Tempo names new product & tech chiefs to fuel SPM push

Tempo has appointed Kevin Nanney as Chief Product Officer and Shams Chauthani as Chief Technology Officer as the company targets demand for adaptive strategic portfolio management tools.

The company said the hires reflect a market shift as large organisations manage more complex programmes and seek tighter links between strategy, delivery work and measurable results.

Nanney joins from Iron Mountain, where he served as Senior Vice President of Global Product Management, Solutions & Marketing. Tempo said he has held leadership roles at Workiva and ServiceNow.

Chauthani joins from Zilliant, where he served as CTO and SVP Engineering. Tempo said he oversaw a move from a single-product enterprise software offering to a cloud-native software-as-a-service platform with six products in price and revenue management.

Tempo also cited Chauthani's earlier work at SolarWinds. The company said he held senior engineering leadership roles there during a period that led to a USD $5 billion public company in IT management software.

Tempo sells software for strategic portfolio management, a category that sits alongside project and portfolio management. Vendors in the space pitch tools that map corporate objectives to initiatives and provide visibility into spend, resourcing, delivery progress and risk.

"Enterprise teams are managing more complexity than ever - balancing competing priorities, adapting to constant change, and delivering strategic impact," said Vic Chynoweth, Chief Executive Officer, Tempo Software. "Kevin and Shams bring product vision and engineering expertise that will further enhance Tempo's ability to help our customers navigate these complexities. Their experience building and scaling enterprise software will directly translate into stronger capabilities and faster innovation for the organizations that depend on Tempo to deliver outcomes."

Product focus

Tempo positioned Nanney's remit around product direction and market positioning. The company said it has seen wider adoption of its integrated project and portfolio management products across enterprise, mid-market and small business customers.

"The market is shifting away from rigid, top-down planning tools toward platforms that help organizations adapt in real-time," said Kevin Nanney. "Tempo's customers are already seeing the value of that approach, and my focus will be on accelerating our ability to deliver the enterprise-grade capabilities they need to manage portfolios that are more dynamic, distributed, and data-driven than ever before."

Tempo's platform works with tools used by software and IT teams. The company highlighted alliances with Atlassian Jira, monday.com, Asana, ServiceNow and Azure DevOps, as well as a partner ecosystem of more than 300 solution providers.

The company said it serves more than 30,000 customers across industries. It listed Cisco, Airbus and Oracle among its customer base, and said more than one-third of the Fortune 500 use its products.

Engineering agenda

Tempo said Chauthani will lead engineering and technical direction. The company linked the appointment to work on scaling infrastructure for global enterprise customers and maintaining a pace of product development.

In a statement, Chauthani pointed to the role of AI in enterprise software and in portfolio management. "Throughout my career, I've seen how AI can drive transformational business outcomes - from generating significant revenue and margin growth for global companies to unlocking insights that reshape entire industries," said Shams Chauthani.

"While building a robust, enterprise-grade platform for Tempo's SPM modules is essential, what truly excites me is leveraging AI to fundamentally transform how people manage and execute their work. We have the opportunity to redefine what's possible in strategic portfolio management," said Chauthani.

Tempo described its approach as "Adaptive Strategic Portfolio Management". It said its modular platform includes AI-based insights and flexible adoption models.

The company did not disclose financial terms linked to the hires. It also did not provide revenue figures or customer growth numbers in its announcement.

Tempo said both executives will work remotely and report to Chynoweth.

The company also referenced its ownership by Diversis Capital, a private equity firm that invests in lower middle-market software and technology businesses. Tempo did not provide further detail on Diversis's involvement in the leadership changes.

Tempo said the appointments sit alongside an ongoing product roadmap and continued work on functionality aimed at larger organisations, with an emphasis on adaptive strategic portfolio management.