MySQL Users Conference 2006 - April 24-27, 2006

Speaker

Greg Gianforte
RightNow Technologies
http://www.rightnow.com

Greg Gianforte has led RightNow from its founding in 1997 to 30 consecutive quarters of revenue growth, 13 consecutive quarters of cash-flow positive performance and a successful IPO. His market vision, leadership, entrepreneurial philosophy and commitment to ethical business practices has enabled RightNow to consistently grow—during a period when many other software companies have stumbled—and to achieve remarkable levels of customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Ernst & Young awarded Greg the Pacific Northwest 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year for the software category. A panel of independent judges evaluated the excellence and extraordinary success of outstanding entrepreneurs in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Greg founded Brightwork, a pioneering developer of network management applications, in 1986. With 75 employees and software installed on more than 150,000 Novell systems nationwide, Greg sold the company to McAfee Associates in 1994. He was retained by McAfee to run its North American sales operation, which he grew from $25 million in revenues to more than $60 million in under a year. During Greg's tenure, McAfee was selected by Fortune Magazine—based primarily on its Internet selling approach—as one of the "10 Coolest Companies in America."

Greg is also the author of Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg holds a BE in electrical engineering and an MS in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology.