PestRoutes Announces William Chaney as New CEO

 

“PestRoutes has seen 125% growth in the past two years alone and there is no better person to lead our business to the next stage of growth than William,” said Gabriel Goncalves, PestRoutes chairman of the board. “William is a proven technology leader with a history of growing high-performing companies that deliver superior software and customer experiences. His vast expertise and proven track record will enable us to scale our operations, continue to innovate and advance our industry-leading platform for pest control, lawn and pool businesses.” 

 

Chaney most recently served as executive vice president and chief product officer of RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP), where he spent 12 years growing the customer-focused SaaS business from a small, pre-IPO company to an over $900 million revenue publicly traded company. At RealPage, Chaney successfully led eight business units (3,800+ FTE) with responsibility for product strategy, development, sales, product marketing, implementations, account management and operations. Prior to joining RealPage, Chaney held the position of Group President at Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) and was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Select Payment Processing, Inc., a SaaS payment processing platform he successfully sold to Jack Henry & Associates. Chaney grew up in Richardson, Texas, and holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Texas Christian University.

 

“PestRoutes is an innovative, well-respected and rapidly growing technology company, and I’m excited to join this customer-obsessed team,” said William Chaney, PestRoutes chief executive officer. “A benchmark of our success has been and will remain measured by our customers’ revenue growth. We will continue to invest in our industry-leading platform to enable our customers to attract and win more business, to be more competitive in their markets and increase productivity within their operations. PestRoutes’ customer-focused company culture of integrity, service and collaboration is the foundation upon which we will continue to grow and deliver amazing customer experiences.” 

 

Since 2012, PestRoutes has grown to serve over 1,500 residential and commercial pest control and field services companies automating all aspects of their operations, including route optimization, real-time technician tracking, customer communications, scheduling and billing. In February of 2020, the business received a majority investment from Gryphon Investors, a San Francisco-based middle-market private equity firm. It was also recently recognized as part of Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s Best Startup Employers for 2020.   

 

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