Clint Oram

CGO & Co-Founder, Brief - Executive Intelligence | Co-founder of SugarCRM | Co-host of Prompt This Podcast

Los Altos, California, United States

About

I build things. Companies, products, podcasts, and strategies that move markets. Today, I'm co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Brief, leading go-to-market for the first Executive Intelligence platform that gives leaders continuous context across their work. I’m also the co-host of the PROMPT This podcast, where we cut through AI hype and help business leaders focus on what actually drives results. Each conversation blends practical insights with real-world stories to give operators, marketers, and sales leaders a playbook for using AI with confidence. Earlier in my career, I co-founded SugarCRM and helped grow it from an open-source project into a global SaaS brand trusted by millions of users. Along the way, I’ve led teams across product, marketing, strategy, channel, and corporate development—building partnerships, negotiating acquisitions, and scaling internationally. At my core, I’m a builder and catalyst: I start things, I create momentum, and I challenge assumptions. If you’re building at the intersection of SaaS, AI, and growth…let’s connect.

Experience

  • Chief Growth Officer & Co-founder at Brief - Executive Intelligence
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Co-founded Brief and leading the go-to-market to solve the structural problem I spent twenty years building around: the absence of a system responsible for maintaining continuity of understanding across executive decisions, relationships, and time. Every tool captures activity. No tool maintains understanding. Brief is the Executive Intelligence platform built to close that gap.

  • Co Host at PROMPT This Podcast
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Co Host of Prompt This, a podcast dedicated to helping business leaders cut through the noise around AI and focus on what actually drives results. Drawing on his experience as co-founder of SugarCRM, Clint brings a practical lens to conversations with operators, sales leaders, and marketers who are adopting AI in real-world ways. His role is to uncover actionable insights, challenge assumptions, and guide an audience of B2B professionals toward using AI with confidence and clarity.

  • SugarCRM (21 yrs)
    • Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
      Sep 2018 - Mar 2025 · 6 yrs 7 mos

      Led strategic planning, corporate development and global alliances. Grew SugarCRM through partnerships and acquisitions.

    • Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Corporate Development
      May 2016 - Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Led marketing and corporate development strategy across the marketing and alliances teams.

    • Chief Technology Officer & Head of Business Development
      Jun 2012 - Apr 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Led technology and corporate development strategy including alliances, channel sales and business development teams.

  • Product Manager at Epiphany
    Oct 1999 - Mar 2004 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Led the Contact Center product line for the first four years after acquisition from Octane Software. Started as a Project Manager in the Professional Services team

  • Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    Jul 1996 - Sep 1999 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Build engineer for the HP-UX operating system.