The appointment of our Chief Revenue Officer and SVP of Customer Success

At Summize, we are excited to announce the appointments of Christopher Picarde as our new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Mark Oshry as our new Senior Vice President (SVP) of Customer Success, to be based out of our Boston office. The executive leadership additions support our next phase of global growth, as demand continues for our approach to modern, AI-enabled contracting across legal and business teams.

Both Picarde and Oshry have joined Summize after we have achieved 5 years of 100% year-over-year revenue and our recent $50 million fundraising round. Summize is quickly becoming the CLM of choice for midsize companies across all industries, including AMC Networks, FC Cincinnati, Eataly, Big Y Foods, Message Broadcast, Sigma Computing, and more. Our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution helps legal and business teams create, manage and analyze contracts directly within the tools they already use, applying AI to improve speed, accuracy and visibility across the contracting lifecycle.

As CRO, Picarde will lead our global revenue strategy, managing sales, partnerships and business development, helping the company capitalize on our large mid-market opportunities in North America and Europe. He brings more than a decade of experience leading and scaling global teams at Bigtincan and has been at the forefront of helping businesses apply AI-driven and digital transformation initiatives to improve productivity, reduce costs, and mitigate risk.

“Summize is well-positioned to help organizations move beyond basic contract management and unlock meaningful business value from their agreements using AI,” said Picarde. “What drew me in was the strength and agility of the team and how quickly Summize has scaled while staying tightly aligned. My focus is building a global sales organization that preserves that momentum and drives long-term growth.”

As SVP of Customer Success, Oshry will lead Summize's global customer success, optimizing our customer experience and driving even greater ROI and value from the Summize CLM. He brings deep experience leading customer-facing organizations at high-growth software companies, including Seismic and Eze Castle Software, and has built successful post-sales organizations for over 13 years.

“Summize has an incredible customer-focused culture and a closely aligned leadership team that is truly committed to driving innovation in the legal tech space. The team has created a product that customers genuinely value, and I look forward to working alongside everyone at Summize to help our customers achieve as much value as possible from their CLM deployments."

Our CEO and Co-founder, Tom Dunlop, said,

“Chris and Mark bring the commercial leadership and customer focus we need as more organizations rely on AI to turn contracts into actionable business intelligence levers. Our recent $50 million investment marks the start of the next chapter for Summize, and these senior hires were one of the first moves we made to bolster our leadership team in Boston. Both Chris and Mark embody the values that define our company culture, bringing a growth mindset, deep respect for others, drive for teamwork and a strong will to win to complement our existing team dynamics.”

Learn more about Chris and Mark's experience, as well as the whole leadership team below.