Case Studies

Erin Provey

VP Products

Erin has 20 years of experience in B2B product and service innovation and leadership roles, with a consistent focus on growth through customer-centricity. Most notably, Erin spent nearly a decade at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester Research) in a range of research and advisory product leadership roles, responsible for the entire innovation lifecycle: discovery, design, development, sales enablement, launch, implementation, and research/voice-of-the-customer-based iteration and enhancement. As part of this work, she was one of the most prolific commercially-viable content creators and public speakers, authoring and presenting hundreds of commercially-viable research briefs, models, frameworks, templates, tools, and one patented methodology – building world-class delivery teams and working closely with hundreds of the world’s leading B2B marketing leaders to operationalize these best practices in pursuit of revenue objectives.

Adam Rice

VP Engineering

Dynamic, results-driven agile technology leader with over 12 years of leadership experience and 10 years of hands-on software development experience. Adam has significant expertise in designing, building, and running highly available software as a service. He loves being part of a team where he can be instrumental in building and running a world-class team of software practitioners based on shared cultural values including collective ownership, pragmatic mastery, and continuous improvement.

Diana Kudajarova

VP of Operations

Diana has extensive experience in senior operational roles at technology startups. Before becoming VP of Operations, she was Emissary’s Chief of Staff and Head of Revenue Operations. Prior to joining Emissary, she was Director of Sales Operations for Burning Glass (a Boston-based job market analytics company). Diana has a PhD in History from Harvard University and was, in another life, a consultant for Monitor Consulting and professor of management at Moscow School of Management. Diana was also a co-founder and operator of four critically acclaimed restaurants in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts,

Allen Mueller

Chief Executive Officer

Allen is the Chief Executive Officer at Emissary. For over 20 years, Allen has been a senior executive leader who has delivered multi-year, double-digit growth in complex and entrepreneurial businesses. Known for being an exceptional coach and steward of talent. Allen is also the founding member of Chief, an organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.

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John Riley

Chief Commercial Officer

John is responsible for Emissary’s revenue and commercial functions.  He brings deep domain expertise in sales performance having led commercial teams to explosive growth over the last 20 plus years across a variety of industries.  Notably, John has spent the last 9 years in the sales consulting, performance and enablement space offering clients cutting edge solutions to solve contemporary sales and marketing challenges.

Morgan Costello

Director, Advisor Operations

Morgan oversees advisor operations at Emissary. Prior to joining Emissary, Morgan spent the last 9 years building and optimizing high performing operations teams from the ground up. Morgan previously ran operations at the home services network, Handy, scaling the professional platform by over 10x before being acquired by ANGI Homeservices. Having worked in professional services and consumer services, Morgan is an expert in how to scale and grow operations. 

Kate Forester

Head of Finance and Company Operations

Kate has led Finance & Operations in start-ups and non-profits for over 15 years. Over her career, she has worked to promote volunteerism, alleviate poverty, and connect professionals.

Seleste Lunsford

Chief Research and Strategy Officer

Seleste has been a leader and consultant in the sales effectiveness space for over 20 years, running professional services, product and marketing organizations.  She is a regular contributor to industry publications, a conference speaker and has written two books and countless papers on B2B revenue strategies.