Bernd Leger

Bernd Leger is the Chief Marketing Officer at Showpad where he leads all areas of the company’s global marketing function. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in the global technology industry, Bernd has a proven track record in developing and executing go-to-market plans that have resulted in double- and triple-digit revenue growth across a variety of SaaS organizations.

Bernd most recently served as the CMO of Cornerstone OnDemand, a leader in workforce agility solutions, where he led marketing, sales development and customer advocacy and also served on the Board of Directors of Cornerstone OnDemand’s Foundation, the non-profit arm of the company.

Prior to Cornerstone, Bernd was CMO of Mimecast, an advanced email and collaboration security company where he played a pivotal role in helping to take the company private in a $5.8 billion acquisition. Previously, Bernd was CMO at Nexthink – a leader in digital employee experience where he was a key stakeholder in the company’s growth strategy – and held several marketing leadership positions at successful software and cybersecurity companies, including, Checkmarx, CloudLock (acquired by Cisco), Localytics, Rapid7, and Veracode.

Bernd holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Munich and has completed studies at Georgetown University. Born in Germany and having lived in the U.S. for 28 years, Bernd loves traveling the world with his wife and two sons. You can also find him on his mountain and road bikes and practicing asanas as a Yogi in the Greater Boston area.