Motive Appoints Andrew Bennett as Chief Marketing Officer

He will lead Motive’s global marketing team, overseeing brand, demand generation, communications and product marketing. He will also join the company’s executive leadership team.

Bennett has experience building brands and driving growth at fast-growing technology companies.

Andrew has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and sales leadership. He joins Motive from Elementum, an AI workflow platform, where he most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer. Before that, he was CMO at Conga, a commercial operations platform.

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He also spent 10 years at Smartsheet, where he built the demand generation team, led commercial sales and later became CMO. Andrew is also a Limited Partner at Stage 2 Capital, an early-stage software investment firm.

Motive’s appointment comes after a record quarter, with annual recurring revenue exceeding $600 million and year-over-year growth reaching 30%. In September, the company secured over $1.3 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst to expand its AI platform and reach more large-scale businesses.

"Andrew joins Motive at our strongest moment yet, with our AI delivering real results for customers every day," said Thomas Hansen, President, Go-To-Market at Motive. "He's a proven enterprise leader who knows how to build a category-defining brand and a growth engine to match.

"Motive is setting the standard for AI in physical operations," said Andrew Bennett, Chief Marketing Officer at Motive. "Our AI sees what's happening on the road and in the field and takes action to prevent collisions, keep vehicles and equipment running and eliminate manual work.

About Motive

Founded in 2013 by Shoaib Makani, Motive provides tools to help businesses manage physical operations more safely, efficiently and profitably. Its platform allows safety, operations and finance teams to manage workers, vehicles, equipment and fleet expenses in one place.

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