Our leadership team
Dirk Wakeham
Dirk manages Zego’s growing PropTech business, utilized by 12M residential units, more than 6,000 property clients, and over 30 partners. Prior to Zego, Dirk held executive positions at several Vista Equity Partners-backed companies, including Lanyon and Kibo Commerce, as well as RealPage (Nasdaq:RP).
Stephen Baker
Stephen leads our product development organization, including Engineering, Product Management, Strategy, and Marketing. He’s held executive roles within the industry at MRI Software, Insightsoftware, and ShortTrack, and brings deep expertise to Zego for building value and driving innovation.
Peter Boyes
With a combination of public and private Finance, Operations and Investment Banking experience, Peter leads Zego’s efforts to accelerate revenue growth, improve profitability and drive operational efficiency across business functions.
Kirk Ziehm
Kirk leads Zego’s Professional Services, Resident Support, Operations, and Client Success teams. Prior to Zego, Kirk held similar leadership roles, most recently as SVP of Client Services at SeatGeek, and VP of Professional Services at Cvent, and other Vista Equity Partners-backed companies.
Katie Burgoon
Katie serves as Chief Human Resources Officer and is responsible for compensation, benefits, D&I, and overall talent management. She has a passion for nurturing culture and employee growth through innovation, high energy, and seamless execution.
Nick Latz
Nick leads Zego’s Go-to-Market organization and is focused on market strategy, marketing engagement, and sales execution. Prior to Zego, Nick worked as a Director of Value Creation at Vista Consulting Group, the consulting and operating arm of Vista Equity Partners.
Jason Day
Jason leads Zego's Sales organization consisting of new, existing, and enterprise customer sales teams. He brings more than 15 years of sales and sales leadership experience with the majority of that centered around SaaS software solutions and enterprise market development
Yolanda Muchnik
Yolanda leads Zego’s Marketing organization, which includes Demand Generation, Content and Creative Marketing, Corporate Marketing, and Inbound Lead Development. She joins Zego with significant experience in payments, software marketing, and strategy consulting at companies like Quick Base, Intuit, American Express, and Oliver Wyman.
Cole Bowman
Cole leads Zego's Smart IoT efforts across its existing customer base and new pursuits. His Multifamily experience includes 15 years guiding sales and operations teams delivering utility, submetering and expense management services.
Laura Trussell
Laura leads the resident, client and internal support departments ensuring Zego's ability to support our fast-paced growth. A passionate and respected leader with 15 years of executive level M&A, sales, operations and support management experience, she develops high-functioning, devoted teams who are passionate about providing excellent client experiences while delivering optimized productivity and process efficiency.
Cheryl O'Malley
Cheryl leads Zego's Legal organization, which includes both legal and compliance. Her experience includes more than 15 years in a variety of industries and she prides herself on creating collaborative teams that provide business-minded guidance and support.
Arda Ayvaz
Arda is responsible for cross-functional strategic initiatives, M&A due diligence and integration. Prior to Zego, Arda was at Bain & Company focusing on strategic transformation initiatives and private equity due diligence.
Mark Peters
Mark heads the finance, payment operations, customer renewals and business systems departments, driving cross-functional leadership to ensure the company is successful. He prides himself on being a leader that people want to work with and has over 10 years of finance experience in the high tech and payments space, resulting in an IPO and multiple positive exits.
Brent Glover
Brent leads Zego’s Engineering organization, where he is passionate about modernizing our engineering processes, technology and governance. Brent has over 15 years leading Technology organizations, most recently leading Engineering for the Audatex, North America division of Solera, another Vista Equity Partners portfolio company.