President, Channel99 & Product GTM

Chris Golec is a three-time software entrepreneur best known for pioneering the account-based marketing (ABM) category. In 1996, he co-founded Supplybase, a B2B supply chain software company that was later acquired by i2 Technologies.

In 2006, Golec founded Demandbase and led it for more than 13 years, building it into the leading enterprise ABM platform. Under his leadership, the company was named one of the Bay Area’s Best Places to Work for seven consecutive years, and Golec was twice named Marketing Executive of the Year and recognized as one of the Top 10 SaaS CEOs in 2019. He continues to serve on Demandbase’s board.

In 2022, Golec founded Channel99, an AI-powered decision engine for B2B marketing investments, with a mission to transform how companies measure and invest in growth. Now, along with Marketbridge, he continues to do what he has done throughout his career: identify unmet needs in B2B and build the products that are necessary to support.