BlackLine, Inc. announced that Stuart Van Houten will assume the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer on February 17, 2025. Mr. Van Houten will be responsible for leading the Company?s global sales organization and revenue operations. He will succeed BlackLine?s current Chief Revenue Officer, Mark Woodhams, as head of the global sales team.

Mr. Woodhams will retire effective June 2nd. Mr. Van Houten brings over 20 years of sales leadership and strategic expertise to BlackLine, with nearly a decade spent in roles of increasing responsibility at SAP. Most recently, he has served as the Chief Revenue Officer for SAP?s North American Intelligent Spend Management division, where he successfully doubled the division?s revenue during his tenure.

At SAP, he has led a high-performing team of hundreds of professionals across sales, customer success, solution and value advisory, in delivering innovation and fostering strong client relationships. Mr. Van Houten has also held transformative leadership roles at Orchestro, Clarabridge, and GridPoint, where he scaled revenues, built global teams, and spearheaded successful transitions to SaaS models.