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Apptio, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, is the business management system of record for hybrid IT. They help technology leaders easily manage their finances to ensure every dollar spent contributes to business value. Their suite of SaaS applications provides insights into technology cost, value, and quality so IT leaders can make faster, better decisions around technology investments.

Formerly, Jancola served as the GM of the Apptio Digital Fuel business where he was responsible for all facets of business operations and acquisition integration. From 2009 through 2017, Jancola served as VP, TBM Products and Engineering responsible for defining and delivering on the product strategy to power the flagship business of the company. Jancola built the team, product offerings, and technical operations necessary to go from initial startup to one of the fastest growing, successful enterprise software companies in history.

Previously, Jancola was VP of Engineering at HP Software, overseeing worldwide R&D activities in the Business Service Automation division (700+ engineers). This division encompassed datacenter and desktop client automation products spanning legacy HP solutions and the Opsware line of products (HP acquired Opsware for $1.6B in mid-2007).

Additionally, Jancola was VP of Advanced Products and Technology at MidStream Technologies, Inc. Jancola began his career at Active Voice Corporation, where he held multiple positions over a ten year period.

Jancola holds an MBA and BSEE from the University of Washington. He is a regular guest lecturer at the UW and a speaker at industry / technical conferences.

Specialties: Executive leadership, developing people and teams, business operations, SaaS / DevOps, product strategy and management, technical and datacenter operations, software engineering, and quality assurance.