Meet the team.

Amir Ravandoust is Chief Executive Officer of 6sense, where he leads the company’s mission to become customers’ most trusted, leading GTM intelligence platform helping teams move from intent signals to outcomes at scale in the agentic era.

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He brings a decade of experience accelerating growth and running transformations across Data & Analytics, MarTech, and Cybersecurity. Before becoming CEO, he served as Chief Operating Officer at 6sense. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Marigold, a customer engagement and loyalty platform, and Chief Operating Officer at Alteryx, an AI analytics platform, where he drove growth acceleration and built high-performing teams at scale. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Insight Partners, Vector Capital, and the Boston Consulting Group.

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He holds a Master of Science, a Bachelor of Science in Management Science & Engineering, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Stanford University. Outside of work, he enjoys cycling, traveling, cooking, and diving into obscure corners of history, geography, and politics.

Viral Bajaria is the Chief Innovation & Ecosystem Officer and Co-Founder of 6sense, where he leads the technical vision and innovation strategy behind the company’s Revenue AI platform. With a focus on scale, performance, and trustworthy AI, he oversees the development of infrastructure and models that help revenue teams drive growth efficiently.

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Viral co-founded 6sense in 2013. Since then, he has played a central role in building the company’s AI foundation and culture — from launching early signal-based targeting models to scaling a platform that now processes more than a trillion intent signals daily. He also helped define 6sense’s remote-first, people-first workplace and serves as Executive Sponsor for the Women of 6sense Employee Resource Group (ERG), championing equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Before founding 6sense, Viral spent five years as a software developer at Hulu, where he developed a passion for solving complex problems with data. Earlier in his career, he worked at Hexaware Technologies and conducted research in natural language processing as a graduate assistant at the University of Southern California.

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Viral holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology. He is also an active startup mentor and investor, with a focus on high-potential, problem-solving teams building with integrity and purpose.

Kimberly Bloomston is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at 6sense, where she leads product strategy, management, and design across the company’s AI-powered Revenue Intelligence platform. She is focused on building a smarter, faster, more connected go-to-market motion for customers, aligning product innovation with the real-world needs of modern revenue teams. Kimberly plays a key role in accelerating 6sense’s category leadership by unifying product capabilities around Signalverse™, AI Agents, and Intelligent Workflows.

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A builder at heart, Kimberly thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution — creating clarity, culture, and customer connection in complex environments. She believes when product teams understand who the customer is, why their problems matter, and how success is measured, they can deliver outsized impact for the business and its buyers.

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With more than 15 years of experience scaling product and business operations across SaaS companies, Kimberly brings deep expertise in transforming platforms and driving growth. Before joining 6sense, she held several executive roles at LiveRamp, including Chief Product Officer and SVP of Product. She also held leadership positions at Ellucian, Digital Signal Corporation, and The Zellman Group.

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Kimberly holds a Bachelor’s degree from Baruch College and lives in California with her family. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the outdoors, creating art, and working out in her home gym.

Kelly Hopping is the Chief Marketing Officer at 6sense, where she leads global marketing strategy, brand, and go-to-market execution. A four-time CMO, Kelly brings deep market insight and a strong operator’s mindset to help scale 6sense’s category leadership and drive measurable impact across every stage of the customer journey.

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Kelly joined 6sense after serving as CMO at Demandbase and HYCU, where she was known for building high-performing teams and executing with clarity and focus. Previously, she served as CMO for the Digital Markets division at Gartner, overseeing a portfolio of brands including Capterra, GetApp, and Software Advice. There, her team drove 100% of revenue acquisition for the $300M+ business. Her earlier career includes marketing and product leadership roles at Rackspace, AMD, Dell, and Kraft Foods, where she built a foundation in brand management, demand generation, and cross-functional execution.

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A people-centered leader, Kelly believes great teams are built on trust, shared goals, and the joy of building something meaningful together. She is the author of Rising: How to Thrive as a Corporate Executive while Staying True to Yourself and serves on the board of Empowering Women as Leaders Austin.

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Kelly holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and three children.

Micki Howl is the Chief Revenue Officer at 6sense, where she leads the global revenue organization across Sales, Customer Success, and Customer Operations. She is focused on helping enterprise organizations understand how to use contextual data intelligence and agentic AI to future-proof their revenue engines. Micki plays a central role in the 6sense go-to-market evolution, unifying the full revenue motion under one operating discipline.

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A builder of revenue systems and people, Micki’s approach is to get close to the work, build clean systems and processes, and empower teams to own outcomes without surprises.

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Micki brings more than 15 years of experience leading commercial organizations across the MarTech landscape. Most recently, she served as Chief Revenue Officer at Marigold, where she oversaw a $400M+ recurring software business serving 40,000 customers worldwide, including Starbucks, American Airlines, Citibank, and AMEX. She led a revenue organization of 230+ employees, unified a fragmented Sales and Customer Success structure into a single cohesive motion, moved net revenue retention by 10+ percentage points, and closed her final quarter with record-breaking new business bookings — immediately before the successful acquisition of the Marigold Enterprise business by Zeta Global. Earlier in her career, she began on the customer side of MarTech at Neiman Marcus Group, an experience that shaped her enduring belief that the person in the UI — often early in their career and relying on the technology to do their job well — is who the work is ultimately for.

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Micki holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Production from Pepperdine University. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and their daughter, a pre-professional ballerina who keeps the family calendar fully booked.

Ashley Jefferson is the Chief People Officer at 6sense, where she leads the company’s global talent strategy, with a focus on driving a strong employee experience across all people related programs. She believes that people systems must directly support business outcomes, and that strong cultures are built through clear expectations, aligned leadership, and consistent follow-through.

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Ashley brings more than 25 years of progressive HR experience across several industries, including technology, financial services, and civil construction, with deep roots in the HR Business Partner model, where business strategy, talent, and execution intersect. Most recently, she served as Chief People Officer at Synoptek, where she led the global people function. Before that, she spent six years at Rackspace Technology, rising from Senior HR Business Partner to Vice President of HR Business Partner(s), supporting executive leadership across the Americas go-to-market organization. Earlier roles at The Capital Group Companies, Whataburger, and E-Z Bel Construction gave her a broad foundation across virtually every facet of the HR function.

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At 6sense, Ashley is focused on strengthening people programs, scaling the systems that drive performance, and launching a learning and development strategy centered on management excellence and AI readiness — all in service of reinvigorating 6sense’s culture and connecting its people to the company’s biggest goals.

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Ashley holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from Baylor University. She lives in New Braunfels, Texas, with her husband and son. She loves spending time with family, traveling, and cheering her son on from the basketball stands.

Julia Lake is the Chief Information Security Officer at 6sense, where she leads the company’s global security and trust strategy. She leads security functions for 6sense across security operations, cloud and application security, governance, risk and compliance, AI security, and third-party risk management. Her work ensures security is embedded into how 6sense builds, operates, and scales its AI-driven revenue intelligence platform.

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A pragmatic, business-aligned security leader, Julia believes security is most effective when it acts as an enabler, helping organizations innovate with confidence while maintaining the trust of customers worldwide. She is particularly passionate about the responsible use of AI, working across teams to ensure governance, transparency, and risk management keep pace with evolving AI capabilities.

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Julia brings extensive experience securing cloud-native SaaS environments and building security programs that scale with high-growth businesses. Before joining 6sense, she held senior security leadership roles at GitLab, where she led Security Assurance for a globally distributed, publicly traded DevOps platform through a successful IPO in October 2021. There, she partnered closely with engineering and product teams to align security, privacy, and compliance with rapid innovation and a remote-first operating model.

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Julia lives in western Montana with her husband and two children. Outside of work, she can often be found outdoors enjoying the beauty of the Northern Rockies.

Krystal Ziegler is the General Counsel at 6sense, where she leads all legal functions including corporate governance, commercial transactions, privacy and compliance, employment law, intellectual property, and M&A in support of the company’s growth and global operations. She believes the legal function should act as a force multiplier for the business by partnering deeply across the organization and providing strategic, actionable advice with discipline and courage.

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Krystal brings more than a decade of in-house and private-practice experience across the technology, healthcare, and insurance sectors. She joined 6sense in 2019, most recently serving as its Deputy General Counsel, and has played a central role in scaling the company’s legal function globally, supporting complex transactions, and strengthening the operational foundation of the legal team.

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Before joining 6sense, Krystal held in-house legal leadership roles across technology companies, where she supported commercial, privacy, and broader operational initiatives. She began her career in litigation — an experience that continues to shape her practical and business-oriented approach to legal risk.

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Krystal holds a Juris Doctor and a Diploma in Comparative Law from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is based in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her children, family, and friends, finding opportunities for deep belly laughter, and gardening.

Amir Ravandoust is Chief Executive Officer of 6sense, where he leads the company’s mission to become customers’ most trusted, leading GTM intelligence platform helping teams move from intent signals to outcomes at scale in the agentic era.

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He brings a decade of experience accelerating growth and running transformations across Data & Analytics, MarTech, and Cybersecurity. Before becoming CEO, he served as Chief Operating Officer at 6sense. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Marigold, a customer engagement and loyalty platform, and Chief Operating Officer at Alteryx, an AI analytics platform, where he drove growth acceleration and built high-performing teams at scale. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Insight Partners, Vector Capital, and the Boston Consulting Group.

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He holds a Master of Science, a Bachelor of Science in Management Science & Engineering, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Stanford University. Outside of work, he enjoys cycling, traveling, cooking, and diving into obscure corners of history, geography, and politics.
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