Management

Brent Frei is the executive chairman and co-founder of Smartsheet.com. Before joining Smartsheet.com on a full-time basis, Brent was the executive vice president of Intellectual Ventures. In this role, he focused on a variety of projects relating to intellectual property including, invention, licensing and legislative issues.

Before joining Intellectual Ventures, Brent was CEO of Onyx Software Corp., a Bellevue-based customer relationship management (CRM) software company he co-founded in 1994. In his 10 years as Onyx CEO,Brent oversaw the generation of $600 million in direct revenue. During his tenure, Onyx received a consistent top 5 ranking amongst CRM vendors worldwide, and the number one ranking for customer service by independent customer satisfaction surveys. He was recognized and credited for his pioneering work in the field of CRM software and services, including in 2001, at the age of 33, the Smithsonian Institute recognized Brent as a "Pioneer in Technology." Ernst and Young named him a 1997 “Entrepreneur of the Year.” In 2001, he was the sole recipient of Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering Fletcher Award for lifetime achievement – the youngest recipient ever selected for this award.

Prior to co-founding Onyx, Brent was a programmer analyst with Microsoft Corporation and a mechanical engineer at Motorola Corporation. Brent received his bachelor's degree in engineering from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, and his BA in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College.

See Brent's crowdsourcing blog for more on his vision of the future of work.

Mark Mader is the chief executive officer of Smartsheet.com. An expert in collaborative productivity, Mark is co-author of the book The Power of Done and has spoken at conferences throughout the United States.

Before joining Smartsheet.com, Mark was at Onyx Software Corporation, where he served as senior vice president of global services, leading the professional services and software maintenance groups. Mark joined Onyx in 1995 as one of the early members of the team. In addition to overseeing service operations in the Americas, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Australia, Mark was a director of Onyx KK,Onyx's joint venture in Japan. Prior to Onyx, he worked at Greenwich Associates as an associate focusing on European financial markets.

Mark graduated from Dartmouth College in 1992.

John Creason is the chief technology officer of Smartsheet.com where he oversees all software architecture and long term technology strategy. John is a pioneer in hosted software solutions. John served as director of development at Concur Technologies during the company's transition from an on-premise software provider to an on-demand business service. Prior to Concur, John served as director of development at Captura Software (later acquired by Concur) where he lead the development of the first fully hosted corporate expense management system. John is an active member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) community and recently agreed to chair a task force on AJAX security.

Brian Harper is the vice president of product development for Smartsheet.com where he oversees all software development operations. Prior to Smartsheet, Brian served in multiple roles at Qpass and Amdocs (Qpass was acquired by Amdocs) designing and delivering massively scalable online processing systems. He served as solutions architect, development manager and lead software engineer in addition to building a new solutions delivery team. Prior to Qpass Brian worked in various positions at Microsoft. Brian graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Western Washington University.

Eric Browne is the vice president of product management for Smartsheet.com. Prior to Smartsheet.com, Eric was at Onyx Software Corporation, where he led the vertical marketing and alliance teams. Eric managed several of the Fortune 1000 accounts, focusing on financial services firms. In addition, he established the original business development team, creating a profitable network of 50 companies includingIBM,Microsoft, Accenture and Compaq. Prior to Onyx, he worked in Accenture's Strategy Consulting Group focusing on Fortune 500 clients. Eric graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering from Dartmouth College and an MBA from UC Berkely’s Haas School of Business.