Freshworks Inc. announced the appointment of Abe Smith as the company?s Chief of Global Field Operations. He will be responsible for leading field sales worldwide as Freshworks grows upmarket and new business increasingly comes from field sales. Smith brings nearly 25 years of experience at public software companies Zoom, Oracle and Cisco (WebEx), leading teams responsible for building relationships to top enterprise customers and driving more than $1 billion in revenue.

Most recently serving as the Head of International at Zoom, Smith scaled the field sales organization outside the United States as the company grew from roughly $300 million to over $4 billion during his tenure. Before Zoom, he served as President of EMIA (Europe, Middle East, India, Africa) at Cision, where he was responsible for over 2,000 employees. Before that, he was Group Vice President of Oracle?s Global Sales Unit where he achieved annual growth rates as much as 90% and led the fastest growing division within Marketing Cloud.

Smith joins the executive leadership team and reports to Freshworks? President Dennis Woodside and CEO Girish Mathrubootham.