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Joe Fuca is an American businessman, best known as the current CEO of Reputation.com and a former executive at DocuSign and FinancialForce. [1] [2] Prior to his CEO role, he previously spent more than 30 years in technology and Software-as-a-Service growth companies.

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Joe Fuca
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater California Lutheran University
Occupation(s)CEO of Reputation.com, former President of FinancialForce

Early life and education

Fuca grew up in Southern California and attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino. [3]

He was awarded a football scholarship to California Lutheran University, where he is the program's third-leading all-time receiver by total yardage. [4] [5] He also played college baseball and basketball. [3] He received a Bachelor's in both Business Administration and Communications Arts. [6] While in college he served the head coach of a Thousand Oaks High School basketball team. [3]

Career

Fuca has more than 30 years experience in technology growth companies. Fuca served in management roles at Evolve Software and PeopleSoft. [7] [8] Fuca later spent years as a senior executive at each of MarketLive (2004-2008) and McAffee (2008-2011). [9]

In 2011, Fuca joined DocuSign as senior vice president of worldwide sales. [9] During his tenure, revenue grew from $25 million to $250 million annually. [10]

In 2016, Fuca entered the role of president of field operations at FinancialForce. Fuca served during a period of growth and increasing margins. [7] [11]

Fuca currently serves as CEO of Reputation.com. He succeeded founder Michael Fertik, who served as interim CEO and returned to his role as executive chairman. [12] [13] Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers noted that KPCB has now invested in two companies led by Fuca. [14]

Community

In 2003, Fuca founded the San Francisco Bay Area AAU basketball team "Lakeshow." [15] [3] He describes the goal of the program as to "get our kids exposure and put them in a college setting so they can be seen by college coaches" in order to receive college scholarship opportunities. [3] [16] Lakeshow alumni currently playing professional basketball include Mark Tollefsen.

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References

  1. ↑ "Company Overview of Reputation.com, Inc". Bloomberg News . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Reputation.com Appoints Joe Fuca as CEO" . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Lakeshow AAU: Teaching the Fundamentals of Character". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Transfers Just the Ticket for Cal Lutheran" . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "California Lutheran Football: Top Career" . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Evolve Software, Inc., Form S-1" . Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Can Fuca put the lucre in FinancialForce?". Enterprise Times. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Multimedia Live Appoints Joe Fuca as Senior Vice President of Sales". Digital Commerce 360. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Reputation.com Onboards Joe Fuca as its New CEO". Martech Advisor. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Reputation.com Welcomes New CEO". Tech Funnel. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Reputation.com Announces Joe Fuca as New CEO". StreetFightMag. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Reputation.com hires former DocuSign, FinancialForce exec as CEO to help with shift to enterprise model". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  13. ↑ "Adobe Updates Email Marketing Platform, BlueConic Teams With Decibel, More News". CMS Wire. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  14. ↑ "Will Joe Fuca score touchdown for Reputation.com?". Enterprise Times. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "Pac-12 commissioner, who has first-hand experience with AAU basketball, shares his thoughts on change". LA Times. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "AAU basketball helps players get noticed". East Bay Times. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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