Brent Frei is the executive chairman and co-founder of Smartsheet.com. Before joining Smartsheet.com on a full-time basis, Brent was the executive vice president of Intellectual Ventures. In this role, he focused on a variety of projects relating to intellectual property including, invention, licensing and legislative issues.
Before joining Intellectual Ventures, Brent was CEO of Onyx Software Corp., a Bellevue-based customer relationship management (CRM) software company he co-founded in 1994. In his 10 years as Onyx CEO, Brent oversaw the generation of $600 million in direct revenue. During his tenure, Onyx received a consistent top 5 ranking amongst CRM vendors worldwide, and the number one ranking for customer service by independent customer satisfaction surveys. He was recognized and credited for his pioneering work in the field of CRM software and services, including in 2001, at the age of 33, the Smithsonian Institute recognized Brent as a “Pioneer in Technology.” Ernst and Young named him a 1997 “Entrepreneur of the Year.†In 2001, he was the sole recipient of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering Fletcher Award for lifetime achievement – the youngest recipient ever selected for this award.
Prior to co-founding Onyx, Brent was a programmer analyst with Microsoft Corporation and a mechanical engineer at Motorola Corporation.
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