SmartMoving CEO Bill Bowles [Photo: SmartMoving]

Dallas-based moving industry software provider SmartMoving announced that Bill Bowles has been named CEO and that founder and former CEO Tobe Thompson is moving into a full-time board role where he will help lead strategy, brand, partnerships, and enterprise growth.

“We’re executing at a level few companies ever reach,” Bowles said in a statement. “This year alone we have delivered more new products, grown faster, and helped more movers transform their businesses than in any prior year. We’re so proud of that, but we are also just getting started.”

SmartMoving said the leadership change comes during its strongest year to date. As CEO, Bowles will lead the company’s next phase of growth.

The company said it has launched four major products—Smart Reputation, Smart Insights, Smart Marketing, and Smart Scout—in the last 12 months and continues its mission to help moving companies grow their profit margins and reclaim their time.

It said that thousands of movers rely on SmartMoving to run their operations in one connected system.

‘The right leader to take us forward’

Bowles has served as SmartMoving’s CFO and COO for the past three years. The company said he brings deep operational knowledge and a strong connection to the product and customer experience.

“Tobe built something rare,” Bowles said. “He created a product that actually solves real problems, a team that truly listens to its customers and then moves with urgency and heart, and a culture that puts the customer first in everything we do. We will not lose that; Tobe’s spirit and our company’s mission to help movers build better businesses without sacrificing their lives will never leave. My job is to protect that and keep raising the bar.”

The company said that Thompson will remain an active leader in its future and that he will be an active board member and will continue working closely with customers and the SmartMoving executive team.

“This is the strongest SmartMoving has ever been,” Thompson said in a statement. “The team is world-class. The culture is mission-driven. The product is delivering results that speak for themselves. We have never been more aligned, more focused, or more ready for what comes next.”

Thompson said he’s looking forward to the transition.

“My goal in making this transition is to actually spend more time out in the market with our customers, and less time behind a desk,” he said. “Bill has been my right hand for the past three years and is the right leader to take us forward.”

In 2022, SmartMoving raised $41.5 million after bootstrapping its business management platform.

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