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Matthew Gonnering, CEO -- Matthew joined Widen in 2000 and has served as the company’s CEO since 2009. He began his career with Widen as a salesperson for printing services and over the years, established and developed sales and marketing teams to focus on software growth. As CEO, he transitioned the business from prepress into software by investing in software services, marketing, and employment culture. He is responsible for the core strategy with a focus on continuous growth, leading the executive team, and aligning the organization to purpose, vision, values, and culture. Prior to joining Widen, Matthew worked for various organizations in the printing and publishing industry. Matthew is based in Madison, WI and holds a business degree from St. Norbert College and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Deanna joined Widen in 2004 with a focus on research & development activities and has served as the company’s Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) since 2020. Her leadership has transformed Widen into product-led software development that is dedicated to solving market problems through a user-centered approach. Deanna has built collaborative teams of software engineers, designers, researchers, data specialists, and product managers in support of innovation necessary to capture market opportunities. In her role as CINO, she continues to guide core strategy while assembling an emerging strategy to shape future growth. Deanna holds Computer Science and English Writing degrees from Loras College and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Michael joined Widen in 1990 as controller and has served as the company’s CFO since 2000. He is responsible for all company financial functions, including accounting, treasury, and corporate finance. He oversees international accounting operations and facilities management. His career spans more than 30 years of varied experience in financial management, business leadership and corporate strategy. Prior to joining Widen in 1990, Michael performed financial GAAP audits, reviews and other attestation services for the certified public accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. Michael is based in Madison, WI, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jake joined Widen in 2004 as a marketing intern and has served as the company’s VP of Marketing & Customer Experience since 2017. He led early sales and marketing efforts that were pivotal to the Widen growth and transformation story. Jake placed Widen on the marketing technology map by serving an audience of global marketing teams across reputable brands. Jake leads all customer-facing efforts to include brand, content, creative, sales, partnerships, customer success, and support teams to serve a global audience with a focus on continuous growth. Jake is based in Madison, WI, and holds a Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and is pursuing an MBA from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Debby joined Widen in 2018 as Director of Operations and led activities across production, business systems, and technical operations. She advanced into the role of VP of Business Operations in 2021 increasing her areas of responsibility to include human resources and talent development. Her leadership of these areas, in addition to continuous improvement initiatives with increased process automation, have supported internal alignment at scale. Debby has brought decades of leadership experience to Widen, previously scaling & optimizing large software companies with a consultative approach. Debby is based in Madison, WI and studied business management at Upper Iowa University. Her executive education has focused on transformational leadership and high impact organizational change.

Ben joined Widen in 2005 as a software developer and spent 10 years building the core platform and applications. He led key technical initiatives as Lead Developer and transitioned into engineering leadership roles to architect and implement a grander vision. Ben has been managing and leading the technical direction of the engineering team with rigorous engineering standards that are aligned to the 2023 technology vision. Based in Madison, WI, Ben holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and is pursuing a Master of Engineering Management from University of Wisconsin-Madison.