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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

Alf Ruppert Yes, it started because I know the very first piece of software we did for Daylite was to connection for phone systems, so that you can push a button and then call out or if somebody’s calling in, you can see which customers calling in. And the problem was, I have no clue in software development.

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Prior to joining SendGrid, he spent 4 years at Citrix, where he drove the company’s product strategy for cloud infrastructure and server virtualization. Sameer joined the company in 2010, when Citrix acquired VMLogix, where he served as CEO and doubled revenues during each year of his tenure. Jeff Lawson: Sure.