Upland Software, Inc. announced Sean Nathaniel as chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2026. Jack McDonald founded the Company in 2010 and continues serving as chairman of the board. Nathaniel previously held leadership roles at Upland from 2013 to 2020 across technology and automation domains. He returned after serving four years as president and CEO of DryvIQ, an AI-driven unstructured data management provider. He participated in the Company’s initial public offering in 2014, significantly strengthening the corporate strategy experience.
“Sean is the right person to lead and accelerate Upland’s continued AI transformation,” said McDonald. “He helped build the company from the ground up and has developed deep expertise at the intersection of AI and enterprise content, which is exactly where Upland’s future lies.”
AI Vision and Enterprise Intelligence Strategy
Upland’s CEO vision focuses on AI enterprise intelligence, knowledge management, and customer-driven digital transformation growth.
“Enterprises are sitting on a massive amount of knowledge, content, and data, but until it’s contextualized, governed, and trusted, it can’t effectively power AI. That’s exactly what Upland solves,” said Nathaniel. “As CEO, my priority will be to ensure Upland serves as a core intelligence layer for the agentic enterprise, enabling customers to unlock the full value of their knowledge, content, and data as they scale AI and agent-driven operating models.”
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Source: Businesswire
