CEO and Founder Greg Gianforte has led RightNow from its founding in 1997 to 9 years of revenue growth, 19 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.
Holdings: 1,404,065 shares
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| Date |
Type |
Shares Traded |
Price Range |
| 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 |
| Jun 5, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
45,000 |
16.03 - 16.15 |
| Jun 2, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
10,000 |
16.25 |
| Jun 1, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
125,000 |
16.11 - 16.32 |
| May 5, 2006 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
20,000 |
n/a |
| May 3, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
18.91 - 18.98 |
| May 1, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
150,000 |
18.85 - 19.10 |
| Apr 26, 2006 |
Disposition (Non Open Market) |
20,000 |
n/a |
| Apr 11, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
14.34 |
| Apr 5, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
50,000 |
15.55 |
| Apr 4, 2006 |
Automatic Sell |
25,000 |
15.70 |
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Margaret L. Taylor has served on our board of directors since April 2000. Ms. Taylor has served as President of PeopleSoft Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of PeopleSoft, Inc., a provider of enterprise application software, since December 1999, as managing partner of B3Ventures, an investment management firm, since November 1999, and as President of Nevada Pacific Development Corp., a consulting services firm, from 2000 to 2003. From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Taylor served as the Chief Executive Officer of Venture Builders, LLC, a consulting company for start-up businesses. From 1989 to 1999, Ms. Taylor was the Senior Vice President of PeopleSoft. Prior to joining PeopleSoft in 1989, she served in various management positions for The Hibernia Bank of San Francisco, California and the Bank of California. Ms. Taylor also serves on the board of directors of Fair Isaac Corporation, a decision analytics company, and serves on the board of directors of two privately held companies. Ms. Taylor holds a B.A. degree in communications and psychology from Lone Mountain College.
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| Date |
Type |
Shares Traded |
Price Range |
| Dec 7, 2006 |
Sell |
21,666 |
17.05 - 17.28 |
| Dec 7, 2006 |
Sell |
22,220 |
17.24 |
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William J. Lansing has served on our board of directors since April 2000. Mr. Lansing has been Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of ValueVision Media, Inc., a direct marketing company, since December 2003. 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 ValueVision Media, Mr. Lansing serves on the board of directors of Digital River, Inc., an electronic commerce solutions provider. Mr. Lansing holds a B.A. degree in English from Wesleyan University and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University.
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Holdings: 158,333 shares
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| Date |
Type |
Shares Traded |
Price Range |
| Feb 8, 2008 |
Acquisition (Non Open Market) |
50,000 |
10.99 |
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Allen Snyder brings 30 years of high tech management experience to the RightNow board of directors. Snyder is currently the CEO of Aepona, the leading supplier of telecom service layer products and solutions.
A telecom and IT industry veteran, Snyder was the president and chief executive officer of Carrier Access Corporation. Snyder also served as chief operating officer for Openwave Systems Inc. In his role at Openwave Systems, Snyder was responsible for all product development and customer facing operations. His oversight included worldwide sales, partnerships, product strategy, product development, and service and support for 1000 of the company's 1400 employees.
Before joining Openwave, Snyder served as senior vice president of Oracle Support Services, Americas which included sales, service delivery and business management for approximately $1.8 billion of support services business. Before Oracle, he was vice president of operations, Worldwide Customer Services at Digital Equipment Corporation.
Snyder received an associate degree in electrical engineering from the Community College of USAF, and an Executive Management Development Certificate from Northeastern University.
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