Caliber announced that Ignacio Martinez has been promoted from Senior Vice President, Operations to Chief Operating Officer of the Company, a role previously held by Jennifer Schrader, President and Co-Founder of Caliber. In this dedicated role, Martinez will be responsible for leading all operational aspects of the Company, including people operations, project management, information technology and security, regulatory compliance, legal, customer service, and fundraising operations. He will take a leadership role in major strategic projects within Caliber as well as oversight of the firm?s operating budgets and financial performance.

Prior to joining Caliber, Martinez served as Senior Vice President of Security, Risk and Compliance for Smartsheet [NYSE: SMAR], an enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) work management platform, where he played a key role in helping to build and scale the business in preparation for its IPO. During his five-year tenure, Smartsheet grew revenues over ten-fold and completed a successful IPO ahead of plan. Martinez has worked in the technology space since 2015 with both private and public companies and served as Chief Risk Officer of Lifelock.

Previously, Martinez worked for over 20 years in consulting as a Founding Director of Protiviti, an international consulting firm. He started his career with Arthur Andersen. At Protiviti, Martinez had the opportunity to help build a new business and served as Managing Director leading the Seattle/Portland marketplace.

Martinez assisted clients with IPO readiness, a wide range of operational improvement projects, and a series of large IT security and IT governance projects. Martinez holds a degree in business with a major in finance from New Mexico State University, and over the years, has earned several certifications in the areas of accounting, auditing, security, and risk management. Martinez resides primarily in Arizona, but also spends time in Seattle with his wife and two youngest sons when they are not in session at university.

He enjoys fly fishing, boating and car restoration.