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Precisely, a global data integrity provider, has appointed Walid Abu-Hadba as chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds Josh Rogers, who will continue as vice chairman in an advisory capacity. Abu-Hadba joins from Sage, where he served as chief product officer, bringing 30 years of experience scaling software businesses. His career includes roles as senior vice president of developer tools at Oracle, chief product officer at ANSYS, and over 20 years at Microsoft as corporate vice president for developer and platform evangelism. The appointment comes as Precisely, backed by Clearlake Capital, TA Associates, Insight Partners and Partners Group, focuses on accelerating data integrity product innovation and expanding its agentic AI capabilities. The company serves over 12,000 organisations globally, including 95 of the Fortune 100.

Precisely appoints Walid Abu-Hadba as new CEO. April 2, 2026 Precisely has announced the transition of the CEO role from Josh Rogers to Walid Abu-Hadba. Abu-Hadba takes over the role immediately, and Rogers transitions to an advisory role, remaining at the firm as Vice Chairman. Josh Rogers, Vice Chairman, Precisely, commented, "Leading Precisely through its transformation over the past decade has been the privilege of my career. And I'm confident that Walid is exactly the right leader for what comes next. "As Vice Chairman, I look forward to partnering with Walid and the board as we enter this exciting next phase. And I want to extend my sincere gratitude to every member of the Precisely team for making this journey possible." Precisely is backed by Clearlake Capital, having bought control of the company in a $3.5 billion deal in 2021 alongside TA Associates. Insight Partners and Partners Group joined them in 2022. This leadership change marks the most significant shift since the company's founding in May 2020, when Syncsort acquired Pitney Bowes' software division to form Precisely. Prashant Mehrotra, Partner & Managing Director at Clearlake, commented, "Walid's technology leadership and track record of driving meaningful results at scale makes him the ideal choice to guide Precisely through its next phase of accelerated growth. Precisely powers essential daily operations at the core of complex enterprise environments, where trusted, governed data is critical. "With this momentum, we believe Walid will help to further Precisely's differentiated market position, addressing the Agentic AI Data Integrity Gap for enterprises facing data silos, outdated information, and inconsistencies that undermine AI effectiveness." Who is Walid Abu-Hadba. Abu-Hadba joins from Sage, where he served as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and a member of the executive committee for nearly 5 years. He currently serves on the board of IDERA Software and IQ3Connect; it is not clear whether he will retain those roles following the appointment. Abu-Hadba is also on the board of advisors for Onscale and has experience working with private equity companies. He served as an industry advisor to the EQT Group for several years. Abu-Hadba has had a 30-year career during which he worked at two major players in the industry. He was Senior Vice President of Developer Tools at Oracle for 2.5 years. He also spent four years as Chief Product Officer at Ansys INC. Abu-Hadba also spent 21 years at Microsoft. There he began his career in several technical roles before rising through the management ranks to become Corporate Vice President, Developer and Platform Group for over five years. Abu-Hadba studied at both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. Walid Abu-Hadba, CEO of Precisely, said, "I am honored to join Precisely at this pivotal moment in the Company's journey. I have long admired Precisely's reputation as the trusted partner for organizations that depend on accurate, reliable data. As enterprise AI adoption accelerates, we believe success or failure increasingly hinges on data integrity, positioning Precisely at the nexus of the AI transformation underway at large enterprises. I look forward to working closely with our talented team as we strive to build on this strong foundation and deliver exceptional results for our customers." Enterprise times: what does this mean. After 6 years at the helm of Precisely and 11 years as CEO and sales leader at Syncsort, Roger is stepping aside for a fresh perspective. Under his leadership, the company has grown from $80 million in revenue to $850 million. In Abu-Hadba, the investors have found an experienced leader with a deep understanding of technology, products, and selling to Enterprises. However, this is a major change for the company. And it will be interesting to see whether other appointments follow and how Abu-Hadba now leads the firm into the future.

Precisely and Matillion speed data modernisation and AI readiness. March 12, 2026 Precisely and Matillion have agreed on a new OEM partnership. It will see Matillion's cloud-native Extract-Transform-Load (ELT) capabilities embedded into the Precisely Data Integrity Suite. It gives customers a single suite of tools that allows them to accelerate the modernisation of their data environments. More importantly, it will speed up the transformation of data for use in AI. Ulf Viney, Executive Vice President of Engineering, Support & Operations at Precisely, said, "AI ambition only delivers ROI when the data behind it is modern, scalable, and trustworthy. "By embedding cloud-native ETL directly into the Data Integrity Suite, we're eliminating fragmentation and giving organizations a unified foundation to move, prepare, and trust their data, accelerating their path to Agentic-Ready Data." How does this deal accelerate data transformation? One of the core processes in data transformation is ETL. Systems extract data from source locations, often with different attributes and object names. Then they transform the data so it becomes part of a unified set. As part of that process, the transformation corrects and enriches the data based on business rules. The result is a higher quality and consistent data set. Once systems transform the data, they load it into a new target system. That makes it the source of truth for new applications. Users can query it, use it for complex analysis, and feed decision-making systems. Increasingly, teams also use that data to support new AI-driven applications. However, research from Precisely and the Drexel University LeBow College of Business shows a problem. The recent Precisely 2026 State of Data Integrity and AI Readiness report (registration required) shows that organisations are concerned about their data integrity status. This is impacting AI projects and making it hard for organisations to show ROI from their investments. Embedding Matillion ETL creates a smoother workflow. Embedding the Matillion ETL into the Data Integrity Suite lets customers build automated pipelines to manage their data. This ability lets them create proven, trusted, repeatable, and scalable processes. These automated pipelines also let data teams build self-service options for users. Users can drag and drop data from different sources. Enrichment is then assigned to that data using other drop-down boxes, giving users control over the level and type of enrichment. Another benefit: many customers use multiple clouds. That means data must be pulled from different sources, which often require different tools. Matillion ETL is a cloud-native solution. It runs in the cloud and accesses data across any cloud storage service. Among the benefits that Precisely says this partnership will deliver are: * Low-code, cloud-native ETL/ELT for rapid pipeline development * Scalable data transformation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments * Faster time-to-insight for analytics and reporting * Trusted data foundations for AI and advanced decision-making * Reduced complexity through unified integration workflows Enterprise times: what does this mean? Many of the challenges that organisations struggle with today are nothing new. They have been around for decades. They are often still using multiple tool sets and doing processes such as ETL manually. Additionally, the volume of data they are working with continues to grow and become more complex. The target usage for the data from advanced analytics to decision-making systems and AI continues to evolve. That means pulling data from a wider variety of sources and being able to carry out deeper enrichment of the data. Without this, the data will deliver mediocre solutions that will fall short of the demands from the business teams. To ease things for customers, Precisely has been investing heavily in data sets for enrichment and adding AI capabilities. Now it is adding more traditional tools into the Data Integrity Suite with Matillion ETL. For customers, this will enable them to speed up data transformation and create greater automation. The question now is what will Precisely add next? February 26, 2026 March 11, 2026