Building a listed tool
Danny Fields
EVP, Chief Technology and Customer Operations Officer, named behind the Avalara AvaTax listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Danny builds
Avalara AvaTax B · Tax calculation & compliance
Avalara AvaTax calculates sales tax, VAT and GST for a transaction and records it for reporting. Agents reach it through the AvaTax REST v2 API or a hosted MCP server, with separate Avalara products for returns, exemption certificates and e-invoicing.
EVP, Chief Technology and Customer Operations Officer, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Greg Chapman EVP and General Manager, AvaTax
- Hugo Sarrazin Chief Executive Officer
- Jayme Fishman EVP, Chief Strategy and Product Officer
- Scott McFarlane Co-founder and original CEO, advisor since May 2026
Backed by
Warburg Pincus Sageview Capital Battery Ventures Pioneer Fund
Questions
Who is Danny Fields?
Danny Fields is EVP at Chief Technology and Customer Operations Officer.
What does Avalara, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists Avalara AvaTax from Avalara, Inc.. Avalara AvaTax calculates sales tax, VAT and GST for a transaction and records it for reporting. Agents reach it through the AvaTax REST v2 API or a hosted MCP server, with separate Avalara products for returns, exemption certificates and e-invoicing.
Who has invested in Avalara, Inc.?
The sources our research read name Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, Battery Ventures and Pioneer Fund.
How are Danny's tools graded?
Avalara AvaTax is graded B, 68.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (8)
- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/about/leadership/greg-chapman.html
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-chapman-3920304
- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/index.html
- https://www.avalara.com/
- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/about/support.html
- https://community.avalara.com/support/s/?language=en_US&source=website
- https://newsroom.avalara.com/2026-05-28-Avalara-Names-Hugo-Sarrazin-Chief-Executive-Officer
- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/about/leadership.html
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