Boomi appoints global CFO and CMO

Boomi has appointed Arlen Shenkman as its new CFO and president and Alison Biggan as its CMO.

(L-R) Arlen Shenkman, CFO and president, Boomi and Alison Biggan, CMO at Boomi.

Shenkman was previously the executive vice president and CFO at Citrix and Biggan was the former president, corporate marketing at SAP.

Shenkman has more than 25 years of experience leading high-growth businesses, driving financial and capital management strategies and business development, incubating new business models and overseeing investments, mergers and acquisitions at multi-billion dollar public enterprise software companies.

Prior to Citrix, Shenkman held multiple executive roles at SAP, including EVP and global head of business development and ecosystems, CFO of SAP North America, and global head of corporate development. He was a principal architect of SAP’s rapid transformation into a cloud company.

Biggan has more than 20 years of experience leading high-performing teams in enterprise software, and brings an extensive track record of delivering marketing excellence. In her most recent role at SAP, she led SAP's digital, brand, events, customer, and partner marketing teams globally across the entire SAP portfolio.

Prior to that, she led product and field marketing, served as the COO of the global marketing organisation, and was an integral part of SAP's cloud transformation.

Biggan joined SAP through the acquisition of Business Objects and prior to SAP, held marketing leadership roles at Crystal Decisions, Business Objects, and Sophos.

Steve Lucas, CEO at Boomi said, “Boomi believes that building and maintaining connections is fundamental to not only business but humanity.

“Shenkman's and Biggan’s extraordinary track records as enterprise software leaders at some of the most well-recognised brands in the industry — coupled with our unparalleled platform and innovation — will usher Boomi to unprecedented heights as we continue our mission to connect everyone, to everything, anywhere.”

The two executive appointments quickly follow the appointment of Steve Lucas as CEO. Lucas joined Boomi from iCIMS, bringing more than 27 years of experience leading and operating some of the world’s most innovative enterprise software companies. Lucas has held executive roles at Adobe, Marketo, SAP, and Salesforce.