BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2024--
Leandra Fishman has been appointed as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Proof, where she will drive the company’s next phase of growth and revenue strategy. Leandra brings over three decades of experience leading high-impact sales teams and scaling revenue in the technology sector, with a proven track record across both enterprise and consumer markets.
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Prior to joining Proof, Leandra served as CRO at Apollo.io, where, during her tenure, the company’s revenue doubled and achieved a $1.6 billion valuation after their most recent funding round. At Apollo.io, she led the company’s global go-to-market strategy, expanding sales, customer success, and support functions during a period of rapid growth. Her strategic vision helped Apollo.io secure its position as the leading sales intelligence platform on G2.
Leandra’s career is marked by successful leadership roles at Intercom, Twilio, and SendGrid, where she helped take the latter through a successful IPO and significantly increased its market cap within its first year as a public company. Her experience extends beyond large enterprises to scaling early-stage startups, where she has been pivotal in positioning ventures for successful acquisitions.
At Proof, Leandra will leverage her expertise to drive the deployment and adoption of Proof’s Identity Authorization Network (IAN)—a groundbreaking suite of solutions designed to secure every digital interaction and transaction. This network includes the Identify, Verify, Notarize, Sign, Defend, and the soon-to-launch Certify products. As the company’s identity-secured authorization solutions gain traction, Leandra’s strategic leadership will be crucial in scaling sales operations and building deeper relationships with enterprises across industries facing increasing threats from AI-driven fraud and deepfakes.
“Leandra’s extensive experience in scaling revenue operations and her strategic approach to building high-performance teams make her an invaluable addition to Proof,” said Pat Kinsel, CEO of Proof. “Her leadership will be instrumental as we continue to enhance our platform and secure critical transactions in this era of AI and deepfake challenges.”
Leandra is excited to join Proof at a time when securing trust in digital interactions has never been more critical. “The Identity Authorization Network suite of products is uniquely positioned to redefine digital trust, and I look forward to accelerating its deployment across industries that require the highest levels of security,” said Fishman.
Known for her collaborative leadership style, Leandra excels in aligning people, processes, and products to achieve ambitious business goals. At Proof, she will play a key role in expanding the company’s reach into new verticals and enhancing its impact in securing digital transactions, including innovations like identity-secured authorizations and AI-driven fraud protection.
About Proof
Proof (formerly Notarize) is helping to secure the digital economy. As more critical commerce shifts from in-person to online, companies need to be able to trust who is behind every digital interaction. As a pioneer of remote online notarization, Proof has built the largest network of professional notaries. The Notarize Network has thousands of compliant and approved notaries. The average wait time for a notary is less than a second. Every year, millions of customers in all 50 states trust the Notarize Network to notarize important documents or to verify their identity. With industry-leading compliance and built-in fraud prevention tools, Proof secures trust at every customer touchpoint using a transaction platform that cryptographically binds verified legal identity to signatures, documents, and data. Proof is trusted by more than 7,000 organizations, from some of the largest brands in financial services to small businesses. Proof’s platform serves a wide range of industries, from estate planning to property management, retirement, health care, construction, legal, credit unions, small business lending, and government. For more information, visit https://www.proof.com.
Leandra Fishman, chief revenue officer, Proof (formerly Notarize) (Photo: Business Wire)
An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in Kazakhstan after being diverted, killing 38 of 67 people on board.
Some things to know about the crash and the speculation about a possible cause:
Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren't fully clear yet. It crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau, Kazakhstan, after flying east across the Caspian Sea.
The plane went down near the coast about 3 kilometers (around 2 miles) from Aktau. Cellphone footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before hitting the ground and exploding in a fireball.
Rescuers have rushed 29 people who survived the crash to hospitals.
Azerbaijan observed a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday. National flags were lowered across the country, traffic across the country stopped at noon, and signals were sounded from ships and trains.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course.
Kazakhstani, Azerbaijani and Russian authorities say they are investigating the crash. Embraer told The Associated Press in a statement that the company is “ready to assist all relevant authorities.”
Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said that preliminary information indicated that the pilots diverted to Aktau after a bird strike led to an emergency on board.
Some commentators alleged that the holes seen in the plane’s tail section pictured after the crash possibly indicate that it could have come under fire from Russian air defense systems fending off a Ukrainian drone attack.
Osprey Flight Solutions, an aviation security firm based in the United Kingdom, warned its clients that the “Azerbaijan Airlines flight was likely shot down by a Russian military air-defense system.”
Osprey CEO Andrew Nicholson said that the company had issued more than 200 alerts regarding drone attacks and air defense systems in Russia during the war.
Asked Thursday about the claims that the plane had been fired upon by air defense assets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “it would be wrong to make hypotheses before investigators make their verdict.”
Officials in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have similarly avoided comment on a possible cause of the crash, saying it will be up to investigators to determine it.
Flowers and portraits are placed at the Consulate of Azerbaijan in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
In this image taken from video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, rescuers transport wounded passengers from a medical plane after the Azerbaijani Airline crashed, near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, upon their arrival at the Zhukovsky airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov lays a bunch of flowers at the Consulate of Azerbaijan in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Azerbaijan's national flag at half-mast in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, is seen in front of a Government's building in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)
The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Azamat Sarsenbayev)
Azerbaijan's national flag at half-mast in the memory of victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 that crashed near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, is seen in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)
In this photo released by Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry Press Service, rescuers work at the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Kazakhstan's Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, Members of an investigation committee and local officials walk past the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 lying on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (The Administration of Mangystau Region via AP)
In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, a part of Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (The Administration of Mangystau Region via AP)
