Fourth, a leading provider of workforce and inventory management solutions for the hospitality industry, announced the appointment of Scott Collison as Chief Executive Officer. A proven builder of enterprise software platforms with more than two decades of experience scaling technology companies, Collison will lead Fourth into its next phase of AI-led product innovation for restaurant operators.
Collison brings a track record of building category-defining products and delivering value to global customers. Most recently, he served as CEO of Personify, where he led the company through a period of strong recurring revenue growth and operational improvement, culminating in its successful sale to Momentive in late 2025.
Earlier in his career, Collison held senior leadership roles at Salesforce and VMware and served as CEO of Anaconda, the leading platform for Python data science. He also co-founded Geeknet, the company behind SourceForge and Slashdot, and helped build Signio, whose payments technology was later acquired by VeriSign and ultimately became PayPal’s PayFlow Pro.
“I didn’t take this job because Fourth has potential. I took it because Fourth has proof – a brand and platform that operators genuinely love and a distinct ability to offer customers differentiated, value- additive, AI-led products,” said Collison. “Restaurant margins are tighter than ever, and the operators who win will be the ones using AI to drive the labor and inventory actions which maximize profit at each location.”
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Scott to Fourth,” said Nathan Pingelton, a Managing Director at Marlin Equity Partners. “He has spent his career doing exactly what Fourth’s customers need most – transforming innovative technology into outcomes that have real impact for restaurant operators.”
