Kim Walsh of HubSpot, and Kirk Simpson of Wave Financial, Join Klipfolio’s Board of Directors

Ottawa--Klipfolio, the leading provider of business intelligence software for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced that Kim Walsh and Kirk Simpson have been appointed to its board of directors.

Klipfolio helps thousands of business users make better, faster decisions by bringing all of their most relevant data into a single dashboard display in real time for reporting and analysis -- automatically and in the cloud. Klipfolio replaces manual, error-prone and time-consuming spreadsheets and presentations, whose content was often months out of date.

Both Walsh and Simpson bring a wealth of entrepreneurial experience related to growing and operating successful software companies focused on small and medium-sized businesses. Walsh has been with HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) since 2010, while Simpson co-founded Wave Financial 11 years ago and has led it since then.

Walsh, who initially led sales at HubSpot, has seen the company grow to 114,000 customers worldwide. A leading marketing, sales, and customer service platform, HubSpot now has more than 4,000 employees, and annual revenues in excess of USD $1B. Walsh was instrumental in developing HubSpot’s go-to-market strategy and its operating model, and expanding its world-class sales team. She is currently Global Vice-President, Go-To-Market Partnerships.

Simpson has been instrumental in turning Wave Financial into an award-winning financial software platform used by hundreds of thousands of small business owners. A champion for workplace culture, Simpson has consistently been recognized for leadership, culture, innovation and growth. In 2019, Simpson was named Canada’s Most Admired CEO in the growth sector by Waterstone Human Capital, which also recognized Wave Financial with an award for Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture. Wave Financial was acquired in 2019 by H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) for CAD $537M, Canada’s 11th-largest acquisition.

“Kim and Kirk have both dedicated their careers to helping entrepreneurs and business leaders succeed, and they are a strong addition to our team as we enter the next exciting phase of our growth,” said Allan Wille, co-founder and CEO of Klipfolio. “In addition to their deep experience building companies focused on small and medium-sized businesses, both Kirk and Kim are excited about Klipfolio’s data vision and its potential to drive the success of hundreds of thousands of decision-makers. I am honoured to welcome them both to our board.”

“Klipfolio has an ambitious vision to help leaders and their teams succeed,” said Kim Walsh. “It’s a goal I’m excited about and committed to as well. There are literally hundreds of thousands of small and mid-sized companies out there still struggling to truly understand the data that will help them build their business. With so much of the market underserved, I see great potential for Klipfolio.”

“Klipfolio’s data and analytics vision modernizes traditional business intelligence,” said Kirk Simpson. “With its metric-centric platform, Klipfolio truly simplifies how teams access, store, understand and share the metrics that matter most to their business. I believe Klipfolio offers a business intelligence application that provides team leaders with critically useful data in the form of dashboards and reports, while relieving them of the need to rely on technical support staff.”

Today’s announcement comes at an exciting time for Klipfolio. With its new business intelligence platform centred on metrics, the company is at an inflection point. It is investing heavily in its vision of an insights-rich future, highlighting its deep and ongoing commitment to helping small and mid-sized business leaders and their teams succeed with data.