{"id":286319,"date":"2025-02-12T16:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/?p=286319"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:49:57","slug":"gabby-wong-top-25-women-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/gabby-wong-top-25-women-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Wong Named as One of Calibre One&#8217;s Top 25 Women Leaders in US PE-Backed Software 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 11, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/<\/strong> &#8212; Calibre One is proud to announce\u00a0the 2025 list of\u00a0&#8220;Top 25 Women Leaders in US PE-Backed Software&#8221;. The list includes top Chief Executive Officers leading fast-growing software businesses that are backed by prominent private equity firms.\u00a0They are recognized as some of the highest-caliber leaders in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 awardees were selected from nominations made by Calibre One&#8217;s extensive network of executives, board members and private equity partners. The list highlights the accomplishments of these successful executives with a demonstrated track record of growth and value creation. We are excited to honor these outstanding leaders and their achievements.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-286326 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Calibre_One_Top_Women_Leaders_2025-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Calibre One Top Women Leaders 2025\" width=\"310\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Calibre_One_Top_Women_Leaders_2025-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Calibre_One_Top_Women_Leaders_2025.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 winners include:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Ashley Andersen Zantop<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer, Cambium Learning Group<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Ann Barnes<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, IMO Health<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Cassidy Smirnow<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Apryse<\/li>\n<li><b>Christa Quarles\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0Alludo<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Christina Kosmowski<\/span><\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Chief Executive Officer, LogicMonitor<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Dana Jones<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer &amp; President, RealPage<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Dru Armstrong<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0AffiniPay<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Erin Mulligan Helgren<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, OfficeSpace<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Erin Shy<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Watermark<\/li>\n<li><b>Gabby Wong\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, FranConnect<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Helen Rosen<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0Adlib Software<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jamie Candee<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 President &amp; Chief Executive Officer, Edmentum<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Janine Seebeck<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, BeyondTrust<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jennifer Sun<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, StarCompliance<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kate Eberle Walker<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Presence<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kendall Pretzer<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Grace Hill<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kendra Tucker<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0Chief Executive Officer, Truckstop<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kim Crawford Goodman<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Smarsh<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Laura Ipsen<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 President &amp; Chief Executive Officer, Ellucian<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Leagh Turner<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Coupa<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Marne Martin<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Emburse<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Michelle Abbey<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 President &amp; Chief Executive Officer, Radancy<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Pamela Joseph<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer &amp; Executive Chair, Xplor<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Soumya Nettimi<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Paradigm<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Tina Vatanka Murphy<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 President &amp; Chief Executive Officer, GHX<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more information, please visit:\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4357672-1&amp;h=1529342666&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calibreone.com%2FTop25Women2025&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calibreone.com%2FTop25Women2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.calibreone.com\/Top25Women2025<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>About Calibre One<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Calibre One works with the builders of great companies, helping them to create diverse and high-performing leadership teams. We provide Executive Search services to public companies, venture capital and private equity firms, and their portfolio companies within the technology, financial services, life sciences and healthcare, industrial and consumer sectors. For over 20 years we have operated from three principal hubs:\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span>. We are one of very few firms with a truly well-developed transatlantic presence. We pride ourselves as being small enough to provide a high-touch, partner-led service but as a well-established global firm, we are also experts at helping companies to grow beyond their domestic markets and access leadership talent across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Victoria Lakers<\/span>, Partner,\u00a0Calibre One,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:victoria.lakers@calibreone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">victoria.lakers@calibreone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Calibre One<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calibre One is proud to announce\u00a0the 2025 list of\u00a0&#8220;Top 25 Women Leaders in US PE-Backed Software&#8221;. 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