We are a team of leaders, data scientists, mathematicians, and engineers with a collective passion for using data and AI to solve the biggest business challenges.
The 6sense Leadership Team
Executive Leadership Team
Chris Ball
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Ball is the Chief Executive Officer of 6sense, guiding the company’s vision to transform how revenue teams operate with AI and data. Known for building high-performing global organizations, Chris emphasizes customer value, operational excellence, and innovation as the foundation for 6sense’s long-term impact.
Chris brings more than two decades of leadership experience across enterprise software, SaaS, and digital transformation. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Instructure, where he expanded the company’s global footprint, strengthened its SaaS operating model, and delivered consistent growth resulting in a $4.8B acquisition by KKR. Before Instructure, Chris held senior leadership roles at Adobe, where he played a key role in scaling the Digital Experience business, and at SAP, where he led global go-to-market transformation initiatives across enterprise segments.
Throughout his career, Chris has been recognized for aligning strategy, people, and execution to deliver measurable outcomes. He is passionate about developing leaders, empowering teams, and building cultures that thrive in fast-changing markets. His approach combines operational rigor with a customer-first mindset — ensuring that innovation translates into real-world value for businesses.
Viral Bajaria
Chief Innovation & Ecosystem Officer
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.
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.
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.
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
Chief Product Officer
Kimberly Bloomston is the Chief Product 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.
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.
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.
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.
Rob Goldenberg
Chief Financial Officer
Rob Goldenberg is the Chief Financial Officer at 6sense, where he leads the Finance & Accounting and HR organizations. His responsibilities span financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, treasury, real estate, talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, and employee relations. Rob plays a key role in ensuring the company’s continued growth and operational rigor, supporting a culture that transforms insight into action.
Since joining 6sense, Rob has helped guide the company through four acquisitions and rapid scaling. He brings 15 years of investment banking experience, having worked across industries and deal types, giving him a deep understanding of strategic finance and business transformation.
Rob believes frameworks create clarity — and enable everyone to lead, regardless of title. He views finance and HR as internal and external service organizations, with a mandate to support growth, build trust, and deliver impact. He’s known for saying, “Don’t ignore good advice,” a mantra that reflects his thoughtful, practical approach to leadership.
Rob earned both his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He lives in Westport, Connecticut with his wife and two children. In his spare time, you’ll find him coaching youth soccer and teaching his kids the lyrics to Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift songs.
Raj Gupta
Chief Technology Officer
Raj Gupta is the Chief Development Officer at 6sense, where he leads the global engineering organization and drives the company’s long-term technical strategy. He spearheads the continued advancement of the 6sense platform, ensuring it delivers trusted, AI-powered experiences that help customers drive pipeline and revenue with precision.
Raj brings more than two decades of leadership experience across both high-growth startups and global enterprises. Prior to 6sense, he served as Chief Technology Officer at Cyara and held senior roles at Oracle, Cogito (acquired by Verint), and Vera Security (acquired by Fortra), where he built and led high-performing engineering teams delivering scalable platforms and innovations in enterprise AI and machine learning.
Raj has developed AI-powered solutions that combine technical sophistication with real business impact — driving innovation in customer experience, enterprise security, and revenue intelligence. His work spans Conversational AI, Generative AI, NLP, and sentiment analysis, powering next-generation capabilities in real-time engagement and decision-making.
Raj holds a Master’s in Management from Harvard University and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Ohio State University. He lives in the Bay Area and is passionate about building positive engineering cultures, empowering teams, and creating meaningful, customer-centric innovation at scale.
Andrea Migdal
General Counsel
Andrea Migdal is the General Counsel at 6sense, where she leads all legal functions in support of the company’s growth, operations, and customer success. She oversees commercial, corporate, privacy and compliance, product and marketing matters — including complex areas such as advertising technology and data governance.
Andrea joined 6sense when the company was a 30-person startup. As the sole legal counsel at the time, she helped guide 6sense through its early growth and has played a pivotal role in scaling its legal infrastructure as the company expanded to approximately 1,200 employees worldwide.
Before 6sense, Andrea spent more than 15 years running her own law practice, advising fast-growth, innovative technology companies as outside counsel. Earlier in her career, she was a partner at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper), where she focused on technology, intellectual property, and corporate matters.
A longtime supporter of education and innovation, Andrea advised astronaut Sally Ride in founding Imaginary Lines, a company created to inspire young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. She also served as General Counsel for the organization.
Andrea holds a Juris Doctor degree from the George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Davis. She is based in the San Diego area.
Amir Ravandoust
Chief Operating Officer
Amir Ravandoust is the Chief Operating Officer of 6sense, where he is focused on building strong alignment across functions, scaling the business, and driving operational excellence across internal and customer-facing teams.
Having served in similar roles at other SaaS providers, Amir has an established track record of growth acceleration and operational transformation across Data & Analytics, MarTech, and Cybersecurity verticals. Before joining 6sense, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Marigold and Chief Operating Officer at Alteryx, where he helped accelerate growth, improve profitability, and build high-performing teams at scale.
Amir is a Managing Director at Insight Partners, working closely with portfolio executives on growth strategy and operational transformation. He also held roles at Vector Capital and Boston Consulting Group, advising global enterprise software companies on strategy and execution.
Amir is a firm believer in transparency, agility, accountability, and collaboration as the foundation of great leadership.
He holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Management Science & Engineering, as well as 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.
Jeff Romano
Chief Customer Officer
Jeff Romano brings over 25 years of expertise in building and managing highly successful global customer success teams for high-growth software companies, with leadership roles at industry pioneers such as Oracle, Saviynt, Exabeam, and 8×8. As Chief Customer Officer, Jeff will drive 6sense’s commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences and results. He will oversee every stage of the customer journey, from seamless onboarding to fostering engagement that drives adoption and ensuring customers achieve measurable value aligned with their goals.
A recognized advocate for customer-centric strategies, Jeff is dedicated to strengthening 6sense’s legacy of building long-term relationships focused on customer outcomes. His proven ability to drive rapid value realization and foster unwavering customer satisfaction has earned him a reputation as a trusted leader in the technology industry.
Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and resides in the Bay Area where he enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, mountain biking, and snowboarding in his free time.
Bryan Wise
Chief Information Officer
Bryan Wise is the Chief Information Officer at 6sense, where he leads the Business Technology organization responsible for Enterprise Applications, Security, IT Operations, Corporate Data, and Procurement. He is focused on enabling business growth through scalable systems, modern infrastructure, and operational excellence.
A Bay Area native and seasoned technology leader, Bryan began his IT career in the late 1990s during the dot-com boom. He brings deep experience leading IT strategy and transformation for high-growth, cloud-native companies. Before 6sense, he served as CIO at GitLab, where he built the systems and processes to support a successful IPO in October 2021.
Earlier in his career, Bryan was the first Vice President of IT at Snowflake, where he scaled enterprise applications and global infrastructure during a hyper-growth phase — helping the company grow from 400 to 2,000 employees in just 18 months and reach a $3.5 billion valuation. He also served as Vice President of IT Operations at DocuSign, leading global infrastructure, DevOps platforms, and service delivery at scale.
Bryan is passionate about building high-performing teams that align closely with business priorities and make a measurable impact.
He lives in Menlo Park with his wife, their two children, and their dogs. When he’s not working, Bryan can usually be found on his Peloton.
Board of Directors & Advisors
Chris Ball
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Ball is the Chief Executive Officer of 6sense, guiding the company’s vision to transform how revenue teams operate with AI and data. Known for building high-performing global organizations, Chris emphasizes customer value, operational excellence, and innovation as the foundation for 6sense’s long-term impact.
Chris brings more than two decades of leadership experience across enterprise software, SaaS, and digital transformation. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Instructure, where he expanded the company’s global footprint, strengthened its SaaS operating model, and delivered consistent growth resulting in a $4.8B acquisition by KKR. Before Instructure, Chris held senior leadership roles at Adobe, where he played a key role in scaling the Digital Experience business, and at SAP, where he led global go-to-market transformation initiatives across enterprise segments.
Throughout his career, Chris has been recognized for aligning strategy, people, and execution to deliver measurable outcomes. He is passionate about developing leaders, empowering teams, and building cultures that thrive in fast-changing markets. His approach combines operational rigor with a customer-first mindset — ensuring that innovation translates into real-world value for businesses.
Amir Ravandoust
Chief Operating Officer
Amir Ravandoust is the Chief Operating Officer of 6sense, where he is focused on building strong alignment across functions, scaling the business, and driving operational excellence across internal and customer-facing teams.
Having served in similar roles at other SaaS providers, Amir has an established track record of growth acceleration and operational transformation across Data & Analytics, MarTech, and Cybersecurity verticals. Before joining 6sense, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Marigold and Chief Operating Officer at Alteryx, where he helped accelerate growth, improve profitability, and build high-performing teams at scale.
Amir is a Managing Director at Insight Partners, working closely with portfolio executives on growth strategy and operational transformation. He also held roles at Vector Capital and Boston Consulting Group, advising global enterprise software companies on strategy and execution.
Amir is a firm believer in transparency, agility, accountability, and collaboration as the foundation of great leadership.
He holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Management Science & Engineering, as well as 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.
Jason Zintak
Chairman of the Board
Brian Ascher
Venrock
Jeff Lieberman
Insight Partners
Gary Survis
Insight Partners
Teddie Wardi
Insight Partners
Latané Conant
Advisor
Investors