Chief Executive Officer And Founder Raised on the East Coast, Greg now calls Big Sky Country (Bozeman, Montana) home. Distinctions
Inducted into the CRM Hall of Fame, 2007
Honorary Doctorate of Computer Science from MSU, 2007
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Pacific Northwest software category, 2003
Stevens Honor Award from Stevens Institute of Technology, 2003 ExperienceFounded RightNow in 1997 and took the company public in 2004 with one of the year's most successful initial public offerings; RightNow stock rose 130 percent that year. RightNow has enjoyed continuous growth since inception. Today, 1,900 consumer-focused companies around the world count on RightNow to deliver superior customer experiences while simultaneously reducing operating costs. Greg also published, Eight to Great: Eight Steps to Delivering an Exceptional Customer Experience in 2008. Founded Brightwork, a pioneering developer of network management applications, in 1986. With 75 employees and software installed on more than 150,000 Novell systems worldwide, Greg sold the company to McAfee Associates in 1994. He was retained by McAfee to run its North American operation. Greg began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
An industry leader and sought after speaker, Greg has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University , Cornell University, London School of Business, Manchester School of Business, and Warwick School of Business. He also delivered a commencement speech to the 2007 Montana State University graduating class.
A serial entrepreneur, Greg is the author of Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company with Almost No Money. He founded Bootstrap Montana, a program to help entrepreneurs learn the principles of bootstrappingand provide micro-loans to rural Montana entrepreneurs (http://www.bootstrapmontana.org/).
EducationBE, Electrical Engineering
MS, Computer Science
Stevens Institute of Technology
Why Greg Is Proud Of RightNow"Few things could be more important than how a company takes care of its customers. RightNow has improved the experience for over 4 billion customer interactions between our clients and their customers. This is truly worthwhile work."
Outside The OfficeOn weekends, Greg can be found outdoors on his John Deere tractor, fly fishing, or riding his horse in the mountains.
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| Date |
Type |
Shares Traded |
Price Range |
| Nov 24, 2008 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
500,000 |
n/a |
| Nov 24, 2008 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
500,000 |
n/a |
| Nov 20, 2008 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
500,000 |
n/a |
| Nov 20, 2008 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
500,000 |
n/a |
| Oct 31, 2008 |
Buy |
45,000 |
6.47 |
| Oct 30, 2008 |
Buy |
45,000 |
6.21 |
| Oct 29, 2008 |
Buy |
45,000 |
6.01 |
| Oct 28, 2008 |
Buy |
45,000 |
6.01 |
| Jun 24, 2008 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
544,265 |
n/a |
| Jun 24, 2008 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
544,265 |
n/a |
| Dec 7, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
19.00 |
| Dec 3, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
100,000 |
17.75 - 17.76 |
| Nov 14, 2007 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
3,800,000 |
n/a |
| Nov 5, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
19.10 |
| Nov 2, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
75,000 |
19.00 - 19.10 |
| Nov 1, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
100,000 |
19.02 - 19.43 |
| Oct 12, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
17.00 |
| Oct 11, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
17.10 |
| Oct 9, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
17.01 - 17.03 |
| Jul 25, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
17.00 |
| Jul 24, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
17.00 |
| Jul 17, 2007 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
186,665 |
n/a |
| Jul 17, 2007 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
186,665 |
n/a |
| Jul 17, 2007 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
455,735 |
n/a |
| Jun 15, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
17.14 |
| Apr 12, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
10,000 |
17.10 |
| Apr 11, 2007 |
Automatic Sell |
90,000 |
17.00 - 17.25 |
| Dec 7, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
17.50 |
| Dec 6, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
75,000 |
17.55 - 17.75 |
| Dec 5, 2006 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
300,000 |
n/a |
| Dec 1, 2006 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
300,000 |
n/a |
| Dec 1, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
100,000 |
16.25 - 16.29 |
| Nov 2, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
15.40 - 15.45 |
| Nov 1, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
15.51 |
| Oct 6, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
15.85 |
| Oct 4, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
15.02 - 15.02 |
| Oct 3, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
15.10 |
| Sep 12, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
100,000 |
15.25 - 15.50 |
| Aug 31, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
15.35 - 15.40 |
| Aug 30, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
15.10 - 15.19 |
| Jul 17, 2006 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
179,713 |
n/a |
| Jul 17, 2006 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
179,713 |
n/a |
| Jul 11, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
20,000 |
15.86 - 16.05 |
| Jul 10, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
20,000 |
16.00 - 16.11 |
| Jul 7, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
10,000 |
16.30 |
| Jul 6, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
15,000 |
16.50 |
| Jul 5, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
40,000 |
17.00 - 17.15 |
| Jul 3, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
15,000 |
17.00 |
| Jul 3, 2006 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
20,000 |
n/a |
| Jun 7, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
20,000 |
15.50 - 15.75 |
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William J. Lansing has served on our board of directors since April 2000. He is now CEO, President and Director of InfoSpace, Inc., a developer of metasearch products. Mr. Lansing was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of ValueVision Media, Inc., a direct marketing company from December 2003 to October 2007. Mr. Lansing was a general partner of General Atlantic Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm, from 2001 to December 2003. From 2000 to September 2001, Mr. Lansing was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of NBC Internet, Inc., an Internet portal company. From 1998 to March 2000, Mr. Lansing served in various positions for Fingerhut Companies, Inc., a direct marketing company, including President and Chief Executive Officer. From November 1996 to May 1998, Mr. Lansing served as Vice President of Corporate Business Development for General Electric Corp. and was a member of General Electric's Corporate Executive Council. From January 1996 to October 1996, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Prodigy, Inc., an online service company. From 1986 through 1995, Mr. Lansing was first an associate and later a principal at McKinsey & Co., a management consulting company. In addition to serving on the board of directors of InfoSpace, Mr. Lansing serves on the board of directors of Digital River, Inc., an electronic commerce solutions provider and Fair Isaac Corp., a decision analytics company. Mr. Lansing holds a B.A. degree in English from Wesleyan University and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University.
Holdings: 230,333 shares
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| Date |
Type |
Shares Traded |
Price Range |
| Oct 28, 2009 |
Sell |
13,333 |
15.75 |
| Oct 28, 2009 |
Option Execute |
13,333 |
10.50 |
| Mar 6, 2009 |
Buy |
30,000 |
6.43 |
| Nov 25, 2008 |
Buy |
20,000 |
7.03 |
| Oct 28, 2008 |
Buy |
22,000 |
5.97 |
| Feb 8, 2008 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
50,000 |
10.99 |
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