Sisense names Ayala Michelson chief product officer as company grows financially

Michelson will be in charge of Sisense’s comprehensive product strategy, which will place an emphasis on product-led growth and a comprehensive product roadmap.

Ayala Michelson has been appointed to the positions of Chief solutions and Technology Officer and General Manager of Sisense’s Israeli operation. Sisense is a platform that gives thousands of enterprises the capacity to design and incorporate analytics into customer-facing data solutions. The announcement of Michelson’s appointment was made today. Michelson will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of product marketing, product management, and product engineering. There will be a strong emphasis placed on product-led growth, as well as the provision of tools to developers, which will enable them to incorporate analytics into their products and platforms in a flexible and efficient manner. Ariel Katz has been named CEO of Sisense, while Kristina Agassi has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer. The statement made today marks an expansion of the company’s senior team.

Michelson contributes over 20 years of experience in developing and delivering innovative products to Sisense, and most recently as Senior Vice President of Production and Analytics at Gloat. Michelson was instrumental in the launch of the Gloat Talent Marketplace, a new product category, as well as the introduction of new Data and Analytics product lines. Michelson has a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from Tel Aviv University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Bar-Ilan University. He has extensive experience with SaaS platforms and data analytics.

Ayala Michelson, Chief Product Officer, Sisense, stated, “I have a passion for building and scaling complex products from inception to impact, and I am excited to bring that passion and expertise to Sisense, a company that has demonstrated tremendous leadership and traction in the embedded analytics market.” “In the coming months, Sisense will release a number of new products designed to help engineering teams integrate data analytics into their products more effectively and strategically. He also mentioned that he is excited to join the Sisense team at this glorious time. 

Sisense has achieved a number of significant financial benchmarks over the course of the past year, including profitability and double-digit product growth. In addition, Hercules Capital, Inc. The premier and largest specialty finance company in the world, which provides senior secured venture growth loans to high-growth, innovative venture capital-backed companies, approved Sisense for a term loan facility in the amount of $60 million in June 2023. This, along with other recent achievements, such as the company’s recognition as a Visionary by Gartner for the sixth time and a Leader in G2’s report for Embedded BI, positions the company as the market leader in embedded analytics.

Ariel Katz, the CEO of Sisense stated that there are some roles as important as Chief Product Officer in any company, and she has no doubt that Ayala will add great value to Sisense by assisting them in delivering the what is required futuristically. This includes  technologically advanced analytics products that their clients have come to expect at a cadence that keeps up with the industry’s constant change.