Tennenbaum previously served as Avalara CFO
and successfully scaled the company's global tax automation and
compliance business to more than $1
billion in 2023 revenue
SEATTLE, April 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Avalara, Inc., a leading
provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of
all sizes, today announced that Ross
Tennenbaum has been appointed President.
In his new, expanded role, Tennenbaum will be responsible for
driving company-wide improvements and ensuring the success of every
Avalara customer around the globe. As Avalara President, he will
oversee the majority of Avalara's business operations including
Avalara AvaTax for sales and use tax calculations, Avalara Returns,
Avalara Exemption Certificate Management, Avalara Tax Research, and
more. Tennenbaum will also lead the teams responsible for Avalara's
customer and compliance operations, finance functions, India operations, and legal functions.
Tennenbaum has been at Avalara for five years and has served as
the company's Chief Financial Officer since 2020, helping to scale
Avalara's business to exceed $1
billion in revenue last year. Prior to that, he served as
Avalara's Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, where
he led several business units tied to the company's growth
initiatives. Tennenbaum's experience includes a 10-year investment
banking career at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, including
working with Avalara for more than five years and leading its IPO
in 2018.
"Ross has a proven track record and has been instrumental in
driving growth and efficiency for Avalara," said Scott McFarlane, co-founder and CEO of
Avalara. "Our business has an ambitious and exciting goal of
becoming part of every transaction in the world. We know to
accomplish this goal that we must be relentlessly focused on
driving improvements across our company and ensuring our customers
have the best experience possible. Ross is the ideal leader to
accomplish these goals while ensuring Avalara is here for
generations to come."
About Avalara
Avalara makes tax compliance faster, easier, more accurate, and
more reliable for 41,000+ business and government customers in over
75 countries. Tax compliance automation software solutions from
Avalara leverage 1,200+ signed partner integrations across leading
ecommerce, ERP, and other billing systems to power tax
calculations, document management, tax return filing, and tax
content access. Visit avalara.com to improve your compliance
journey.
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