Not long after co-founder Scott Farquhar departed Atlassian at the end of August, solo chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes was in Boston meeting investors to convince them that the Australian software giant can land more big customers to restart its flagging revenue growth.
In particular, investors who met with Mr Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s head of investor relations Martin Lam and Canaccord Genuity analyst David Hynes wanted to know how many enterprise sales reps the firm was adding and who would lead them.