ECA Partners Recruits CEO for Transifex
September 11, 2023 – Santa Monica, CA-based search ECA Partners has assisted in the recruitment of Chris Menier as the new chief executive officer of Transifex, a translation management system based in Washington, D.C. “ECA ran an organized and thorough process for our CEO search,” said Dennis Dresser, operating partner at JMI Equity, backers of Transifex. “Their highly professional team members were excellent thought partners throughout the process. Their global search identified and vetted our new CEO, who is an industry veteran and brings more than 20 years of experience driving growth.”
“It is our pleasure to welcome Chris Menier to the Transifex team,” said Mr. Dresser. “Chris has successfully built team cultures, delivered innovation, and scaled successful companies. His leadership and expertise give Transifex an edge in further strengthening our market position and delivering exceptional value to our customers.”
Mr. Menier’s track record of leading product innovation, corporate go-to-market strategy, and business development initiatives was aligned to Transifex’s vision for global growth. He previously served as president of the VIA AIOps business unit for Vitria Technology, a leader in the AIOps and analytics space. He has previously held C- and executive-level product, marketing, sales, and business development roles with companies like Guavus, Netezza, and Genband, and is a thought leader and visionary in the enterprise software and AI/ML spaces.
In his position with Transifex, Mr. Menier will be expected to drive product-led growth across international and U.S.-based markets, with a keen awareness of developments in AI and ML. He will focus on setting a company-wide strategy, coaching a growing team, and further building out functions such as customer-success to continue the high-degree of satisfaction and retention that currently defines Transifex’s clients, according to ECA Partners.
Related: Fostering Relationships in Recruitment
“Transifex has been a leader and innovator in the translation management systems category for years,” said Mr. Menier. “I am joining at an exciting time and look forward to helping this talented team navigate the next growth phase. We plan to accelerate our trajectory for product innovation, customer value and market position by exploring areas where AI can optimize the user experience, and continue expanding the rich set of pre-built system integrations that ensure Transifex works seamlessly across customers’ full technology stack.”
ECA Partners Launches Client Portal
ECA Partners has launched its client portal, Cascade. “A lot of our middle-market private equity clients have a short time horizon to deliver on value creation plans,” said Ken Kanara, president and CEO of ECA Partners. “We built Cascade, a talent management system, with that in mind. Combined with our proprietary process, we are able to quickly and efficiently deliver the very best talent across strategy, operations, and finance.”
Developed and incubated at ECA, Cascade brings ECA’s data-driven approach to the forefront, giving clients access to data and analytics as it relates to search metrics, recruiting processes and candidate pipeline. Providing this data in real-time, Cascade allows ECA’s clients to move quickly when making hiring decisions, according to the search firm. “It’s exciting to see how quickly Cascade is adding value for our clients,” said Atta Tarki, ECA’s founder and chairman. “By giving them full transparency to the recruiting process, it allows them to make better decisions around talent and to solve their hiring bottleneck.”
Transifex is a translation management system that provides solutions for companies looking to localize their software and digital content. Thousands of customers across industries like HubSpot, Vodafone, Waze, Eventbrite, and Datadog rely on the Transifex platform to eliminate manual processes, provide continuous and effortless localization, and measure their impact.
Experienced Recruiters
ECA is a specialized project staffing and executive search firm focused on private equity and PE portfolio companies. They use a proprietary, evidence-based approach to recruiting that leverages data and technology. The firm’s uses a talent management system CASCADE. Founded in 2010, ECA operates across five global offices and in 2023 was named one of Hunt Scanlon’s Top 50 Recruiters.
Atta Tarki is the founder and chairman of ECA. He leads ECA’s private equity and venture capital practice, where he supports PE-owned, VC-owned and other high growth companies with filling C-level positions. His primary focus is on CEO, COO, president, CFO, and chief strategy officer roles. Prior to ECA, Mr. Tarki led management consulting engagements at L.E.K. Consulting.
Related: How to Use AI to Stand Out to Executive Search Consultants
Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief; Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor; and Stephen Sawicki, Managing Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
