Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 27, 2004
ROBERT SMITH is President & CEO of Aligo Inc. With more than 20 years of
software sales and executive management experience, Bob leverages his
expertise to lead Aligo's strategic vision as well as oversee all
operations. He was most recently President and CEO of Harmony Software
Inc., a business performance management software company. While at
Harmony, Bob built a new management team, closed $22 million in venture
capital, brought Harmony's .NET product to market and significantly grew
sales, adding customers such as Chevron, Texaco, Mitsui, Ernst & Young
LLP, Microsoft, Barclay's and Clarus Corporation. Prior to Harmony, Bob
was vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Be Inc. where he
built a reseller and retail channel for the BeOS platform that
significantly grew revenue, won Fortune 500 customers and OEM partners
including Compaq and Sony. He has held several other sales leadership
positions at software companies including Decisionism, which was
acquired by Broadbase/Kana, Ardent Software, now Ascential Software and
Knowledgeware. Bob holds a B.S. in Computer Sciences from Colorado State
University and completed his Masters work at Regis College in Denver
Colorado. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief history of your company and an overview of yourtechnology and products?
Mr. Smith: Aligo is a mobile enterprise software company located in
Northern California. Our