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Industry veteran Matthew Jagsthas become VP of product management at Drake Softwarethis month. Jagst spent a combined 27 years with Creative Solutions and then Thomson Reuters, which purchased the former company in 1997.
Jagst had key roles at Thomson in marketing and product strategy in its tax and accounting business.
Jagst comes to Drake from Botkeeper where he held the position of VP of product from September 2021. He started his career in this tax and accounting arena with Creative Solutions in May 1994 and stayed with that company through its purchase by Thomson late in 1997. From July 2016 through August 2021, he was senior director of product development for that company.
The last two years have seen major changes for Franklin, N.C.-based Drake. Private-equity firm Cinvin made what was described only as a “substantial investment” in privately held Drake in February 2021 announcement. Then Cinvin agreed to buy TaxAct from Blucora for $720 million in November 2022.
Drake named Dominic Morea as president and CEO in May 2022, replacing interim CEO Euan Menzies, who remained as chairman
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
