– USA, WA – Qualtrics (Nasdaq: XM), the leader and creator of the Experience Management category, today announced the appointments of Omar Johnson and Ritu Bhargava to its Board of Directors effective immediately, bringing the Board to 11 members.
“Our new members bring impressive experience to the Qualtrics board, from their work inside some of the world’s biggest technology companies. Ritu is a customer-first leader with a track record in product and engineering, and Omar is known for his leadership and innovation-building breakthrough brands and experiences. The board and I are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with them,” said CEO, Zig Serafin.
About Omar Johnson
Omar Johnson is a founder of ØPUS United, a modern professional services firm that features a multi-disciplined collective of award-winning executives, athletes, strategists, creatives, and musicians. Since its inception, ØPUS has become an extension of the CMO office with its proprietary Culture-Centric Analytics and ØPUS Score. Before that, he was the CMO of Beats by Dre and Vice President of Marketing at Apple.
Adweek named Johnson a “Brand Genius,” and Business Insider named him one of the “Most Innovative CMOs” in 2016. Additionally, Johnson has worked on hundreds of winning marketing campaigns at international brands. Through his work with ØPUS United, Johnson has helped develop initiatives, such as We The People and We Got Next, to encourage conversations around racial equity and the empowerment of younger generations to take action.
Johnson is from Brooklyn, NY. He received a BS in Biology and Chemistry from Georgia State University and an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
About Ritu Bhargava
Bhargava is currently Chief Product Officer of SAP Customer Experience, heading product, engineering, user experience, strategy, and operations for the entire CX portfolio. She was formerly at Salesforce, where she was head of engineering for Sales Cloud, Salesforce’s flagship product suite. She also spent 10 years at Oracle.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, and an M.B.A. in Finance and IT from the University of Lincolnshire, U.K. She is co-chair of the West Coast Advisory Board for Asian University for Women, a Bangladesh-based nonprofit dedicated to women’s education and leadership development.
Bhargava enjoys supporting cricketing initiatives in America, having played on the U.S.A. Women’s Cricket team.
About Qualtrics
Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the Experience Management category, is changing the way organizations manage and improve the four core experiences of business—customer, employee, product, and brand. Over 16,750 organizations around the world use Qualtrics to listen, understand and take action on experience data (X-data)—the beliefs, emotions, and intentions that tell you why things are happening, and what to do about it. The Qualtrics XM Platform is a system of action that helps businesses attract customers who stay longer and buy more, engage employees who build a positive culture, develop breakthrough products people love and build a brand people are passionate about.
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