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FirePond Inc.

(FPND) is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.7M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Firepond (OTCBB: FPND) is the leading provider of multi-tenant, on-demand Configure-Price-Quote(tm) software that automates and simplifies product pricing and configuration for companies and helps these enterprises improve order accuracy while reducing their cost of sales. Firepond's sales solutions help companies to optimize their sales processes whether their need is to solve complex product or pricing configuration, create product catalogs or provide an interactive selling system and dramatically improve response time. Firepond solutions provide a rapid ROI through improved order accuracy (100% of submitted orders have accurate specifications and pricing), improved proposal generation time and high user acceptance.

President
Brad Sheafe
Number of Employees 40
Contact Information

11 Civic Center Plaza

Suite 310

Mankato, Minnesota 56001

www.firepond.co...

(866) 826-6344

NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499

Recent Events

  • Redback Networks Goes Live with Firepond's Configure-Price-Quote CPQ OnDemand Software

    10/18/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Redback Networks Goes Live with Fireponds Configure-Price-Quote CPQ OnDemand Software

    10/13/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

firepond inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Brad Sheafe President
Bill Stelt Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Carol Ferrari Vice President, Marketing and Inside Sales
Craig Christiansen Vice President of Technology and Implementation
Jerry Keefe Vice President of Operations
Jim Scheper Vice President of Sales
Stephen Peary Vice President and General Counsel

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Audrey Spangenberg Chairman
Frank Knuettel Board of Directors
Scott Kline Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. President Current

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Firepond, Inc. Controller Former
Firepond, Inc. Consultant Former

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Vice President, Marketing and Inside Sales Current

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Vice President of Technology and Implementation Current
Firepond, Inc. Head of Research & Development Former

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Vice President of Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Vice President of Sales Current

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Vice President and General Counsel Current
Firepond, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Chairman Current

Frank Knuettel, II - Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining InfoSearch Media in March 2005, Mr. Knuettel co-founded Internet Machines Corporation, where he held several positions, including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. While at Internet Machines Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company developing chips for high-speed communications devices, Mr. Knuettel raised almost $90 million in equity and debt, managed significant internal growth and ultimately led the sale of the business to IDT Corp. in 2004. Before founding Internet Machines in January 2000, Mr. Knuettel was the CFO/COO of Viking Systems, a developed or enterprise resource management systems targeted at the management of non-profit fundraising operations. As CFO/COO, Mr. Knuettel led the company through a Chapter XI reorganization and managed the post-bankruptcy Series A financing. Prior to his position at Viking, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fightertown Entertainment, Inc. in Lake Forest, California. While at Fightertown, he was responsible for the development of the company's strategic and expansion plans as well as all financial operations. During his tenure, Fightertown's revenues quadrupled in two years. Mr. Knuettel is a cum laude graduate in Economics from Tufts University and received an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Organization Position Status
Infosearch Media, Inc. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
IP Commerce Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Firepond, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Internet Machines Corporation CEO Former
Internet Machines Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Viking Systems, Inc. Cfo, Coo Former
Internet Machines Corporation Founder Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania MBA In Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Former
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Mba In Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Former
Tufts University Graduate, Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Firepond, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Harvard Law School J.D., cum laude Former
Yale University B.A., summa cum laude Former
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