Ironclad Taps Former Google, Snowflake, Docusign, Skadden Executives for Key Leadership Roles
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ironclad, the leading AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, today announced it has appointed Sunita Verma as Chief Technology Officer, Elise Bergeron as Chief Strategy Officer, and David Simon as Senior Vice President of Go-To-Market. The executives join Ironclad's leadership team three months after Dan Springer, former Responsys and Docusign CEO, joined the company.
Sunita Verma brings over 25 years of technical experience to Ironclad, including senior leadership roles at Google, Yahoo, and Symantec. Most recently, she served as CTO at Character.AI, overseeing research and technology for the platform. Before that, Sunita spent over 17 years at Google where she served as General Manager and Vice President of Google's Core Labs team and led the engineering, product, strategy and operations teams with a strong focus on enterprise and ecosystem transformation through the use of generative AI.
"Pushing the boundaries of innovation for enterprises – and using the power of technology to solve problems – has been the driving force of my career," said Sunita. "Contracts are such a universal problem and opportunity. Every company uses them, but there is an incredible amount of value that gets left on the table. The business impact that Ironclad unlocks is an enterprise dream - and I look forward to building upon existing momentum and innovation for our customers."
Elise Bergeron comes to Ironclad from Snowflake where she worked as SVP Product Marketing and Communities, following their acquisition of the company she co-founded, Stride Software. She previously served as VP of Marketing for SalesforceIQ/Einstein at Salesforce, and has held leadership roles at Facebook and Vistaprint.
"Ironclad has already transformed CLM for thousands of customers, and we're just scratching the surface of what's possible," said Bergeron. "With over 70% of customers already using our AI solutions, and the advances we're seeing in AI as a whole, the opportunity ahead to drive exponential value for our customers is massive. I'm incredibly excited for what's to come."
David Simon joins from Docusign, where he spent six years as Group VP of Sales focusing on Contract Lifecycle Management solutions. Throughout his career at companies like Oracle, SuccessFactors, CallidusCloud, and 6sense, Simon has focused on helping organizations scaling value selling and driving superior outcomes for customers.
"Ironclad has already had a banner year - we've now processed over 2 billion contracts for more than 2,000 customers like OpenAI, Cisco, and Shell, and are seeing fantastic adoption of our AI tools like Jurist, which has grown weekly active users by 190% quarter-over-quarter," said Dan Springer, CEO of Ironclad. "Sunita, Elise, and David joining our team will accelerate the next phase of business growth at Ironclad. We are doubling down on our people, and our culture, at Ironclad - our greatly talented employees are going to be our most valuable asset as we push forward."
Ironclad welcomes legal veteran Eric Friedman as newest board member
The company today also formally announced that Eric Friedman, former chair and executive partner at Skadden, has joined its board. Friedman retired from Skadden in December, 2024 after leading the firm for 15 years. Friedman will work closely with Ironclad executives to help develop new AI products for the legal industry. Friedman also serves on the boards for the University of Pennsylvania's law school, Litera, and the Mount Sinai Health System.
"AI is transforming the legal industry, enabling lawyers to produce high-quality work in less time and to focus their efforts on the tasks they do best - the ones that require judgment and critical analysis," said Friedman. "I'm excited to be working with Ironclad at this transformative time to help drive further innovation for legal teams across the globe."
"Eric's experience and reputation as Skadden's chair and executive partner, and as a premiere M&A lawyer for over 35 years, are tremendous assets for Ironclad. We are exceptionally fortunate to have him on our board," continued Springer.
About IroncladIronclad is the leading AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform, processing billions of contracts every year. Contracts power every business, yet managing them can be slow and costly. Global innovators like L'Oréal, OpenAI, and Cisco trust Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate deals while reducing risk, and turn agreements into strategic business assets. Ironclad is the only platform powerful enough to manage contracts across any department, from sales agreements to a procurement contract or NDA. The company is backed by leading investors, including Accel, Sequoia, Y Combinator, BOND, and Franklin Templeton. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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