Eric Sargent has recently joined Functionize as their head of sales. In this role, he will be responsible for global direct sales efforts and shaping the companies go to market strategy. Eric brings over a decade of leadership experience in the software quality space having led teams at SmartBear Software from the formative early years of the company through massive growth, international expansion and a successful acquisition by Francisco Partners. Most recently Eric served as Panorama Education’s VP of Sales, building out the EdTech start-up’s sales team before returning to his roots in software development and testing tools with Functionize.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the team at Functionize as we build off our recent Series A and bring the next generation of testing tools to the market,” said Sargent. “With companies facing increasing demand to accelerate release cycles while also improving user experience, there’s more pressure than ever on QA to deliver. While traditional test automation brings efficiency into the process many organizations still struggle with the cost and effort to maintain those frameworks. Functionize is revolutionizing the way companies approach these challenges through autonomous testing. By leveraging the power of machine learning we are enabling development and QA professionals to build more comprehensive tests in a fraction of time that don’t break and run across any web or mobile environment.”
In his free time, Eric enjoys skiing, mountain biking and chasing the glory of his youth on the soccer field. A lifelong guitar player, music remains a personal passion as well. He is also an active member of the Endicott College Board of Advisors.
