“Acquisitions can be highly disruptive, and the outcome unpredictable.”
This is a reality that QuinStreet Senior VP Alan Godfrey understands well. So in mid-July of 2020, when the performance-based marketing company announced the acquisition of Modernize, he was determined to soften the blow –– especially since the pandemic prevented employees from meeting the parent company’s executive team in person.
Spiceworks' platform makes the lives of millions of IT professionals easier, and behind the scenes is a team dedicated to ensuring it remains just that — easy. That team is led by co-founder and CTO Francis Sullivan, who launched Spiceworks in 2006 after learning from IT pros throughout Austin that common products used across the industry were complicated and even painful to use.