Steven R. Springsteel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Steven R. Springsteel was appointed Chairman of Chordiant Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHRD) effective November 30, 2006. He joined Chordiant as President and Chief Executive officer February 1, 2006. Mr. Springsteel brings more than 20 years of experience in operational and financial management to his position. His accomplishments include the management of two successful IPO's and multiple mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Springsteel also has extensive experience in raising equity and debt funding totaling over $300 million in the public and private marketplaces, as well as formulating and implementing complex business strategies. He has a demonstrated record of recruiting and building strong organizations.
His most recent experience was at Verity (Nasdaq: VRTY), where he served as president and chief financial officer. At Verity, he grew a profitable business through five acquisitions and ultimately guided the sale of the company for a 72% premium in an all-cash transaction to Autonomy Corporation. He joined Verity in 2003 from Sagent Technology (SGNT), an enterprise business intelligence software company, where he served from 2001 to 2003 as chief operating officer (COO) and CFO.
Mr. Springsteel's background includes serving from 1996 to 2000 as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Chordiant Software through its initial public offering in February 2000. He has been a member of Chordiant's Board of Directors since 2004 and has chaired both its Audit and Compensation Committees during his tenure as an independent board member.
Mr. Springsteel has been a member of the board of directors of three public companies and has headed both audit and compensation committees of those public company boards.
A frequent speaker on financial issues, Mr. Springsteel has appeared on CNBC and other business media outlets as well as at financial industry conferences.
Mr. Springsteel holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Cleveland State University.
Peter Norman Chief Financial Officer
Peter Norman was named chief financial officer of Chordiant Software in March of 2006. Pete joined Chordiant in August 2004 as director of finance and was named vice president and corporate controller in March 2005. Prior to Chordiant, he spent 12 years as a senior manager in the audit practice of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. He also served in senior financial and operational positions with several private companies. Mr. Norman holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, cum laude, from Humboldt State University with a major in accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Jim St. Jean Vice President of Worldwide Engineering
Jim St. Jean carries responsibility for all engineering activities for both US and offshore operations. Mr. St. Jean has provided important leadership for Chordiant in defining and executing on our applications strategy, including Chordiant's vertical applications initiative. He also leads our internal patent committee and has provided important leadership in Chordiant's acquisition and integration strategy. Mr. St. Jean joined Chordiant in 2000 when the company he formed in 1999 (White Spider) was acquired by Chordiant. Before his promotion, Jim served as Chordiant's vice president of applications and before that as vice president of design and architecture.
Prior to his tenure at Chordiant, Mr. St. Jean was vice president and chief architect of Vantive Corporation. He was also one of the founders of Innovative Computer Concepts (ICC). At ICC he served in several management positions including director of development and vice president of development. Mr. St. Jean also served in various development, development management and project management roles with Raytheon Corporation and Lockheed Corporation.
Mr. St. Jean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire.
Frank Florence Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Frank Florence is responsible for overseeing Chordiant's marketing strategy, branding and new market development. Mr. Florence has served in senior marketing positions at a number of the top innovators in the software industry. He joined Chordiant from Dorado Corporation, a leader in Web services-based applications for home lending, where he served as senior vice president of marketing and corporate development. He joined Dorado in 2003 to lead the company's positioning and product strategy initiatives.
Prior to Dorado, Mr. Florence was senior vice president of marketing for InStranet, Inc., an enterprise software start-up company. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Florence held senior management positions at Interwoven, Inc., an enterprise content management company.
Mr. Florence also served in senior management positions at SmartDB, Inc., an enterprise application integration company; Parallax Graphics, Inc., a leader in high-end networked digital video, and Dataquest, Inc., a worldwide technology marketing research firm. Mr. Florence holds a bachelor's degree and a master's of business administration degree from Santa Clara University.
P.K. Karnik Vice President and General Manager, Professional Services
Prashant K. (P.K.) Karnik joined Chordiant in August of 2006 as vice president & general manager, professional services. PK is responsible for worldwide customer delivery, implementation, and SI partner collaboration and training. PK is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience leading delivery teams and developing partner relationships in the technology and enterprise software markets. Prior to Chordiant, P.K. was senior vice president, services, for a solutions provider in the domestic financial services industry, where he managed a worldwide group of more than 150 professionals.
Previously he served in executive management positions with Datanautics (a.k.a Accrue Software), Aspect Communications, and Hewlett-Packard's Global Services organization. At Aspect P.K. led a global team of more than 350 consultants spanning 26 countries. Mr. Karnik holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT India, an MS in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University, and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University.
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