Domo announces leadership transition

Domo Inc. has announced a major leadership transition, effective immediately. John Mellor, Domo’s chief strategy officer since 2019, has been named CEO and a member of the board of directors. Meanwhile, Catherine Wong, the company’s chief product officer and executive vice president of engineering since 2013, has been named chief operating officer.

Domo is an American Fork-based cloud platform that provides solutions such as data integration and business intelligence for sectors such as retail, manufacturing and media.{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

Domo founder Josh James has stepped down as the company’s CEO, chairman and as a director. He founded Domo in 2010 saying his mission was the transforming business by “putting data to work for everyone.” The company has grown significantly since that time. For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022, Domo had record billings of $108 million, an increase of 30 percent from the same quarter the year before.

Domo also announced that the board of directors has elected Carine Clark as executive chair and appointed John Pestana as a new independent director. Clark has been a director since March 2019 and has served as a member of the Audit Committee and as chairperson of the Compensation Committee. She previously served as president and CEO at Banyan, a SaaS company, and is currently a partner at Pelion Venture Partners. Previously, she held leadership positions in software, market research and marketing companies. Pestana is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of ObservePoint. He was also a co-founder of Omniture, which was acquired by Adobe in 2009. With Pestana’s appointment, the size of the board will increase from seven to eight members.

“I joined Domo because of its incredible team, outstanding technology and highly engaged customer base,” said Mellor. “As CEO, I’m committed to continuing our growth and industry leadership through our ongoing innovation for customers, a disciplined go-to-market strategy and building on a culture of high-performance and inclusivity. I’m especially pleased that Catherine has been promoted to COO and am grateful for the continued support and contributions of Domo’s entire leadership team, who have helped Domo deliver significant value to our shareholders.”

“I am excited to become Domo’s executive chair and look forward to working closely with John and Catherine in their new roles. Both appointments are a natural progression for these respected and talented executives, who have each held senior leadership roles at Domo and Adobe,” said Clark. “We are confident that John possesses the experience and expertise to lead our team in the next chapter of growth and innovation. Since joining Domo from Adobe in 2013, Catherine has added extensive technology and engineering management experience to Domo’s seasoned leadership team. As COO, she will be further empowered to guide Domo on an accelerated path forward.”

“We recruited John Mellor to the company nearly three years ago because of his leadership attributes and deep industry experience,” said James. “I’m very excited for Domo’s future under his stewardship. I have an aligned and substantial interest in Domo doing well, and I’ll continue to be its biggest cheerleader. I look forward to seeing the next generation of management take Domo’s performance to the next level.”

Mellor has more than 25 years of experience in the tech industry. Since 2019, he has been responsible for shaping Domo’s corporate strategy, positioning and marketing. Prior to Domo, he was vice president for strategy and business operations for Adobe’s Digital Experience business unit, while the business grew from $300 million to nearly $3 billion in annual revenue. He joined Adobe through its acquisition of Omniture. He holds both a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Prior to Domo, Wong held a number of key global leadership roles at Adobe and Omniture across product, M&A and engineering. Wong currently serves as a director on the board of Amplitude. She holds a B.S. degree in computer science from BYU.

Before Banyan, Clark served as president and CEO for Allegiance Software until it was acquired by Maritz Market Research and became MaritzCX in December 2014. She is a member of the board of Focus Universal and a number of private companies, as well as community groups and serves on the executive boards of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Silicon Slopes. Carine holds a B.A. in organizational communications and an MBA from BYU.

Pestana has over 20 years of experience in SaaS software development and digital data and analytics. He currently serves as the CEO of ObservePoint, a data governance company. Prior to ObservePoint, he was the co-founder of Omniture, which developed from a student-run business to a worldwide, publicly traded company in 2006 before the company was acquired by Adobe in 2009.{/mprestriction}