Gather Accelerates Product Innovation with Strategic Leadership Shift
Gather, a leader in funeral home software and funeral home website design, announced that founder and CEO Zach Chatterton has decided to step fully into Product, taking on a dedicated development and innovation role so he can spend all of his time building the software funeral professionals rely on every day. To keep pace with Gather’s rapid growth, Chatterton is elevating the company’s CTO, Paul Price, to CEO.
As Gather has scaled, Chatterton concluded that the fastest way to keep Gather the top operating system for funeral homes is to focus entirely on product innovation and to place day-to-day company leadership in the hands of the technologist who helped build it.
A Growth Story, Not a Handoff
Gather’s expansion over the past two years is driving this evolution. The company has significantly expanded its in-house development team, adding senior engineers who now represent the strongest product organization in Gather’s history. That momentum, Chatterton noted, is exactly why he wants to be closer to the product, not further from it.
“With his extensive experience at Gather and at leading companies, this is the right choice for Gather and all funeral home partners,” Chatterton said.
Elevating a technologist to CEO is deliberate. It signals that technology and innovation are Gather’s highest priority as the company grows, while ensuring the person leading the business is the same person accountable for the pace and quality of what Gather ships.
Why Paul Price?
Price has served as Gather’s Chief Technology Officer for eight years, leading the engineering and product organization through its most significant period of growth. His track record at Gather, combined with his past experience as CEO at leading technology companies, made this move the natural next step as the company scales—maintaining continuity in leadership while elevating technology to the top of the company’s agenda.
Where Gather is Headed
Gather serves hundreds of funeral homes with a connected suite that includes case management, funeral home websites offered at no cost, body tracking, livestreaming, and payment tools. Customers should expect the leadership change to translate into a faster pace of product development and continued, direct involvement from the founder in the software they depend on.
Gather remains resolute in its commitment to providing the best all-in-one funeral home software for its customers, helping funeral professionals reclaim time in their day so they can focus on what matters most: caring for families.
About Gather
Gather is an innovative, all-in-one funeral home software company that helps hundreds of funeral homes with case management, integrated website design, live streaming, and body tracking. To learn more about Gather or to schedule your free demo, please visit www.gather.app or call (888) 492-2697.
