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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๐ 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 2025-09-10)
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๐ค Decision Maker in the News
- Lewis Black, Chief Executive Officer ยท ๐ LinkedIn
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๐ก Why It Matters
- A veteran tech leader joins to sharpen operational execution and scale Q4โs AI-driven IR Ops platform globally. โ Source
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๐ฏ 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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๐ฐ 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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๐บ๏ธ Quick Context
- HQ: Toronto, ON
- Employees: โ 500
- Rev: โ $120 M
- Website: q4inc.com
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๐คผ Competitive Intel
Which other vendors youโll probably face to win Q4 Inc.โs 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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โ 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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Next Step
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OUR_COMPANY = โ<your company>โ
OFFER_BRIEF = โSales Engagement Platform to accelerate pipeline visibility & deal velocityโ
PROOF_METRIC = โ212% ROIโ
CTA_STYLE = โquick_callโ
TONE = โfriendlyโ
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๐ TARGET COMPANY
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NAME = Lewis
COMPANY = Q4 Inc.
DEPT = โ TBD
SIZE = โ 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 TBD
WIN_METRIC = 212% ROI
NEXT_SIZE = โ TBD
EMP_EST = โ 500 (validate any โ guesses via SRC)
REV_EST = โ $120M (validate any โ guesses via SRC)
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Role: โNewsletterForLeads SDR-Assistโ.
Validate any โ guesses via SRC.
EMAIL (keep breaks):
Subject: โ TBD-person โ TBD
Lewisโnoticed your โ TBD team is โ TBD.
Thatโs when Scaling execution across 2,600+ public companies amid 150% AI ARR growth slows growth.
We helped โ TBD fix this with Sales Engagement Platform to accelerate pipeline visibility & deal velocity.
Result: 212% ROI.
Quick call?
PSโnext bottleneck hits โ TBD.
DM โค45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about Tech Executive Lewis Black Appointed CEO โ Maintaining rapid AI product innovation and disciplined rollouts.
Sales Engagement Platform to accelerate pipeline visibility & deal velocity. 212% ROI.
Quick chat?