Meet Our Global Leadership

Robert Glazer is the founder of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards two years in a row. He is the author of the inspirational newsletter Friday Forward and the author of the international bestselling book, Performance Partnerships. He is a sought-after speaker by companies and organizations around the world.

You can learn more about Bob at https://www.robertglazer.com.

As CEO of Acceleration Partners, Matt Wool oversees day-to-day operations of the business and has helped drive the company's growth from five employees when he joined as VP, Client Services in 2012 to over 175 employees on four continents today. Prior to Acceleration Partners, Matt managed the rollout of an innovative software as a service for a leading technology transfer consultancy and was a key account manager for a top healthcare technology professional services firm, handling large hospitals and insurers. Matt started his career in the film industry with production and creative roles at Fox Searchlight, DreamWorks Animation, and Disney. He holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from Boston University.

Sarah Johnson Dayes is Acceleration Partners' Chief Client Officer. Sarah has served on AP's leadership team for over seven years and is responsible for the oversight of our global client services team and the happiness of our clients. She has been especially instrumental in shepherding the success of our key accounts including Target, StubHub, and adidas. Sarah has been the driving force behind AP's culture of encouraging innovation and creative problem-solving with all client teams. She is an experienced digital marketer and manager, having launched and grown a successful, innovative, and high-growth e-commerce fashion business from 2004 – 2011, prior to coming to Acceleration Partners.

As Chief Development Officer, Jon leads strategic growth and corporate development initiatives for the agency. He joined Acceleration Partners through the acquisition of Streamline Marketing, which he founded and grew rapidly to one of the leading firms in the affiliate industry over seven years . Jon is a veteran of the partnership space where he has spent his entire career. Prior to founding Streamline he held positions at CJ Affiliate where he oversaw new client development and management strategic accounts, and was responsible for building the partnerships business at RealNetworks where he managed a large team responsible for relationships with Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. He is a thought leader and has spoken at numerous industry events and was the Chair of the Advertiser Council for the PMA. Outside of work Jon's passion is travel and he has been to 57 countries, many of them during his time running Streamline.

Helen has nearly 20 years' experience in the digital marketing sector across high-growth companies, working affiliate network, client and agency side. Helen is currently the Chief Global Officer at Acceleration Partners, responsible for Global Strategy across the business. She has been at AP for nearly five years, initially launching the EMEA part of the business in 2017 and took on the APAC region in 2019. Helen previously served as Managing Director at affilinet, one of the largest European affiliate marketing networks and on the digital marketing team at Sky PLC.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Kevin is responsible for working with clients to understand their performance marketing objectives as well as overseeing the business development process. Kevin is a proven leader who has brought sales and operational expertise to start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike. Prior to Acceleration Partners, Kevin managed both the sales and customer experience teams at the Cambridge based start-up, Openbay. He was also a Team Leader for AOL's advance advertising group helping to scale digital marketing programs for such partners as Groupon, LogMeIn, and Blue Apron. Kevin holds a BS from Bentley University and an MBA from Babson College.

In her role as Chief Marketing Officer, Sarah is responsible for driving Acceleration Partners' global marketing strategy, demand generation and brand growth. Over her 15+ years in marketing, Sarah has held senior marketing roles at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Absorb Software, and at dentsu International (iProspect), overseeing global enterprise client accounts. Sarah is a true revenue marketer, and thrives on building scalable, measurable growth marketing strategies.

Suparna Basu is Acceleration Partners’ Chief People Officer, Global Head of Human Resources. In this role, she is responsible for building and optimizing a future proof talent strategy. Prior to AP, Suparna was at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) where she spent 11 years, most recently as Head of HR for Service Delivery and Technology. Prior to BBH, Suparna worked at Moody’s, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

Her north star is to fuel the power of diverse perspectives to accomplish amazing things together. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the Pennsylvania State University. Suparna lives in Montclair, NJ with her husband and two children. When she is not relishing in the chaos that comes from strong willed children, she enjoys supporting her community, documentaries, red wine, traveling, and being generally curious about everything.

Cyrus has over 25 years of experience in the digital advertising, marketing and technology sectors across high-growth companies, fortune 500's and agency side. Cyrus is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Acceleration Partners, responsible for the company’s technology and reporting strategies, as well as heading up product for Acceleration Partner's proprietary technology suite, AP Vision. Cyrus held previous CTO and product leadership roles at multiple agencies, innovating and building digital platforms for clients such as Marriott, Chevron, Martha Stewart, JPMorgan, and Verizon.