How one big mistake brought two guys together to build a platform that helps teams tactically work within their systems
OUR MISSION
We believe it’s always better to be proactive than reactive, which is why we’ve made it our mission to enable teams to manage business-critical tech stacks from a single source of truth.
By monitoring your entire tech stack for changes, we give your cross-functional teams the scalable process they need to keep your business operations running smoothly. Best of all, Sonar provides automated documentation for changes before they impact or break other processes.
When Brad Met Jack
It all started when self-described “non-engineer” operations director Brad met textbook product manager Jack at one of Atlanta’s biggest venture-backed SaaS companies.
The two often riffed on the problem caused by too many platforms that didn’t speak to one another. At one point, it became more than a riff; it was a debilitating problem. While Brad managed a complex tech stack at the office — Salesforce, Marketo, Hubspot, and more — he accidentally wiped out an entire year’s worth of documented revenue with the click of a button. The mishap took the company offline for two days, cost the company over $100K, and kept deals from closing. In the aftermath, a couple of things happened: Brad realized he had no idea how it happened, and that he needed Jack to help find a way to never, ever do it again.
About Sonar
Sonar was founded on October 11, 2018
A few years after discovering the problem, Brad and Jack had an answer: Sonar, a platform that acted like an engineer but could be managed by non-technical teams.
Sonar raised $1.6M in Spring 2020
Sonar helps teams who feel underwater and in the dark get signals and navigate around the problems that are hard to see in tech stack integrations.
The ultimate CRM to Marketing collaboration
Sonar illuminates the silos between sales, marketing, revenue, and customer success teams to support all aspects of company revenue ops, and uses 40 years of engineering best practices to face the challenges that cloud software integration is creating today.
We also built Wizards of Ops.
WizOps is a Slack community for operations professionals to gather, question, and share their expertise.
Meet the Team Driving Sonar Forward
Leadership Team
Brad Smith
Co-Founder & CEO
Jack McGlinchey
Co-Founder & CPO
Sethen Maleno
VP of Engineering
Engineering Team
Cole Campbell
Principal Software Engineer
Gabe Newbern
Junior Software Engineer
Sales Team
Alexander Harris
Account Executive
Tyler Bliss
Account Executive
Anthony Krajec
Sales Dev. Representative
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