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Market Cap:$804.9M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$360.3M
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Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability.

Chairman, President & CEO
Michael J. Saylor
Number of Employees 1,915
Contact Information

1861 International Drive

McLean, Virginia 22102

www.microstrate...

703-848-8600

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

Recent Events

  • Downs Incorporated Chooses MicroStrategy for Reporting and Analysis for its Online Wagering System

    12/02/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Reporting Suite Provides Seamless BI Reporting for Microsoft Analysis Services

    11/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Reporting Suite Provides Seamless BI Reporting for Microsoft Analysis Services Summary Free reporting software...

    11/26/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Churchill Downs Incorporated Chooses MicroStrategy for Reporting and Analysis for its Online...

    11/18/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Saddle Creek Deploys MicroStrategy for Enhanced Reporting and Analytics

    11/12/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Systeme U Selects MicroStrategy as its Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform

    11/05/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • MicroStrategy BI License Revenues Up 39%

    10/30/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Set New High For Year Friday

    11/02/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Roth Capital Upgrades MicroStrategy MSTR to Buy

    9/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • BRIEF-MicroStrategy names Douglas Thede CFO

    9/18/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Selected by LHS Aktiengesellschaft, Part of the Ericsson Group, to Support its Management Information...

    9/18/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • 99 Cents Only StoresR Selects MicroStrategy as its Enterprise Reporting Standard MicroStrategy Teams with Netezza...

    9/10/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Societe Generale selects BI software from MicroStrategy

    9/07/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Farmer Brothers Selects MicroStrategy for Greater Insights into Operational Performance Integration of MicroStrategy and RapidDecision's...

    9/01/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Farmer Brothers Selects MicroStrategy for Greater Insights into...

    9/01/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Leading Canadian Insurer, Wawanesa, Chooses MicroStrategy as its Enterprise Business...

    8/06/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Patterson Companies Expands Deployment of MicroStrategy for Enhanced Reporting and Analytics

    7/23/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Arthur S. Locke CFO & Vice President, Finance
Jeffrey Bedell CTO & Vice President, Technology
Sanju K. Bansal COO & Executive Vice President
Adam M McDonald Vice President, Worldwide Services
John F. Klein General Counsel & Vice President, Law
Paul Zolfaghari Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Operations
Wende Cover Director, Public Relations
Claudia Cahill Manager, Marketing

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael J. Saylor Chairman, President & CEO
Carl J. Rickertsen Board of Directors
David W. LaRue Board of Directors
Jarrod M. Patten Board of Directors
Matthew W. Calkins Board of Directors
Robert H. Epstein Board of Directors
Thomas P. Spahr Board of Directors

Michael J. Saylor has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since founding MicroStrategy in November 1989 and as President from November 1989 to November 2000 and since January 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Saylor was employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a Venture Manager from 1988 to 1989 and by Federal Group, Inc. as a consultant from 1987 to 1988. Mr. Saylor received an S.B. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and an S.B. in Science, Technology and Society from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Current
Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. in Aeronautics and Astronautics Former

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. CFO & Vice President, Finance Current
Alarm.Com, Incorporated Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer Current
Export-Import Services Inc. Corporate Controller Former
American University Bachelor of Science In Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Alarm.Com, Incorporated Vice President, Technology and Chief Technology Officer Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. CTO & Vice President, Technology Current
Dartmouth College B.A. in Religion Former

Sanju K. Bansal has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 1993 and was previously Vice President, Consulting since joining MicroStrategy in 1990. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since September 1997 and has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2000. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Bansal was a consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, a worldwide technical and management consulting firm, from 1987 to 1990. Mr. Bansal received an S.B. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. COO & Executive Vice President Current
Exeros, Inc. Executive Vice President and Coo, Microstrategy Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Exeros, Inc. Board of Directors Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. Executive Vice President, Operations Former
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Consultant Former
Duke University Medical Center Former
The Johns Hopkins University M.S. In Computer Science Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. in Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Alarm.Com, Incorporated Vice President, Worldwide Services Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Services Current
Dartmouth College B.A. In History Former

Jonathan F. Klein has served as Vice President, Law and General Counsel since November 1998 and as Corporate Counsel from June 1997 to November 1998. From September 1993 to June 1997, Mr. Klein was an appellate litigator with the United States Department of Justice. Mr. Klein received a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. General Counsel & Vice President, Law Current
Jupiter Partners, LLC Partner Current
Hickory Farms, Inc. Director Current
The Home Service Store, Inc. Director Current
Pca International, Inc. Director Current
Price Waterhouse & Co. Manager, Corporate Turnaround Group Former
Bain & Company Case Team Leader Former
The University of Michigan Law School J.D. Former
Harvard Law School J.D. Former
Amherst College B.A. Former

Paul Zolfaghari has served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Operations since August 2006, where he is the executive officer responsible for global sales, field operations, and business affairs. Prior to this position, Mr. Zolfaghari served as Vice President, Worldwide Business Affairs from March 2005 to August 2006 where he reported to the CEO with direct responsibility for MicroStrategy’s worldwide business and customer relationships. He also served as Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO from July 2003 to March 2005, as Chief of Staff to the CEO from November 2000 to July 2003, and as Assistant to the President and CEO from November 1999 to November 2000. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Zolfaghari was an attorney for the United States Department of Justice and in private practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Zolfaghari received a B.A. in English from Gettysburg College in 1986 and received his J.D. with Honors from the University of Pittsburgh in

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Operations Current
Alarm.Com, Incorporated Vice President, Worldwide Sales&Operations Current
Litton Industries Former
University of Pittsburgh J.D. Former
Gettysburg College B.A. In English Former

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Director, Public Relations Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. Director, Public Relations Former

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Manager, Marketing Current

Carl J. Rickertsen has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since October 2002. Mr. Rickertsen is currently managing partner of Pine Creek Partners, a private equity investment firm, a position he has held since January 2004. From January 1998 until January 2004, Mr. Rickertsen was chief operating officer and a partner at Thayer Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm. From September 1994 until January 1998, Mr. Rickertsen was a managing partner at Thayer. Mr. Rickertsen was a founding partner of three Thayer investment funds totaling over $1.4 billion and is a published author. Mr. Rickertsen is also a member of the board of directors of Convera Corporation, a publicly-traded search-engine software company, United Agri Products, a distributor of farm and agricultural products, and Homeland Security Capital Corporation, a consolidator in the fragmented homeland security industry. Mr. Rickertsen received a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

David W. LaRue, Ph.D. has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since February 2006. Dr. LaRue was a member of the accounting faculty of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce for twenty-five years prior to his retirement in May 2008. Dr. LaRue has published several technical and policy articles in prominent tax and accounting journals and has testified on tax policy issues before the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Treasury Department. Dr. LaRue currently serves as an independent consultant on matters involving tax, accounting, and financial issues. He has been recognized as an expert witness in accounting, taxation, finance, and/or economics by the U.S. Tax Court, the Federal Claims Court, and several Federal District Courts.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Jarrod M. Patten has been a member of the Board of Directors of Microstrategy since November 2004. In 1996, Mr. Patten founded RRG and has served as the president and chief executive officer since inception. RRG is an independent international consulting firm specializing in the development and implementation of enterprise-wide cost control strategies that heighten operational controls, increase transparency, ensure cost compliance and extend cost accountability for RRG’s geographically diverse client base. Mr. Patten received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy from the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Matthew W. Calkins (34) has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since November 2004. In 1999, Mr. Calkins founded Appian Corporation, a privately-held business process management company, where he has served as the president and chief executive officer since its founding. Mr. Calkins received a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College.

Organization Position Status
Appian Corporation Chief Executive Officer Current
Appian Corporation Chairman Current
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Dartmouth College B.A. In Economics Former

Robert H. Epstein has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since January 2006. Mr. Epstein is currently president and chief executive officer of Takeda Lace USA, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japan-based textile manufacturer Takeda Lace Co., Ltd., a position he has held since May 2002. From October 2001 until May 2002, Mr. Epstein pursued various business opportunities, including serving as a consultant for Warnaco Inc., an apparel manufacturer. From June 1978 until October 2001, Mr. Epstein served in various positions at textile manufacturer Liberty Fabrics of New York, Inc., concluding his tenure as Division President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Epstein received a B.S. in Psychology from Columbia University and did coursework at the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Thomas P. Spahr has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since January 2006. Mr. Spahr is currently president of Libra Ventures, LLC, a start-up web based applications design company, a position he has held since November 2004. Since February 2004, Mr. Spahr has also been serving as Vice President, Secretary, and Vice President of Business Development for Jex Technologies, Inc., a technology company focusing on automating health care logistics. From June 2001 until February 2004, Mr. Spahr was an independent investor. From 1996 until June 2001, Mr. Spahr served in various positions at MicroStrategy, concluding his tenure as Vice President, Information Systems and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Spahr received an S.B. Degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Organization Position Status
MicroStrategy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • KMWorld Names Appian BPM Suite "Trend-Setting Product 2009"

    DMN Newswire - 8/24/09 - View Story

  • LinkedIn Chooses MicroStrategy as its Enterprise BI Provider

    ebizQ.net - 7/20/09 - View Story

  • Archer Technologies Names Adam McDonald Senior Vice President of Services

    TradingMarkets - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • Archer Technologies Names Adam McDonald Senior Vice President of Services

    Yahoo! Canada - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • Archer Technologies Names Adam McDonald Senior Vice President of Services

    Market Wire - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • LinkedIn Chooses MicroStrategy as its Enterprise Business...

    MSN Money - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • LinkedIn Chooses MicroStrategy as its Enterprise Business Intelligence Provider World's Largest Professional Network to Use MicroStrategy for Enhanced Insights into Member Dynamics

    DMN Newswire - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Selected As LinkedIn's Enterprise Business Intelligence Provider - Quick Facts

    RTTNews.com - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • LinkedIn Chooses MicroStrategy as its Enterprise Business Intelligence Provider

    Globe Investor - 7/15/09 - View Story

  • MicroStrategy to Host Informational Events in India

    Reuters - 7/09/09 - View Story

  • MicroStrategy to Host Informational Events in India

    PR Newswire - 7/09/09 - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Announces Enhanced Support for Data Mining Services

    Reuters - 7/07/09 - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Announces Enhanced Support for Data Mining Services

    PR Newswire - 7/07/09 - View Story

  • MicroStrategy Announces Availability of Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards on the Amazon Kindle DX

    PR Newswire - 7/01/09 - View Story

  • Aster Data Systems Announces Industry's Most Cost-Effective Massively Parallel (MPP) Data Warehouse Appliance

    DMN Newswire - 6/29/09 - View Story

  • Aster Data Systems Announces Industry's Most Cost-Effective Massively Parallel (MPP) Data Warehouse Appliance

    Reuters - 6/29/09 - View Story

  • Heartland Payment Systems Selects MicroStrategy to Deliver Enhanced Reporting Capabilities...

    Reuters - 6/25/09 - View Story

  • Heartland Payment Systems Selects MicroStrategy to Deliver Enhanced Reporting Capabilities to...

    Forbes.com - 6/25/09 - View Story

  • Heartland Payment Systems Selects MicroStrategy to Deliver Enhanced Reporting Capabilities to its Customers

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 6/25/09 - View Story

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     MSTR $88.02 -1.10 (-1.23% )
Average Volume 133,289
Shares Outstanding 9.14M
Market Cap 804.9M
Year High 92.11
Year Low 31.81
Earnings Per Share 4.38
P/E Ratio 20.10
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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