Minneapolis-based tech firm Leadpages has appointed Jeanette Dorazio as its CEO, it announced Wednesday.
Dorazio has a long tenure in tech, and has worked for the Minnesota offices of companies like Solera Inc. and Oracle; she was most recently the vice president of operations at Solera, a Texas-based maker of risk-management software. She's a graduate of the University of Minnesota and has also spent time with San Jose-based Verifone and local startup 8thBridge Inc.
"I'm very honored to have this opportunity to provide leadership for the Leadpages team and help them be successful in the current climate I've actually been following Leadpages since its inception. When the opportunity came up, I couldn't turn it down," Dorazio said.
Leadpages makes software that generates web pages for smaller businesses. It has 42 employees and does about $18 million in revenue, the company said. It's added about 8,000 customers since April, when it had around 40,000.
In March, Leadpages was bought by Canadian software firm Redbrick (not related to Minneapolis digital health company RedBrick Health). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The deal didn't include Leadpage's marketing-tech business Drip, which is still owned by former Leadpages parent company Avenue 81 Inc.
“Redbrick is pleased to welcome Jeanette Dorazio to the family by way of her new role as CEO of Leadpages. We look forward to working closely with Jeanette and the Leadpages team as they continue to help guide and support their entrepreneur and small businesses clients through accelerated growth," said Tobyn Sowden, CEO of Redbrick.
Dorazio is replacing Jason Heath, the former CFO and general manager of Leadpages. Heath left the company in May, and Sowden was in the top spot in an interim capacity until now.
Leadpages has raised at least $35 million in venture capital in the past decade, including a $5 million Series A in 2013, a $6 million follow-on to the Series A in 2014, and a $27 million Series B in 2015. Investors in Leadpages include Foundry Group, Drive Capital and Arthur Ventures, which has offices in Minneapolis and Fargo, N.D.
