SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AbacusNext®, a leading provider of comprehensive software and experienced services for legal and accounting professionals, today announced the addition of two new professionals to its leadership team. Andy Burner, SVP of People Strategy, and Stephanie Johnson, SVP of Business Transformation, both joined the company to lead purposeful transformation and growth across the business.

Burner comes to AbacusNext with extensive HR, commercial and leadership experience across multiple countries in IT and high growth SaaS companies. Most recently, he served as Americas COO at Xero, a provider of accounting software for small businesses. He started at Xero’s headquarters in Wellington, New Zealand in 2014 and relocated to Denver in 2017 to help build the company’s American base. Xero grew from 284,000 subscribers to 3.2 million subscribers and 750 employees to over 4,500 during his tenure. Prior to Xero, Burner held senior operational and executive positions at various IT and telecom companies in New Zealand. He also serves as the Honorary Consul of New Zealand in Colorado.

In his role as SVP of people strategy, Burner will be instrumental in creating the company’s future workplace and a culture rooted in high-performing, customer-centric teams.

“I’m thrilled to join AbacusNext and look forward to working with the rest of the team to drive the company’s growth and development,” said Burner. “Our goal is to provide our customers and the industry with the best support, technology and products, and I’m proud to empower our passionate and dedicated team members to help us achieve that goal.”

Johnson comes to AbacusNext with over 15 years of experience developing and transforming organizations to achieve their operational, financial and strategic goals. She brings experience leading change from strategy to execution. Most recently, she was SVP of Process Improvement at Wells Fargo…