Form.io Appoints Jeff Hadfield as Director of Business Development

New hire to drive growth, expand partnerships, and accelerate enterprise opportunities for API-first forms and data management platform.

Published on Feb. 10, 2026

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Form.io, a leading enterprise platform for API-first forms and data management, has announced the appointment of Jeff Hadfield as its new Director of Business Development. In this role, Hadfield will lead growth initiatives, expand partner relationships, and drive new enterprise opportunities as Form.io continues to scale its impact across highly regulated industries.

Why it matters

As AI-powered automation and agentic systems become more prevalent, the need for structured, programmable, and API-native form and data infrastructure is critical. Form.io's developer-first approach positions the company to meet this growing demand from enterprises integrating AI into their workflows.

The details

Hadfield brings extensive experience in business development, strategic partnerships, and market expansion within the technology sector, having previously contributed to key growth initiatives at Docker. His background complements Form.io's mission to empower organizations with secure, flexible, and developer-first data collection solutions.

  • Form.io announced Hadfield's appointment on February 10, 2026.

The players

Jeff Hadfield

The new Director of Business Development at Form.io, responsible for leading growth initiatives, expanding partner relationships, and driving new enterprise opportunities.

Form.io

The leading enterprise platform for API-first forms and data management, trusted by organizations that require compliance-ready, extensible form and data infrastructure.

Gary Wetzel

The CEO of Form.io, who stated that the addition of Hadfield reflects the company's continued investment in meeting the growing demand for structured, programmable, and API-native form and data infrastructure as enterprises integrate AI into their workflows.

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What they’re saying

“As AI agents and automated workflows increasingly handle tasks that once required manual input, the need for structured, API-first form and data infrastructure becomes even more critical. Forms aren't going away in an agentic world. They're becoming the connective tissue between human decision-making and autonomous systems.”

— Gary Wetzel, CEO of Form.io (PRNewswire)

“I'm excited to join Form.io at such a pivotal moment. I've known and followed the company for many years. As agentic AI changes how software gets built and how work gets done, Form.io's developer-first, open-source, API-native approach is exactly what enterprises need — structured data collection that works for both people and AI agents. I look forward to building relationships that help more organizations modernize how they collect and manage critical data.”

— Jeff Hadfield, Director of Business Development, Form.io (PRNewswire)

The takeaway

Form.io's appointment of Jeff Hadfield as Director of Business Development underscores the growing importance of structured, API-first form and data infrastructure as enterprises increasingly integrate AI-powered automation into their workflows. Hadfield's experience in building strategic partnerships and driving growth will help Form.io expand its impact across highly regulated industries.