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  "markdown": "Chief Executive Officer.\n\nHugo Sarrazin has been Chief Executive Officer of Avalara since May 2026 and sits on its board. He was previously President and CEO of Udemy and President and Chief Product and Technology Officer at UKG, and earlier spent 26 years at McKinsey \u0026 Company, where he co-founded McKinsey Digital Labs.\n\n## What Hugo builds\n\n- [Avalara AvaTax](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/avalara.md), graded B, 68.9/100, in Tax calculation \u0026 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. Chief Executive Officer, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Danny Fields](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/danny-fields/), EVP, Chief Technology and Customer Operations Officer\n- [Greg Chapman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/greg-chapman/), EVP and General Manager, AvaTax\n- [Jayme Fishman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jayme-fishman/), EVP, Chief Strategy and Product Officer\n- [Scott McFarlane](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-mcfarlane/), Co-founder and original CEO, advisor since May 2026\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Warburg Pincus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/warburg-pincus/)\n- [Sageview Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sageview-capital/)\n- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)\n- [Pioneer Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pioneer-fund/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Hugo Sarrazin?\n\nHugo Sarrazin has been Chief Executive Officer of Avalara since May 2026 and sits on its board. He was previously President and CEO of Udemy and President and Chief Product and Technology Officer at UKG, and earlier spent 26 years at McKinsey \u0026 Company, where he co-founded McKinsey Digital Labs.\n\n### What does Avalara, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### Who has invested in Avalara, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, Battery Ventures and Pioneer Fund.\n\n### How are Hugo's tools graded?\n\nAvalara AvaTax is graded B, 68.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/about/leadership/greg-chapman.html\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-chapman-3920304\n- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/index.html\n- https://www.avalara.com/\n- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/about/support.html\n- https://community.avalara.com/support/s/?language=en_US\u0026source=website\n- https://newsroom.avalara.com/2026-05-28-Avalara-Names-Hugo-Sarrazin-Chief-Executive-Officer\n- https://www.avalara.com/us/en/about/leadership.html\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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