Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 5, 2000

Gregory Slayton – Clickaction Inc (clac)

GREGORY W. SLAYTON is President and Chief Executive Officer of ClickAction Inc. Mr. Slayton joined ClickAction Inc. in December 1997 when the company was MySoftware. Prior to ClickAction, Mr. Slayton was President and Director of ParaGraph International, a 100+ person Internet software leader that Mr. Slayton sold to Silicon Graphics in the summer of 1997. Prior to ParaGraph, Mr. Slayton co-founded Worlds Inc., where as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, he was responsible for all aspects of business strategy and operations. Prior to co-founding Worlds, Mr. Slayton was the Vice President of Business Development and Chief Financial Officer at Paramount Studio's High Technology Group. Mr. Slayton was responsible for the financial results of the Group, as well as Paramount's Venture Capital portfolio. Prior to Paramount, Mr. Slayton was a Senior Manager at McKinsey and Company, where he worked in McKinsey's Worldwide Multimedia Practice Group and served a number of Fortune 100 clients in the multimedia and telecoms industries. Mr. Slayton, a former Fulbright Scholar to East Asia, holds an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School, a Master's in Asian studies with Highest Honors from the University of the Philippines and a BA in Economics, Magna Cum Laude with Faculty Honors, from Dartmouth College. Mr. Slayton serves on a number of high tech Boards, including Quantum Corp., NetCreations Inc. and InTest Corp. He also serves on the Board of Opportunity International. Mr. Slayton is Chairman of Silicon Valley Bush-2000 for Governor George W. Bush. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief background on ClickAction, Inc.?

Mr. Slayton: ClickAction is a leader in the e-mail marketing space. We

provide systems and services for our 150-plus