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The importance of collaboration in a hybrid working world
Technology Magazine speaks with the CEO of collaboration platform Lucid , Dave Grow , on the importance of not stagnating and how to overcome collaboration challenges
Since joining as the company ' s first business hire in 2010 , Lucid Software CEO Dave Grow has taken on many responsibilities , including VP of Product and Strategy , VP of Operations and Strategy , Chief Revenue Officer , Chief Operating Officer and , prior to his current role , President and COO .
With its products – Lucidchart , Lucidspark and Lucidscale – Lucid helps teams turn ideas into reality , clarify complexity and collaborate visually , no matter where they ' re located . Lucid ' s products are used all around the world , with customers including Google , GE and NBC Universal .
Thank you for joining us ! Please introduce yourself and tell us about your role My name is Dave Grow , and I am the CEO of Lucid Software . Prior to joining Lucid , I was a management consultant at a global consulting firm after founding my own web-based platform . About 10 years ago , I was approached by co-founder and then-CEO Karl
Sun , who invited me to join Lucid as one of the first business and operations-focused employees . I quickly saw the vision of what Lucid could become and the opportunity we had to bring cloud-based visual collaboration to workers worldwide .
Over the years , I ’ ve worn a variety of hats across marketing , operations , customer success , sales and more to build the business to what it is today . Currently , we have over 1,000 employees and are serving enterprise organisations across the globe .
How does Lucid help teams collaborate ? At Lucid , our mission is to help teams of all sizes see and build the future faster than ever . We do that through our visual collaboration products , which provide an end-toend experience that helps teams
24 March 2023