by Nathan Thompson | Dec 18, 2025 | Sales
Sales teams are racing to adopt AI, and for good reason. A 2025 study found that 56% of sales professionals now use AI daily, and those who do are twice as likely toย exceed their targetsย compared to non-users. Speed, however, creates ethical and compliance risks that...We are excited to announce that Fullcast has acquired Commissionly!
Bala Balabaskaran didnโt set out to become a founder; he built Fullcast because the tools he needed didnโt exist.
As VP of Go-to-Market Technology and Operations at Salesforce, Bala was charged with aligning sales, support, and service across a massive global organization. But even with world-class systems and teams, the process was fractured: plans made in spreadsheets didnโt translate to execution. Territory changes took weeks. GTM strategies were outdated the moment they were finalized.
So Bala built something better.
With decades of experience at Microsoft, HP, and Salesforce, and multiple patents in enterprise software, Bala knew how to create systems that scale. In 2016, he co-founded Fullcast, a platform that unites planning and execution so RevOps teams can move at the speed of change.