Michael Boese

CEO

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • CEO at Specright
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    Specright is the AI platform for specifications, packaging and products. With the first intelligent Specification Data ManagementTM (SDM) platform and modern Product Lifecycle Management solutions to help companies make amazing, sustainable products faster and more efficiently than ever. Whether it’s packaging, raw materials, formulas, products, or machines, Specright helps companies digitize, map, and take action across their supply chain to reduce costs, increase profitability, and drive sustainability. Specright serves customers across industries, including packaging, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, retail, industrials, and more. For more information, visit: www.specright.com.

  • Yext ()
    • Advisor
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Executive Vice President, Financial Services
      Aug 2024 - Feb 2025 · 7 mos

  • LP at Stage 2 Capital
    Jan 2025 - Feb 2025 · 2 mos

  • Hearsay Systems ()
    • Chief Executive Officer
      Aug 2020 - Aug 2024 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Hearsay Systems, acquired by Yext company, is the human-first digital client engagement platform used by over 250,000 advisors, bankers, and insurance agents, allowing global firms to deliver hyper-personalized, differentiated Human Client Experience compliantly and at scale.

    • Chief Operating Officer
      Mar 2020 - Aug 2020 · 6 mos

      Led sales, customer success, services, support, and marketing activities.

  • Certent, Inc. (8 yrs 1 mo)
    • Advisor
      Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs

      Purchased by insightsoftware December, 2020.

    • CEO
      Dec 2012 - Jan 2019 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Part of the Certent team that increased revenue 5x via organic and inorganic growth initiatives and drove 40%+ margin improvement.