Meet our leadership team

As CLO, Christian leads the company’s global legal, risk and compliance teams that enable and protect the company’s key assets and operations.

Christian has 25+ years of legal experience in government, law firm and enterprise organizations. Most recently he served as CLO at Magnitude Software, a PE-backed SaaS platform, where he helped lead the company’s transformation through its acquisition in November 2021. Before that, he led the legal function at several growth-stage, mid-market and large cap public companies. In addition to his legal roles, Christian served as a board member of an AI venture in Singapore and was an Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs.

Christian holds dual B.A. degrees in Psychology and Sociology from Boston University and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law.

What’s your why?

To solve. As a young kid I really enjoyed figuring out multiple geometric proofs for a given math problem. But I didn’t particularly like math – it was more about the challenge (and satisfaction) of solving for a problem or an issue and finding better ways of doing it. This threads a lot of the interests I pursue.

Where is the best place you’ve traveled to?

The Amalfi Coast. I still reminisce scooting around on a Vespa from town to town, soaking up the scenery and eating up the local foods. And limoncello! The place makes you feel like you’re inside a living watercolor canvas and makes you wonder if all the locals gathered to color coordinate their houses and buildings, or if it all just happened naturally. And it’s my favorite place for photography – even the most unassuming shot of laundry hung on a clothesline outside of a random house comes out beautiful.

What’s your favorite movie of all time?

Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s lesser known, but so good. It starts off with her character running to catch the subway as the doors are sliding shut. The movie then splits into the one reality where she makes it and the other where she just misses it. From there it shows how differently the character’s life evolves based on that one difference. And it always reminds me how so many events in our lives that are seemingly trivial can be a sliding door.

Who is your greatest inspiration?

My kids.

As the chief people officer for Emburse, Danielle guides the strategic direction for the company’s employee development, performance management, talent acquisition, and employee experience initiatives.

Danielle has over 15 years of experience in human resources, working in various industries. She began her career with Emburse working for Certify and continued to build her team and her role through several mergers and acquisitions.

Danielle holds a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Education from Clark University. She also holds the Senior Certified Professional designation from the Society of Human Resources Management and is a graduate of the K1 Advanced Management Program.

What’s your why?

Watching people (whether it be employees, family, or friends) grow and improve their lives is something that brings me great joy. I have naturally taken on the role of confidante, mentor, and mediator in my life and with this role I’m also able to translate that into my work. Being able to use creativity and care in providing employees with the tools they need to further develop their own talents and find fulfillment in their careers is incredibly rewarding.

Where is the best place you’ve traveled to?

Right after my husband and I bought our first house and paid for our wedding, we had limited funds for a honeymoon. We planned a budget trip to Ireland where we rented a small stick shift car and drove around the southern half of the island staying at inexpensive B&Bs. While I know there are more exotic and luxurious places to travel, this was my favorite as we had a true adventure without an itinerary.

What did you want to be as a kid?

When I was a child, I wanted to be a news anchor. I loved to get in front of audiences and talk. Being one of the first people to know something and to have the responsibility of crafting that message to the masses was incredibly intriguing to me. Getting people excited about good news and showing empathy for news that may be perceived negatively are two things I have translated into my current career.

What do you do to relax?

I love to go to the outdoors to clear my mind. In the warm weather months, I enjoy running, paddle boarding, wake surfing, and hiking. In the less friendly New England winters, I try to get out on the mountain for downhill skiing or hit the trails with a pair of snow shoes.

As CEO of Emburse, Eric drives the overall strategic direction of the organization, from new market growth through to product direction.

Eric has 30 years of experience driving growth for software companies. Prior to Emburse, he was Global Head of Commercial, SMB and Growth Markets for Marketo, a division of Adobe. Before joining Marketo, he was SVP and General Manager for SAP’s North American mid-market and ecosystems division. Earlier in his career, Eric had sales, technical, and general management leadership positions at SAP Concur, Business Objects, and Information Builders.

Eric has a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Iowa.

What’s your why?

As a company, our charter is to “humanize work.” We have a team of more than 750 who collectively work together to achieve our goal of making people’s business lives much easier and giving them back their precious time so they can focus on the important things at work, at home, and in their communities. As individuals, each person can contribute significantly, but as a group, we can achieve exponentially more. As a father of three, I try to teach my three children exactly the same approach: by collaborating with each other, they can achieve far more than they ever could on their own. It’s a very useful life lesson.

What’s your favorite movie?

It has to be The Usual Suspects. With its unexpected ending, it’s one of the few movies that I actually wanted to watch over and over again. Every time I see more clues about Keyser Soze’s real identity that I completely missed first time around.

What do you do to relax?

I love both road and mountain biking, and Colorado is a great place to live for that. It gives me two extremes: riding up a long hill on my road bike gives me a great opportunity to think with no distractions. On the other hand, going down a rough mountain trail requires 100% concentration or you end up with a broken bone – or far worse! Both types of biking are therapeutic… in their own way. I also thoroughly enjoy watching and coaching our three kiddos in just about every sport you can imagine from soccer to flag football to Taekwondo to skiing.

Where’s the best place you visited?

My wife and I took a bike tour around Andalucia with some friends. Going from village to village at such a slow place gave us a real opportunity to actually get to know the region and meet local residents. In a car you simply can’t get that level of intimacy with an area.