FIVN - Quick Take - Highlighting Leadership Changes; CTO, Sales Chief, and Strategy Lead

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FIVN - Quick Take - Highlighting Leadership Changes; CTO, Sales Chief, and Strategy Lead

Truist Securities

Equity Research Report June 30, 2026

TMT: Application Software and Five9, Inc. (FIVN)

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FIVN - Quick Take - Highlighting Leadership Changes; CTO, Sales

Terry Tillman Chief, and Strategy Lead

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Terry.Tillman@truist.com

Background. Five9 has announced three new leadership changes, appointing Niranjan

Connor Passarella Vijayaragavan as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Rob Hornish as Chief Sales Officer, and

212-326-6153 Sven Linsmaier as Executive Vice President, Transformation and Strategy.

Connor.Passarella@truist.com

Mr. Vijayaragavan previously held roles at Avalara (Private), Expedia (EXPE, Hold, Miller),

Microsoft (MSFT, Buy) and Boston Consulting Group (Private), and most recently held the

Giancarlo Valle role as CTO of Nintex (Private), where he led the company's transformation toward AI-driven 212-537-9006

Giancarlo.Valle@Research.truist.com enterprise automation. Mr. Hornish previously held roles at Polycom, Cisco Systems (CSCO,

Buy, Niknam), and McAfee (Private) Enterprise's Americas business, helping position the

company for its IPO and eventual sale for $4 billion. Most recently Mr. Hornish served Luc Radice as Chief Sales Officer at Redaptive (Private), where he led the company's go to market 212-537-9032

Luc.Radice@truist.com transformation. Mr. Linsmaier previously served as COO of Convex (Private), and BCG

(Private), as well as recently serving as VP of Business Finance and Operations at Workday

(WDAY, NR). According to the company, the appointments are effective immediately

however the incumbents will remain with Five9 in advisory capacities for a period of time

Current Price (Jun. 29, $21.30 to support the transitions. 2026)