Lou Blatt

Lou Blatt is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for OpenText. Having joined the organization in 2020, Lou is responsible for marketing strategy, brand, communications and the success of OpenText products worldwide. With more than 30 years of experience in senior marketing, product management and strategy roles, Lou brings a proven ability to build and lead world class teams that achieve faster than market growth. Prior to OpenText, Lou served more than 4 years as the Senior Vice President, Strategy and Operations at Genesys, a $1.5B software company focused on customer experience. While at Genesys, Lou led strategic efforts, including the company’s transition to the cloud. In addition, he spent more than four years at Pega (PEGA) leading its transformation from a business process management leader to a customer relationship management company. Lou was also the Chief Product Officer at ACI Worldwide (ACIW) where he was responsible for defining and communicating the company's product vision, strategy and the development life cycle. Lou holds a Ph.D. and MA from Boston University and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Additionally, Lou currently serves as Advisory Board Member for Earth PBC, a software company focused on sustainability and fair labor practices in some of the most remote parts of the world.