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Neil Breaux

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
241 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

Yeah, so I've spent a small amount of time at Silverlake as an operating partner.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

IPC actually was owned by Silverlake initially, and I became the CEO of that company when Silverlake was the majority owner of that company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

We then transformed that business, was able to transact and sell the business to another buyer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

And I then came back to the homestead at Silverlake and ultimately got involved in a number of deals and

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I raised my hand and said, put me in, coach.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I see you guys were able to strike this deal with ServiceMax.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

You need a new executive team.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I want in the game.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I like running teams, Nathan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I don't like being in anything other than the environment that I'm in.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

And I said, look, if the opportunity exists, put me in and let me run the company because it's something very unique that I hadn't seen previously in my career.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

So I really wanted in to make a difference in the company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

And for the last three and a half years, this team's done a remarkable job so far.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

running ServiceMax.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I'm pretty proud of the progress we've made.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

Yeah, I'm not going to tell you the equity piece.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

It's actually something I've forgotten, quite frankly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

As I said, I'm going to turn 45 in a month or so, and I'm at the position in my life where I've been lucky to have been in very significant positions before ServiceMax.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

I started a little early, and I'm now really focusing on how could I scale this team?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

How could I ensure that our team is actually getting all the things that I got for the last 20 years?