{"id":111490,"date":"2024-08-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=111490"},"modified":"2024-08-16T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T14:21:22","slug":"welcoming-chief-financial-officer-marc-suidan-to-backblaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcoming-chief-financial-officer-marc-suidan-to-backblaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Chief Financial Officer Marc Suidan to Backblaze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bb-bh-CFO-Announcement-1024x583.png\" alt=\"An image of Backblaze CFO Marc Suidan\" class=\"wp-image-111491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bb-bh-CFO-Announcement-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bb-bh-CFO-Announcement-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bb-bh-CFO-Announcement-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bb-bh-CFO-Announcement.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Backblaze is happy to announce that Marc Suidan has joined our team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Marc will lead the financial organization, spearheading overall strategy, forecasting, and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Marc brings to the role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc comes to Backblaze with 20 years of experience advising and leading companies of all sizes in the technology and media industries, including most recently serving as the CFO of The Beachbody Company (NYSE: BODi). He has also held leadership positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, McKinsey &amp; Company, and others where he drove growth and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Marc has deep knowledge and experience strategically guiding companies through financial growth. His expertise and leadership will be a valuable asset as we empower customers to move to an open cloud and to do more with their data.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>\u2014Gleb Budman, CEO and Chairperson of the Board, Backblaze<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc takes over for Frank Patchel, who will retire from the company in Q3 2024 after leading Backblaze through a successful IPO in 2021 and serving as an integral member of the leadership team in the years since. Thanks to Frank for all his contributions to Backblaze\u2014we wish him well in retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding his new role at Backblaze, Marc said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I believe that Backblaze is uniquely positioned for success in the cloud services industry and their vision to lead and grow the open cloud ecosystem is what drew me to the company. I&#8217;m excited to join Backblaze and lead the financial organization as we continue to drive strong growth, increase profitability, and deliver shareholder value.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>\u2014Marc Suidan, CFO, Backblaze<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome, Marc!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Suidan joins Backblaze as chief financial officer. 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