We believe people are happier and healthier when they know their work matters.
So we build products that help companies hire well, communicate expectations, and develop talent.
Our Leadership Team
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![Julie Rieken]()
Julie RiekenCEOI love work. I love a challenge, and we've got one! Our world has changed, and it's energizing to hear the voices of our customers paired with the creativity of our teams at Trakstar so that we can build meaningful software solutions for people, at work.
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![Logan O’Dell]()
Logan O’DellVP of SalesI love leading a sales team that takes pride in being our customer's first impression of Trakstar and I am passionate about helping find the right solution for our prospective customers. We know every situation is unique and challenging and we are excited to partner with, and lead our customers through the beginning of their journey with us.
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![JP Lind]()
JP LindChief Customer and Marketing OfficerI am passionate about helping our customers get the most value out of our software and partnership. I thrive on seeing customers improve their workflows, gain insight through our analytics and achieve their goals.
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![Matt Smith]()
Matt SmithVP of FinanceMy passion for people, process, and leadership has led me to Trakstar. I'm thrilled every day to have the opportunity to work alongside this amazing team to help each other and our customers grow.
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![Kim Woodruff]()
Kim WoodruffSenior Manager of HRI value people - their unique backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. Our employees' authenticity, creativity, and commitment to meaningful outcomes makes Trakstar an amazing place to work. I'm grateful for the opportunity to grow alongside them every day.
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Chris McClaveChief Technical OfficerDelivering meaningful value to our customers and shareholders, working with exceptional product and engineering teams, and solving complex challenges are part of what I love most about both my 20+ year career and working with this company. I've been working in product centric technology companies that span the domains of health, advertising, ecommerce and HR. Nothing delights more than seeing customers light up when they have a great experience with the products we work so hard to build.
The Trakstar story
In 2001, we set out to revolutionize the world of employee evaluations by creating user-friendly yet powerful performance management tools. Today, we're able to offer even more talent development tools that help organizations create a better employee experience resulting in higher retention and a happier, more productive workforce.
Our teams work hard to continually improve our solutions, so we can continue to offer the most user-friendly, customizable and affordable products for our client base, which includes organizations of all sizes and industries.
June 2021
The Trakstar Platform is Created
After years of hard work, Trakstar unveils the new Trakstar Platform connecting our previously separate applications into one suite of talent management solutions. Now, we offer an integrated suite of tools for performance management in Trakstar Perform, applicant tracking with Trakstar Hire, and learning management with Trakstar Learn.
October 2018
Not stopping there
Trakstar partners with Mindflash, a leading online learning management system. Now you can hire great people, keep track of their performance, and develop them with consistent training; all through software delivered from a company you know and trust.
January 2018
Exploring what's next
Trakstar partners with Recruiterbox, the very best in applicant tracking systems, to help you find and hire the best people easily. We're on a mission to help your organization do all things people management, not just performance.
December 2017
Can't stop, won't stop
Trakstar has a record year, growing more than 50 percent overall with 80 percent growth in new sales.
May 2016
New user interface
Trakstar releases a clean, modern user interface— making Trakstar really, really ridiculously good-looking software.
May 2015
Julie steps in as CEO
Trakstar says goodbye to a much-loved co-founder and CEO, David Martin. Julie Rieken steps into the role.
September 2014
The best is even better
Another major release of our performance review software. It’s even more feature rich and easier to use.
June 2014
Major milestones
Trakstar now has 1000+ companies around the world using its platform.
January 2013
Focus on customer experience
The best software isn’t enough, we need the best support on Earth too. We start hiring and building this team.
November 2012
Our new software platform launches!
After two years of planning, designing and building our platform, we launch our vastly improved system.
June 2012
We change our company name
We change our company name
From "Promantek" to "Trakstar". Customers called us by our product "Trakstar" anyway, and we like it better too.
August 2010
Let's build the best. Start fresh.
We decide it’s time to re-build our product line with the goal of building the best system on Earth.
June 2010
Growing like crazy
As a result of our improved product, our business is growing fast.
August 2009
Major product release (called "r6")
With a growing team, we release a major update to our initial product line.
June 2006
We open our first office, in Seattle
David finishes college, moves to Seattle and we open our first office.
March 2003
Our first customers
We release the first version of our software and our first customers sign up.
January 2001
We get the idea
David Martin starts building the first version Trakstar working from his dorm room on weekends and at home over the summers.
Trakstar has allowed Christian Health Care Center to transform an antiquated paper-based performance evaluation tool into an efficient and reliable on-line system.Read More From Our 1000+ Customers
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Questions? We'd love to talk with you.
Call us at 1 (877) 489-5651
email hello@trakstar.com
