Flock sets aggressive goals to take on Google, Microsoft and Slack on home turf

Billionaire entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia, founder and CEO of Flock, a team collaboration and messaging platform, has made an audacious move this year.

With its first international office set up in Boston and growth hacking leadership team in place, Flock will take on Google’s G Suite and Gmail, Microsoft’s Microsoft Teams and Outlook, and Slack on their home turf.

The company has hired Sam Mallikarjunan as its Chief Revenue Officer in February followed by Ryan Kelly as Global VP and Nicholas D’Ascensao to head global sales. It has five employees in Boston with plans to increase its headcount to 20 by the end of 2019.