Anand Shah

Co-Founder and CEO

Anand Shah is CEO and Co-founder of Databook. Anand brings to Databook more than 15 years of experience as an expert in consulting Fortune 500 CXOs on how companies drive top-line growth for the enterprise. Before founding Databook, Anand was an Engagement Partner at Accenture Strategy, leading their engagement with the World Economic Forum on Digital Transformation, and a global lead for Accenture’s Strategic Insights group.

Anand holds a dual-MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School, a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of Reading, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Imperial College London.

Jim Christen

Chief Operating Officer

Jim Christen is Chief Operating Officer and has global responsibility for driving Databook GTM Strategy, Sales, Operations, Client Success, and Consulting.

Jim brings to Databook expertise spanning more than 25 years in Enterprise Technology Sales. He is passionate about working with sales professionals to manage a unique demand creation cadence that delivers high-quality pipeline by engaging executives. Most recently, Jim served as Sales Acceleration Leader for Oracle ERP Cloud. Prior to that, he managed Oracle’s Service Cloud East Region and CRM Sales in North America. Jim’s career also included several years as the CRM Sales Leader at SAP North America and the Global Sales Acceleration leader at Sprinklr.

Jim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Menlo College.

Katherine Lovelace

Senior Director, Customer Value

Katherine Lovelace is Sr. Director of Customer Value and is responsible for building and scaling world-class Strategy & Operations and Value Architect teams.

Prior to joining Databook, Katherine has worked in a variety of consulting and strategy roles, building Value Engineering/Value Realization programs, developing GTM strategies for new market opportunities and developing operational frameworks across GTM teams for both large SaaS companies and startups. Katherine is passionate about delivering value across every stage of the customer lifecycle and building high performing teams.

Katherine holds a MBA from Wharton, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Int’l Political Science from UCLA.

Peter Zuyderduyn

General Manager, EMEA

Neil Smith

Chief Technology Officer

Neil Smith is Chief Technology Officer and responsible for driving Databook’s success in Machine Learning, Innovation and Technology Partnerships

Neil brings to Databook 25 years of experience bridging business, technology and start-ups. Most recently, Neil worked at Google, dividing his time between the Research and Machine Intelligence group focused on NLP, and leading an enterprise NLP team in the Google incubator, Area 120. Between stints at various start-ups Neil was also Senior Director Business Development at Yahoo!, leading the business team that brought Yahoo!’s vision of Smart TV to the world, and was a technology evangelist in Netscape’s Professional Services group in the early days of the commercial Internet.

Neil holds an MBA from IMD and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from The University of Kent at Canterbury.

Alex Barrett

Co-Founder, Product

Alex Barrett is a Co-founder of Databook. Alex makes Databook’s customer-centric insights relevant and actionable for our users.

Previously, Alex worked as a freelance content strategist for clients including Accenture and the World Economic Forum. He also brings a decade of experience as a journalist, researching and producing television documentaries for the BBC.

Alex graduated in Modern Languages from Cambridge University.

Michelle Desualniers

VP of Talent

Sean Geary

Senior Value Architect

Sean Geary is Databook’s Senior Value Architect, contributing to strategy, business development, operations, and platform configuration; he leverages his 10-plus years of experience with startups to help Databook run smoothly. Over the past decade, Sean has advised, founded, and invested in startups in five different countries.

Sean has a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from Georgetown University, a Master’s in International Relations from the University of Florida, and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.

Grace Petersen

Financial Controller

As Financial Controller, Grace provides sound judgment and business acumen in this early stage fast growing startup and is here to help create the future of Databook’s world-class accounting and finance function.

Self-motivated and results-oriented, Grace has always had a passion for startups. Prior to joining Databook, Grace has held accounting roles at other early stage Silicon Valley companies and began her career as Assistant Controller at US Venture Partners.

Grace holds a BS in Agricultural Economics and an MBA in Finance from UC Davis.

Peeyush Anand

Director, Strategy and Operations

Peeyush Anand is Director Strategy & Operations and is responsible for driving client success and change management across Databook customer base to enable a transformative way of selling software and services.

Prior to joining Databook, Peeyush has worked with strategy consulting and successfully driven CXO led initiatives across industries in areas such as digital transformation, growth, international expansion and M&A due diligence. An ex-entrepreneur, Peeyush excels at operating at intersection of business and technology and is passionate about building high performing teams.

Peeyush holds a MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.