Momentive Software, a provider of cloud-based software and payment solutions for nonprofits and associations, has appointed Adam Trenkle as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Trenkle brings two decades of technology sales leadership experience, including senior roles at Ansys (Synopsys) and Cadence Design Systems, to drive the company's growth strategy and enhance client acquisition, retention, and expansion.
Momentive Software appoints Adam Trenkle as its new Chief Revenue Officer.
Trenkle has 20 years of tech sales leadership, most recently at Cadence Design Systems and Ansys.
He will focus on accelerating growth and increasing client acquisition, retention, and expansion.
Momentive serves over 20,000 purpose-driven organizations across more than 30 countries.
The company's solutions focus on fundraising, events, learning, and association management.
The appointment aims to strengthen value delivery and guide go-to-market teams to their next chapter.
Adam Trenkle joins Momentive Software during a phase focused on expanding its impact and market presence. His mandate is to accelerate the company's growth strategy by leading its go-to-market teams and strengthening the value delivered to mission-driven organizations globally. Dustin Radtke, Interim CEO of Momentive Software, stated Trenkle's "client-first mindset" and experience will be instrumental in this effort.
Trenkle's background is rooted in enterprise technology sales. He spent 16 years in various senior leadership roles at engineering simulation software leader Ansys (now part of Synopsys), including Vice President of Sales for the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. Most recently, he served as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Field Sales at Cadence Design Systems, a leader in AI and electronic design automation. This experience is expected to bring disciplined sales leadership to the purpose-driven software sector.
Momentive Software serves a specific market of over 20,000 nonprofits and associations, having facilitated over $11 billion in funds raised. Trenkle emphasized the company's commitment to empowering these organizations, stating he was drawn to its deep dedication to helping clients maximize their missions. His role will involve driving growth and innovation to expand this impact further.
The appointment signals Momentive's intent to scale its commercial operations systematically. With Trenkle's leadership, the company aims to refine its sales processes, enhance partner relationships, and ultimately bring on "better outcomes" for the organizations it serves, aligning revenue growth with mission amplification.
The appointment of Adam Trenkle as CRO represents a strategic investment in Momentive Software's commercial maturity. By bringing in a revenue leader with a proven track record in scaling complex B2B software sales, the company is positioning itself to capture a larger share of the nonprofit and association technology market. This move could enable Momentive to more effectively translate its mission-centric value proposition into sustained business growth, ultimately allowing it to empower a greater number of purpose-driven organizations.
About Momentive Software
Momentive Software amplifies the impact of over 20,000 purpose-driven organizations in more than 30 countries, with over $11 billion raised and 55 million members served to date. Mission-driven nonprofits and associations rely on Momentive’s cloud-based software and services to address their most pressing challenges — from engaging their communities to simplifying operations and growing revenue. Designed to help organizations connect more, manage more, and ultimately expect more, Momentive’s solutions are built with reliability at the core and strategically focus on fundraising, learning, events, careers, volunteering, accounting, and association management. Momentive partners with organizations that believe “good enough” is never enough — so they can bring on better outcomes for everyone they serve.