Battle Card: Q4 Inc CEO Swap

Q4 Inc taps Lewis Black as CEO to supercharge 150% AI ARR growth. Pitch our sales engagement platform to accelerate pipeline visibility and close more deals.

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๐Ÿš€ Battle Card: Q4 Inc.

Quick trigger: Leadership Evolution: Tech Executive Lewis Black Appointed CEO as Founder Darrell Heaps Transitions to Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (โ‰ˆ 2025-09-10)
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๐Ÿ‘ค Decision Maker in the News
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๐Ÿ’ก Why It Matters
  • A veteran tech leader joins to sharpen operational execution and scale Q4โ€™s AI-driven IR Ops platform globally. โ†’ Source
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๐ŸŽฏ Core Pain Point
  • Scaling execution across 2,600+ public companies amid 150% AI ARR growth
  • Maintaining rapid AI product innovation and disciplined rollouts
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๐Ÿ’ฐ What to Pitch
  • Primary: Sales Engagement Platform โ†’ Accelerate pipeline visibility & deal velocity
  • Expansion: DevOps & Collaboration Suite โ†’ Shorten AI feature release cycles
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๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Quick Context
  • HQ: Toronto, ON
  • Employees: โ‰ˆ 500
  • Rev: โ‰ˆ $120 M
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๐Ÿคผ Competitive Intel

Which other vendors youโ€™ll probably face to win Q4 Inc.โ€™s business.
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  • Nasdaq IR Insight โ€” IR Ops Platform
    • Unique edge: Market data integration for deep IR analytics
    • Evaluated by Head of IR for data fidelity
  • Ipreo (S&P Global) โ€” Investor Relations Suite
    • Unique edge: Combined capital markets and IR workflows
    • Evaluated by CFO for financial data integration
  • Diligent โ€” IR Management
    • Unique edge: Secure, board-level governance tools
    • Evaluated by CIO for security & compliance
  • EQS Group โ€” Corporate Communications
    • Unique edge: Strong European market presence
    • Evaluated by VP Marketing for REACH & messaging consistency
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โœ… Do-Now Checklist

Connect with Lewis Black on LinkedIn
Draft first-touch email & DM referencing this Q4 Inc. sales trigger
Schedule follow-ups in CRM (Day 3 & Day 10)
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NAME        = Lewis
COMPANY     = Q4 Inc.
DEPT        = โ‰ˆ TBD
SIZE        = โ‰ˆ TBD
BOTTLENECK  = Scaling execution across 2,600+ public companies amid 150% AI ARR growth
EVENT       = Leadership Evolution
DETAIL      = Tech Executive Lewis Black Appointed CEO
PAIN        = Maintaining rapid AI product innovation and disciplined rollouts
SRC         = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250910804770&div=41152219
SIM_CO      = โ‰ˆ TBD
WIN_METRIC  = 212% ROI
NEXT_SIZE   = โ‰ˆ TBD
EMP_EST     = โ‰ˆ 500 (validate any โ‰ˆ guesses via SRC)
REV_EST     = โ‰ˆ $120M (validate any โ‰ˆ guesses via SRC)

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Subject: โ‰ˆ TBD-person โ‰ˆ TBD

Lewisโ€”noticed your โ‰ˆ TBD team is โ‰ˆ TBD.

Thatโ€™s when Scaling execution across 2,600+ public companies amid 150% AI ARR growth slows growth.

We helped โ‰ˆ TBD fix this with Sales Engagement Platform to accelerate pipeline visibility & deal velocity.

Result: 212% ROI.  
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