# Sean Murray

> Sean D. Murray is the CEO of Productiv, the AI Portfolio Governance platform that gives enterprise IT teams real-time visibility over every SaaS and AI application running in their organization - including the ones nobody approved. A 20-year revenue and sales leadership veteran, Murray spent years building go-to-market engines at CEB (now Gartner), Xactly Corp, SalesLoft, and Greenhouse Software before stepping into the CEO seat at Productiv in April 2024. He now leads a 160-person company backed by IVP, Accel, and Norwest - on a mission to turn shadow AI from an enterprise liability into a managed capability.

- **Role:** CEO at Productiv
- **Organizations:** Productiv, Greenhouse Software, SalesLoft, Xactly Corp, CEB (now Gartner), MAPI, Crownpeak
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master's Degree, University of Rhode Island, Bachelor of Arts, University of Rhode Island
- **Known for:** Led revenue growth as CRO at Greenhouse Software for 4 years, one of the leading hiring platforms in enterprise HR tech, Scaled enterprise sales organizations at SalesLoft, Xactly, and CEB across 20+ years, Hired hundreds of sales professionals throughout career

## Career timeline

- **2001-2003** — Director of Corporate Sales & Marketing at MAPI
- **2003-2014** — Multiple sales and operations leadership roles at CEB (now Gartner), including Head of MID Global Sales
- **2014-2018** — Vice President of Global Sales at Xactly Corp
- **2018-2020** — Chief Revenue Officer at SalesLoft
- **2020-2024** — Chief Revenue Officer at Greenhouse Software; concurrent Board Member at Crownpeak
- **2024-present** — Chief Executive Officer at Productiv

## Achievements

- Led revenue growth as CRO at Greenhouse Software for 4 years, one of the leading hiring platforms in enterprise HR tech
- Scaled enterprise sales organizations at SalesLoft, Xactly, and CEB across 20+ years
- Hired hundreds of sales professionals throughout career
- Joined Productiv as CEO to lead AI Portfolio Governance expansion
- Leads a platform tracking 6,500+ SaaS instances and identifying 15,551+ previously unknown apps across enterprise customers
- Oversaw Productiv's pivot from SaaS management to AI Portfolio Governance in response to enterprise shadow AI risk

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Appointed CEO of Productiv, succeeding founder Jody Shapiro
- **2024-08** — Productiv launched AI Visibility, enabling enterprises to detect and govern shadow AI tools
- **2025-01** — Productiv published findings showing 70%+ of approved apps added AI features after sign-off
- **2025-03** — Led Productiv's positioning shift to 'AI Portfolio Governance' platform
- **2026-01** — Confirmed as CEO in Equilar executive records as of January 2026

## Links

- Website: https://productiv.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-d-murray-3433802
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/productivai
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/productivai/

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Last updated: 2026-05-22