Sam Spadafora

SAM SPADAFORA who leads the management team of Chordiant Software, Inc.,
as Chairman, has more than 30 years of high-technology management
experience and a proven track record in successfully developing early-
stage companies. Before joining Chordiant, Mr. Spadafora was with Sun
Microsystems as Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for the
microelectronics business. He was responsible for customer and OEM
relationships, field sales and marketing, customer engineering and
service in support of the SPARC, Java processor and Java embedded
consumer product lines. During that time, Mr. Spadafora led the growth
of a worldwide customer base and increased industry acceptance of SPARC
and Java-based technologies and revenues. Mr. Spadafora served as Senior
Vice President and General Manager of Field Operations for the Santa
Cruz Operation. He was also previously a key executive for Altos
Computer Systems where he was Senior Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, and Memorex where he was Vice President of US sales
operations. Mr. Spadafora holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from
Eastern Michigan University.