensemaking for Sales” and “Traditional B2B Sales and Marketing Are Becoming Obsolete.” Passionate about “productive disruption,” Brent served as the “chief storyteller” for CEB, now Gartner’s, sales, marketing, and customer service practices, from 2003 to 2022, where he introduced industry-leading concepts such as Buyer Enablement, Sense-Making, and Customer Decision Confidence. Across the last 19 years, Brent has worked with some of the greatest thought leaders in B2B and B2C sales and marketing, building and leading exclusive communities of highly progressive commercial executives. Brent joins Ecosystems as Global Head of Research & Communities. In this critical role, Brent will lead the Value Advisory Ecosystem and the Customer Value Community, comprised of progressive sales leaders and value professionals from over 350 organizations, surfacing research and best practices for the ongoing evolution of Ecosystems’ SaaS platform.

MARISSA TURNER
Chief of Staff

Marissa Turner Chief of Staff

Marissa joined Ecosystems as Chief of Staff in 2020. Marissa’s diverse background in relationship building, operations, and research brings an important ‘jack of all trades’ toolset. Her experience in personality assessments and her high degree of emotional intelligence align well to Ecosystems human-first philosophy. She is extremely passionate about maximizing effectiveness across the organization and helping Ecosystems’ customers and community members succeed. Marissa assists in process improvement, partnership development, sales strategy, and the execution of company goals.

JENNIFER KAMBER
Vice President of Customer Success

Jennifer Kamber Vice President, Customer Success

At Ecosystems, Jen oversees customer experience and operations. She has incorporated customer success throughout each of the functions across Ecosystems. She has a personal mission to help clients incorporate value realization into their own customer success methodologies. Prior to Ecosystems, Jen owned a business as well as started and led customer success teams.

CHRIS
ARDEN
Vice President of Marketing

Chris Arden Vice President, Marketing

With 20 years experience building integrated marketing programs for both start-ups and Fortune 500 brands, Chris offers a wealth of experience for growing companies. Chris is elevating Ecosystems’ voice and sharing the benefits of value management with companies ready for the change. By providing resources and a seamless user experience, Chris is supporting the lead to promote value management across the B2B industries.

AMELIA GRAY
Vice President of People

Amelia Gray, Vice President of People

Amelia Gray is a thoughtful leader and HR professional with a focus on management, coaching, feedback, and career development. She has partnered with leaders and employees to measurably improve staff and engagement performance through acquisitions, integration, significant business and leadership changes. During her 17 years at Gartner, Amelia took on a number of roles building new experiences that informed her career path and eventually to roles where she can help people build fulfilling careers and continually grow. At Gartner, she built management training programs and led global new hire onboarding as a part of the L&D function. As an HR Business Partner, she worked with leaders and managers through integrations, advancing an approach to performance management, implementation of ongoing feedback, and building a holistic career development initiative for both managers and employees. Through her strategic advice and consultative solutions, as well as her work with developing and facilitating execution focused training, Amelia drives effective change, growth, and employee development. As Vice President of People here at Ecosystems, Amelia will be working closely with our People team and our employees to improve engagement and the overall employee experience, implementing both change and growth into our community.

ALEX SCHRAGER
Vice President of Sales

Alex Schrager, Vice President of Sales

Alex Schrager joined Ecosystems in 2023 as the Vice President of Sales. At Ecosystems, he is responsible for educating customers on the challenges Ecosystems is uniquely positioned to solve and the value our solutions deliver. A veteran of the sales effectiveness industry, previous to Ecosystems, Alex spent seven years at Challenger Inc. (previously part of CEB, now Gartner) where he built and led teams focused on new client acquisition, retention, and growth. He also has experience working in the HR industry with professional services organizations.

GUSTAVO MENDEZ
Vice President of Software Development

Gustavo Mendez Vice President, Software Development

Gustavo Mendez has been with Ecosystems since 2006, helping move software development forward. He took the lead as Vice President of Software Development in 2022. Gustavo has helped establish software roadmaps as we continue to enhance and build software capabilities. He has also owned the product development of several enterprise systems for Ecosystems’ clients.