Qumu Corporation announced that it has appointed current Chief Operating Officer Rose Bentley as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 16, 2022. Bentley succeeds TJ Kennedy, who is leaving the company to pursue an opportunity with a company in the public safety industry. Bentley's election to the Qumu Board of Directors will become effective concurrently with her appointment as CEO.

Bentley joined Qumu as COO in March 2021. Since that time, she has spearheaded Qumu's partner-led sales motions and customer success efforts, which were key to securing new logos, deeper customer relationships, higher retention, and cloud conversions. In 2021, Qumu's partner-generated revenue grew 25% year-over-year and accounted for more than 30% of the company's total revenue in 2021.

Prior to joining Qumu, Bentley held leadership roles at several SaaS technology companies, with an extensive background of revitalizing, scaling, and driving business growth. At Teradata, Bentley led operations and go-to-market strategy for the $1.8 billion revenue analytics company, growing partner sales and accelerating the shift from perpetual license to subscription-based revenue of over 90% in the cloud. She also led global sales and customer success at CloudCherry, which put the customer experience company in position to be acquired by Cisco Webex.

Bentley also previously led sales and customer success for Satmetrix and Lyris.