Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 18, 2004

JIM HOWARD – CROWNPEAK TECHNOLOGY

JIM HOWARD is CEO of CrownPeak Technology. Jim's professional background combines extensive startup experience with years of software development and professional services delivery and management. As a Partner with USWeb/CKS, Howard sold and ran many of the company's largest projects. He later supervised all Business Development for the Southwest Region, where he personally generated more than $30 million in new business. Later, as Managing Executive of Operations for the Southwest Group of marchFIRST between Whittman-Hart and USWeb/CKS's southern operations. He successfully combined disparate management teams,financials systems, and operational components. Following the merger, Jim held the position of Executive Partner, where he managed a 700-person, five-office region. Howard left marchFIRST in early 2001 to help found CrownPeak Technology and develop Advantage CMS. After three years in operation, CrownPeak is the dominant company in the rapidly growing area of hosted content management. CrownPeak has been named as one of the 100 most influential companies in Online Content by Econtent Magazine, one of the top 20 ASPs in the world by ASPNews, and made finals in two categories of the prestigious Codie awards in 2003, for Best Content Management System and Best Software Service. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of what CrownPeak does.

Mr. Howard: CrownPeak offers Web Content Management as a software

service. Web Content Management is a software capability that