" Olivier and Jonathan set a strong foundation and built an incredible company and culture with tremendous potential and opportunity ahead. He’s also served in multiple leadership roles including Executive Sponsor at Blue Marble Payroll, Director of Marketing for Paychex (NASDAQ : PAYX) and various roles with ADP (NYSE : ADP). In 2014 Haske and the Paylocity leadership team took the company public on NASDAQ under ticker symbol PCTY.
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Haske most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of cloud-based Payroll & Human Resources software company Paylocity, where he led the company’s growth from 100 employees and $15 million in revenue to being on track to reach 5,000 employees and $1 billion in revenue. I am very proud of the hard work and success the Aircall team has delivered so far, and this change is a testimony of our ambition to build a global leader in the communications space." - Olivier Pailhes, CEO and Co-Founder, Aircall " Michael not only brings the right experience and leadership to accelerate Aircall’s global momentum, he deeply understands the importance of cultivating a diverse, employee-centric culture – which has been instrumental to Aircall’s success to date.
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He brings nearly three decades of experience in scaling high-growth, cloud-based software businesses and will continue driving Aircall’s global leadership in the cloud communications industry and further its mission to empower every professional to have richer conversations. Haske joins Aircall at a pivotal time as the company has recently reached centaur status with $100m Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and continues to expand globally. Pailhes will remain on the board and continue to serve as a strategic advisor to the company. Pailhes co-founded Aircall in 2014 and has led the global company to achieve over $1bn valuation and scale to serve more than 13,000 customers in over 100 countries. Haske, previously the President and Chief Operating Officer at Paylocity, will succeed Aircall CEO Olivier Pailhes. NEW YORK, July 19, 2022-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Aircall, the business phone system, today announced that Michael Haske will join the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective September 2, 2022. “Aircall helps businesses meet those objectives by integrating its cloud-based solution into leading business softwares like Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Slack, Intercom and many others.Cloud Software Industry Veteran Michael Haske Succeeds CEO and Co-Founder Olivier Pailhes to Lead Next Chapter of Aircall’s Growth “Over the past year, remote workforces accelerated digital transformation for companies of all sizes and, at the same time, their customers increased their expectations around personalised and convenient services,” the company said in a statement. It also intends to partner with major telecommunications companies and improve its tech with artificial intelligence. It has 450 employees and wants to hire 260 more by the end of the year. Read more: Brits sick of working from home as vast majority want partial return to office With the new funds, Aircall plans to open up new offices in London and Berlin by the end of 2021 as well as improve its app ecosystem. “In a hybrid work environment, users are looking to Aircall to provide an easy-to-use experience that is highly integrated into their workflows, thereby making the most out of every customer interaction.” The round was led by Goldman Sachs ( GS) Asset Management, and joined by investment management group DTCP, Gaia Capital Partners and UK'sDraper Esprit among others.Ĭhristian Resch, managing director at Goldman Sachs, said: "The past 12 months have been a catalyst for Aircall’s cloud based SaaS communication solution." The company said it will be "in a couple of years". The news comes ahead of a planned IPO, the timing of which is as yet unclear. This is the company’s biggest fundraiser to date, bringing total money raised to $226m and taking its valuation to $1bn, which means it now has "unicorn" status.
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Photo: AircallĪircall, a European-headquartered cloud-based communications system that helps teams to connect, raised $120m (£85m) in a Series D funding round as the pandemic saw a meteoric rise in employees working from home.
Olivier Pailhes, co-founder and CEO of Aircall.
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