TrustRadius Executive Team

Vinay Bhagat – Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Vinay is an entrepreneur passionate about tackling big problems. Vinay conceived TrustRadius after experiencing challenges when buying enterprise solutions at his last company. In 1999, Vinay founded Convio, the leading SaaS platform for nonprofits. In April 2010, Convio became a public company, and was acquired in May 2012 for $325 million. Prior to Convio, Vinay was a Director at Trilogy Software and a Consultant at Bain & Company in London, Hong Kong and Kiev. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar, an MS Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University, and a MA Engineering Information Sciences from Cambridge University with First Class Honors. When he’s not working, Vinay loves playing with his kids, swimming and the occasional squash game.

Scott Brittain – Chief Technology Officer

Scott Brittain was previously CTO of Snap Kitchen where he built a digital team responsible for 20% of total revenue after one year of operation. He has had multiple start-up wins as cofounder or executive including Solarwinds (IPO), Kalivo (acquisition), and iMark.com (acquisition). Scott has 20 years of experience leading software development, QA, and PM. He has operational and cultural experience in Eastern Europe, China and India. For example, he grew Solarwinds engineering 42% internationally in 20 months. Scott has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.

Jennifer Griffin – VP of Customer Success

With over 15 years of diverse professional operations experience, Jennifer is passionate about improving efficiency to make teams hum and currently leads the Customer Success team in delivering value to customers via review management programs. Before joining TrustRadius, Jennifer led the Consumer Success team at Dosh where she reduced the overall spend by more than 70% while more than doubling customer satisfaction scores. Outside of work, Jennifer loves spending time with her 2 daughters and having a glass of wine with friends.

Andrew Lamb – VP of Sales

Andrew brings 20 years of sales experience from the 'dotcom' era and Austin startups to TrustRadius as our sales leader. Most recently Andrew helped outboundEngine and ObjectRocket, a Rackspace Company, scale their sales teams. Prior to that, he helped grow Spiceworks from $5M to $70M. Andrew cut his teeth in sales with Hotjobs.com (which was acquired by Yahoo!), where he helped grow the strategic sales team. Andrew holds a BA in Business Administration from Western Michigan University. When not whiteboarding with his team, you might find Andrew relaxing on a hike with his family or taking in a show at The Moody Theatre.

Russ Somers – VP of Marketing

Russ was an early customer of TrustRadius and found it to be a powerful platform for driving growth, so he’s a natural fit to lead the marketing team. He balances a data-driven approach and an interest in growth hacks with narrative instincts honed by years as a songwriter and performer. Russ has led marketing teams for high-growth startups including TrendKite, Invodo, and sonarDesign, and he started his marketing career with Fortune 500 companies including Dell and Sabre Holdings. He holds an MBA and a BA in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. Russ spends his spare time with his family, as well as collecting and restoring vintage guitars.

Tom Sloss – VP of Finance

Tom oversees TrustRadius’ finance function and brings almost 20 years of software startup company experience to the team. Prior to joining TrustRadius, he was with OutboundEngine, Cesura, Allen Technologies, and Surgient. Tom holds a B.S. in accounting from Auburn University and an MBA in finance and international business from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles. He loves Austin’s live music scene and has been known to book bands to play his backyard.

Megan Headley – VP of Research

Megan leads Research at TrustRadius. The Research mission is to ensure TrustRadius delivers high quality, useful and, above all, trustworthy user feedback to help prospective software buyers make more informed decisions. Before joining TrustRadius, Megan was Director of Sales and Marketing at Stratfor, where she was in charge of growing the company's B2C revenue stream through email marketing and other channels. She also worked as a reporter at the Houston Chronicle and the Texas Observer. She holds MA degrees in Journalism and Latin American Studies from the University of Texas. She enjoys traveling, reading, and hiking.