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Tango Adds CMO and HR Chief to Executive Team

Operators evaluating facilities and real estate software can weigh Tango's expanded marketing and HR leadership as it scales.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in People

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Tango named Kathryn Hilton chief marketing officer and Kelly Beaupre vice president of human resources, adding two leaders to its executive team. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Tango, a provider of AI-powered real estate and facilities management software, has appointed Kathryn Hilton as Chief Marketing Officer and Kelly Beaupre as Vice President of Human Resources. Both join the company's executive team, which includes CEO Ammon Lesher, CTO Bala Pitchandi, CPO Rob Eroh and CRO Rich Givone.

Why it matters

Adding a dedicated marketing leader and an HR head to the executive bench signals how a software vendor in the real estate and facilities space is building the go-to-market and people infrastructure needed to scale. For operators evaluating vendors, leadership depth in marketing and HR is a practical indicator of how a provider will handle customer communication and staffing as it grows.

Kathryn Hilton brings more than 20 years of marketing leadership and eight years at Gordian, while Kelly Beaupre brings more than 20 years of HR leadership and helped scale Gordian from 250 to 900 employees. Beaupre also managed the people side of 16 acquisitions at Courser.

The players

Tango

Tango is a provider of AI-powered real estate and facilities management software.

AbsenceSoft

AbsenceSoft is an HR technology company that provides leave and absence management software.

Gordian

Gordian is a provider of facilities and construction cost data and software for the built environment.

Courser

Courser is a company that made a series of acquisitions, for which Beaupre handled the people side.

The details

Hilton most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer at AbsenceSoft, where the company earned HR Tech Awards recognition for three consecutive years under her leadership. Beaupre most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources at Courser, where she built the company's first HR infrastructure. Both hires bring operating experience from fast-growing software companies, which is the profile Tango is adding at the executive level.

Timeline

  1. November 3, 2026: Tango announced the appointments of Hilton and Beaupre.

Market Landscape

Tango's executive hires follow a pattern in which software companies in the facilities and real estate space recruit leaders with prior scaling experience at firms like Gordian. The appointments add operators whose careers have included rapid headcount growth and multiple acquisitions, a profile common among vendors consolidating in this segment.

Operators evaluating Tango as a vendor should note that its marketing and HR functions now have dedicated executive leadership, which can affect how customer onboarding and staffing support are handled. Businesses in the facilities and real estate software category may also see vendors invest more in these functions as competition for executive talent intensifies.

The takeaway

For operators, the key signal is that Tango is building out its executive bench in marketing and people operations, not only in product. Review a vendor's leadership depth in customer-facing and HR functions as part of any software evaluation.

Further reading

For more on leadership moves like this, see our People coverage of executive appointments across Dallas businesses.

Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.