# Hemanth Puttaswamy

> Hemanth Puttaswamy is CEO and co-founder of Malbek, the contract lifecycle management software company he started with Matt Patel and Madhu Poolu in 2017. His earlier career includes leadership roles at Coremetrics, Saba and Revitas. He has linked Malbek’s origins to seeing the business consequences of poorly managed contracts, and has described a leadership approach centered on customer feedback, accessible software and collaborative team culture. A guitarist, he has also brought music into company gatherings.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Malbek
- **Organizations:** Malbek, Revitas, Saba, Coremetrics, Chordiant Software
- **Education:** MBA, San José State University, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Mysore
- **Known for:** Co-founded Malbek in 2017., Led Malbek through its $15.3 million Series A announced in September 2021., Malbek was recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Lifecycle Management.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2013** — Held technology leadership roles at Coremetrics; earlier career also included Chordiant Software.
- **2013** — Identified in a Saba announcement as vice president of strategy and application development.
- **2014** — Identified in a Saba event announcement as CTO and senior vice president of Products.
- **2015** — Joined Revitas as CTO and senior vice president of products and technology, following Saba.
- **2017-03** — Co-founded Malbek with Matt Patel and Madhu Poolu, according to his retrospective on the company’s founding.
- **2021-09** — Malbek announced a $15.3 million Series A led by Noro-Moseley Partners.
- **2025-11** — Malbek was positioned as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Lifecycle Management.
- **2026-04** — Malbek announced general availability of BusinessIQ.
- **2026-10** — Malbek introduced Composable CLM, Malbek Sense, Drift Detective and its MCP Server at Envision 2026.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Malbek in 2017.
- Led Malbek through its $15.3 million Series A announced in September 2021.
- Malbek was recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Lifecycle Management.
- Public professional biographies credit him with multiple patents in AI and big data analytics.
- Held CTO and senior product leadership positions at Saba and Revitas.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 13, Malbek announced Composable CLM, Malbek Sense, Drift Detective and the Malbek MCP Server at Envision in Austin. Puttaswamy described bringing contract capabilities into existing business applications.
- **2026-04** — On April 15, Malbek announced general availability of BusinessIQ, powered by LIVEGraph and Context Threading, to connect contract information for business decision making.
- **2025-11** — Puttaswamy published a reflection on Malbek’s recognition as a Leader in Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Contract Lifecycle Management.
- **2025-03** — Malbek launched Conversational Contracts on March 12, describing agent and voice prompts for contract workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://www.malbek.io/our-experts/hemanth-puttaswamy
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemanth-puttaswamy-791ba5/

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Last updated: 2026-10-20