Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 31, 2000
KATHERINE K. CLARK is President and Chief Executive Officer of Landmark
Systems Corporation, a company she co-founded in 1983 with Patrick H.
McGettigan, Chairman of the Board. Landmark provides software products
and services to help manage and optimize the performance of large-scale
computer systems. Today, Landmark has 300 employees worldwide with
headquarters in Reston, Virginia and has sales offices throughout the
US, Europe, and Asia. Revenues for 1998 were more than $51 million.
Highlights of Ms. Clark's career include: co-authoring the company's
first software product; developing an international distribution channel
that accounts for a large percentage of Landmark's revenue; establishing
the industry's first unconditional customer satisfaction guarantee;
Expanding Landmark's product line into a complete suite of performance
solutions for the enterprise and; taking the company public in 1997. Ms.
Clark holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from George
Mason University. She actively supports George Mason University and is
the Chair of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. In 1996, Ms.
Clark was recognized as George Mason Alumnus of the Year and she
received the KPMG Peat Marwick High Tech Entrepreneur Award. In 1998,
she was honored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council with the
Earle C. Williams Leadership in Technology Award and the Ernst & Young
Software Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Ms. Clark currently is a member
of the Executive Committee of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce where she
serves as Vice Chair for membership, and was recently appointed to the
position of Vice Chairperson for a congressional commission studying the
Twenty-First Century Workforce. She serves on the Board of Directors for
ENSCO, Inc., and for WLR Foods, Inc. and is also a popular speaker at
technical forums and throughout the national and international business
community. Ms. Clark dedicates many hours to being the best both
professionally and personally. She enjoys biking, running, golfing and
sailing and is also a driving force behind Landmark's corporate outreach
program. Profile
Ms. Clark: Landmark provides software and services that help
organizations manage the performance of their critical
