Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 22, 2002
GREG GIANFORTE is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of RightNow Technologies, Inc. Mr. Gianforte built
RightNow on his 15 years of success in the computer/Internet
industry, including 11 years with McAfee Associates and
Brightwork Development, a developer of network management
applications, which he founded in 1986. With 75 employees and
software installed on more than 150,000 Novell systems
nationwide, he sold the company to McAfee Associates in 1994.
Retained by McAfee, he grew the company's North American sales
operation from $25 million in revenues to more than $60 million
in less than a year. During Mr. Gianforte tenure, McAfee was
selected by Fortune magazine as one of the '10 Coolest Companies
in America,' based primarily on its Internet selling approach. He
holds a BE in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer
Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New
Jersey. Profile
Technologies and an overview of things as they are now?
Mr. Gianforte: RightNow Technologies is a software firm. We are
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