Awards & Recognition
★BusinessWeek Top 25 Managers
★Computer Business Review Ten Most Influential People in High Technology
★NetworkWorld Fifty Most Powerful People in Networking
★Temple University IT Leadership Award recipient
Notable Facts
→CEO of PeopleSoft (1999-2004), led company to become world's second-largest business software provider
→Board member at Salesforce since October 2005 (nearly 20 years)
→Former Oracle Executive VP before leading PeopleSoft against Oracle's hostile takeover
→Current board positions at major public companies: Salesforce, Nutanix, and Paylocity
→Led one of tech industry's most publicized acquisition battles, fired as CEO during Oracle takeover attempt
→Previous board service at AMD, Guidewire Software (as Executive Chairman)
→CEO of multiple technology companies including TGV Software and One Touch Systems