CRO

Chris Lobdell joins Brain Corp as chief revenue officer (CRO), bringing over two decades of sales and technical leadership experience to the organization. As CRO, Lobdell will focus on scaling Brain Corp’s sales, marketing and client success operations, building deeper customer relationships and further strengthening ties with Brain Corp’s channel partners.

“Brain Corp has established itself as the leader in next-generation robotics, powering advanced autonomous robot applications for companies like Walmart and Kroger,” says Lobdell. “With the expansion of Brain Corp’s capabilities to include new vision-based AI data applications, I’m excited to put my two decades of co-innovating with retailers to bring to market the next generation of autonomous inventory scanning retail solutions.”

Lobdell brings with him 24 years of sales and technical leadership experience gained at some of the software industry’s most innovative companies. In his most recent position as Chief Revenue Officer at GoodData, he played a pivotal role in steering overall go-to-market strategies. Prior to GoodData, Lobdell led a team of sellers at Salesforce focused on Salesforce’s Data & Identity Solutions for retailers and CPG manufacturers. In 2017, Lobdell served as chief revenue officer at the marketing tech SaaS provider Ahalogy, a leading influencer marketing company with clients such as Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Kroger. Earlier in his career, he held several sales leadership and sales engineering roles at companies like Google, DataXu (now Roku) and others. 

With Brain Corp positioning to scale its footprint within several international markets in the near term, former CRO Michel Spruijt will step into the newly established role of President of International Business, where he will lead business development and go-to-market teams and activities outside of North America.

"2023 marked a year of unparalleled scale and achievements for Brain Corp," says David Pinn, CEO of Brain Corp. "With the addition of Chris, a highly adept industry executive, we are poised to further propel our growth trajectory, particularly in enterprise software sales."