As Former President and CEO, Sean served on NAVEX’s board of directors and ledthe executive team. He started his tenure at NAVEX as president and chief operating officer where he led initiatives in strategy, product development, sales and marketing. 

Before joining NAVEX, Sean served as executive vice president of the SAP Ariba Network, the world’s largest third-party procurement network with over five million suppliers. Prior to SAP, Sean co-founded the natural language processing and artificial intelligence company, Nuiku, which was sold to Nortek (NASDAQ: NRTK) in 2016. 

Sean also served in leadership roles at Microsoft as the managing director of corporate alliances and as group product manager for Microsoft SQL Server Database, an $8 billion business. He joined Microsoft from Nimble where he was the executive vice president of sales and service for the XML virtual data warehouse technology company backed by Madrona Venture Group. 

Earlier in his career, Sean led M&A efforts as a director at Drugstore.com; he also played an integral role on the pre-IPO team for this leading online pharmacy backed by Kleiner Perkins. Sean’s career began with 10 years at Deloitte Consulting where he was one of the firm’s youngest practice leaders in ERP.   

Sean earned an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Business Administration with high honors from Gonzaga University. He is also a CPA in the State of Washington.

Andrew Bates is the Chief Executive Officer of NAVEX, where he drives the company’s long-term vision to deliver the world’s most trusted risk, ethics and compliance software.

With more than 20 years of experience in senior finance and operational leadership roles, Andrew brings deep SaaS expertise and a passion for building high-performance teams that scale. He is known for his ability to align financial discipline with bold strategic initiatives—balancing risk, opportunity, and purpose to accelerate customer acquisition, retention, and global market expansion.

Andrew’s journey with NAVEX spans over a decade, including his early tenure as Vice President of Finance, where he helped steer the company through key phases of growth and transformation. In 2019, he stepped away to serve as Chief Financial Officer at Viewpoint Software, gaining broader executive experience before returning to NAVEX in 2022, as Chief Financial Officer, to help lead the company into its next chapter.

Previously, he held leadership roles at Pixelworks and began his career as a CPA in public accounting. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Andrew earned a degree in economics and brings a rigorous analytical mindset to every challenge.

Steve Chapman is the chief customer officer at NAVEX, responsible for customer success efforts including professional services, implementation services, data services, customer support, operations and customer success management teams. With nearly 30 years of experience, he has successfully led customer-focused teams driving growth, retention and exceptional customer experiences. 

Prior to NAVEX, Steve worked as a change management consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where he specialized in the implementation of enterprise software products and solutions. Steve also founded and contributed to the successful startup of Aon Safetylogic.com, a SaaS provider of integrated risk control management solutions for Fortune 2000 corporations, loss prevention firms and the insurance carrier markets.

Julia leads NAVEX marketing and communications, bringing over 20 years’ experience working at the intersection of strategy, communications and corporate culture. As a marketing and communications leader, she has been quick to harness the power of emerging technologies for corporate storytelling and was an early adopter of Agile marketing to test and iterate on initial concepts of marketing automation, social media and content management.

Prior to NAVEX, she served as Chief Marketing, Communications and Sustainability Officer at Clarivate, a publicly held global data, analytics and insights company. She also served as head of global enterprise marketing for Dow Jones, Vice President of Acquisition Marketing at the Wall Street Journal, and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer for Sterling, a mid-sized HR technology company, which was acquired by Goldman Sachs.