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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

More Fortune 1000 companies entrust KnowNow to deliver enterprise-class Web 2.0 solutions that increase timely and profitable business decisions than any other vendor. By allowing users to specify the information they want delivered, when and where they want it, as it happens, KnowNow unlocks and delivers the most critical information to create unprecedented business opportunities.

President and CEO
Michael Terner
Number of Employees 5
Contact Information

Massachusetts

www.knownow.com

1 877 561 5669

NAICS Code All Other Publishers: 511199

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael Terner President and CEO
Todd Rulon-Miller CEO
Ron Rasmussen Chief Technical Officer
James Fiorda Vice President, Marketing
Sam Weber Vice President of Technical Services
Sean Martin Vice President of Product Management
Adam Rifkin founder
Arnold Testa
George Lin
Jeff Karras Team Member
Keith Mallonee
Ken Boyd
Steve Zoppi
Todd Rulon
William Hodges
David Stastny Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
James P. Gauer Board Member
Kevin Compton Board Member
Kip Sheeline Board Member

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. President and CEO Current

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. CEO Current
Knownow, Inc. President Current
Lydian Academy, LLC Board of Directors Current
Netscape Communications Corporation Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales & Services Former
Netscape Network Senior Vice President of World, wide Sales Former
Tandem Inc. Vice President of North American Sales Former
Princeton University BA Former

Chief Technical Offcer & Vice President, Product Development, KnowNow, Inc. Ron Rasmussen serves as Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Product Development for KnowNow, Inc. He brings over 20 years experience delivering distributed enterprise class infrastructure solutions. Prior to joining KnowNow, Mr. Rasmussen served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Digital Impact Inc., where he was responsible for the development of hosted enterprise applications used for direct marketing by the Fortune 500. He also led the successful development and delivery of the company's first end-user marketing automation application-IMPACT. Before that, Mr. Rasmussen served as Vice President of Product Development -Server Products Group at SCO. While there, he led product development for both new and existing server software, driving the development of the company's top revenue-generating OpenServer product line. Prior to SCO, Mr. Rasmussen spent 8 years as an engineer and architect at Hewlett-Packard, developing compilers and prototyping distributed software development environments. Mr. Rasmussen holds a B.A. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California , Santa Cruz .

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Chief Technical Officer Current
Knownow, Inc. Vice President of Product Development Current
Hewlett-Packard Company engineer Former
University of California Santa Cruz B.A. in Economics Former
University of California B.A. In Computer Science Former

James Fiorda brings over 10 years of technology sales and marketing experience to KnowNow. As Vice President of Marketing, Mr. Fiorda is responsible for the marketing strategy and corporate positioning of KnowNow's Enterprise 2.0 solutions. Most recently, Mr. Fiorda led marketing strategy for Sigma Dynamics where he was responsible for the marketing strategy and corporate positioning of Sigma Dynamics' customer experience management (CEM) solutions. Prior to joining Sigma Dynamics, Mr. Fiorda led the product marketing strategy for the PeopleSoft CRM Marketing and Analytics suite. Prior to PeopleSoft, Mr. Fiorda led the product marketing strategy behind E.piphany's marketing solutions, notably Interaction Advisor and Campaign Management, which achieved market leadership status during his tenure. Mr. Fiorda holds a masters degree in business administration with a focus on international business, and a B.S. in marketing management from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current
Sigma Dynamics, Inc. Manager Former
PeopleSoft, Inc. Manager Former
Illinois Institute of Technology B.S. In Marketing Management Former

As Vice President of Technical Services, Sam Weber is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the company's Technical Sales, Professional Services, and Support operations. He brings extensive experience in enterprise software sales, pre-sales, support and professional services to KnowNow. Most recently, Mr. Weber served as Director of Technical Sales at E.piphany where he managed the global Technical Sales team in delivering pre- and post-sales support to strategic global accounts. Prior to direct sales management, Mr. Weber was Director of Channels Sales Consulting, responsible for all channel pre-sales activities at E.piphany. Mr. Weber has also held various technical management roles at Clarify and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Sam received his B.S. from the University of California at Davis.

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Vice President of Technical Services Current
Enterprise 2.0 Conference Current
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Former
University of California, Davis B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Vice President of Product Management Current
PeopleSoft, Inc. Former
Eastern Michigan University B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. founder Current
4K Associates Former

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Levensohn Venture Partners General Partner Current
Shotspotter, Inc. Observer Current
Veraz Networks, Inc. Team Member Current
Knownow, Inc. Team Member Current
Informative, Inc. Team Member Current
Reconnex Corporation Team Member Current
Rapt, Inc. Team Member Current
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Group Product Marketing Manager Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers Principal Consultant Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers Principal Consultant Former
Symbol Technologies, Inc. Board Member Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania MBA Former
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania MBA Former
University of Virginia BS In Commerce Former

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Current
McKesson Corporation Chief Privacy Executive Former

Organization Position Status
Devine Capital Partners, LLC Chief Information Officer Current
Knownow, Inc. Current
Read-Rite Corporation Chief Information Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Current
Netscape Network Senior Vice President of World, wide Sales Former
Tandem Inc. Vice President of North American Sales Former
Princeton University BA Former

Organization Position Status
Knownow, Inc. Current
Access Software Vice President of Sales and Business Development Former
The Kirchman Corporation Vice President of Sales Former
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Science Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Palomar Ventures Managing Director Current
Realops, Inc Managing Director, Palomar Ventures Current
American River Ventures Managing Director Current
Larta Institute Technology Investment Committee Current
Palomar Ventures Partner Former
Intersperse, Inc. Board Member Current
Cerebra, Inc. Board Member Current
Knownow, Inc. Board Member Current
webMethods, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Composite Software, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Wiquest Director Current
Realops, Inc Board of Directors Current
Dorado Corporation Board Member Current
Lombardi Software, Ltd Board of Directors Current
Alterpoint, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lombardi Software, Inc. Board Member Current
Enterprisepartners Managing Director Former
Palomar Ventures Founder Former
Enterprisepartners General Partner Former
Enterprise Partners Venture Capital General Partner Former
Computer Sciences Corporation Computer Scientist Former
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Former
Strix Systems, Inc. Former
Micron Company, Inc. Former
Netscape Communications Corporation Former
Stonefly Networks, Inc. Former
Technicom Corporation Director Former
Borland Software Corporation Investor Former
ISOCOR Investor Former
Efficient Networks, Inc. Investor Former
The Johns Hopkins University Ph.D Former
Seton Hall University CPA Former
University of California, Los Angeles BA In Mathematics Former

Organization Position Status
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner Current
Kodiak Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Intersperse, Inc. Intersperse Board Member Current
Xensource, Inc. Board Member Current
VeriSign, Inc. Director Current
Knownow, Inc. Board Member Current
Businessland Vice President Former
Businessland General Manager Former
SkyTel Corp. Former
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Former
Citrix Systems, Inc. Director Former
Global Village Investor Former
Audible, Inc. Investor Former
ONI Systems Investor Former

Organization Position Status
Levensohn Venture Partners Managing Director Current
Publicprivatepartnerships.Org Managing Director, Levensohn Venture Partners Current
Levensohn Venture Partners Managing Partner Current
Caymas Board Member Current
Knownow, Inc. Board Member Current
Pactel Corporation Managing Director Former
Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC Managing Director Former
Summit Accelerator Fund Co-Founder Former
Network Solutions LLC Internet Banker Former
Netscape Communications Corporation Internet Banker Former
UUNET Internet Banker Former
Oracle Corporation Software Development and International Marketing Former
Summit Partners Former
Rapt, Inc. Board Member Former
Stanford University School of Medicine PhD In Psychoacoustics Former
Stanford University Master's Degrees In Computer Music Former
Stanford University Bachelor's Former

Mr. Stastny has been involved in achieving positive liquidity events on 16 portfolio companies including (1) BuyDirect acquired by Beyond.com [BYND], (2) CyberGold [CGLD] completed its initial public offering (IPO) then was acquired by United Airlines Mileage Plus, (3) Panopticon completed a merger with Kana/Broadbase Software [KANA], (4) Hotpaper has completed a merger with GoAmerica [GOAM], (5) Lara Networks has completed a merger with Cypress Semiconductor [CY], (6) Epicentric was acquired by Vignette [VIGN], (7) BlueStar Solutions acquired by Affiliated Computer Systems (ACS), (8) AppShop was acquired by US Internetworking Inc., USinternetworking was acquired by AT&T [T], (9) GlobalSight was acquired by Transware PLC, (10) Netbotz was acquired by APC [APCC] and (11) Market Wire was acquired by CCNMatthews Company.

Organization Position Status
Osprey Ventures L.P Managing Director Current
GKM Ventures Managing Director Current
Netbotz, Inc. Current
Wine.com, Inc. Investor Current
Knownow, Inc. Investor Current
Netformx, Ltd. Investor Current
Ellie Mae Inc. Investor Current
Market Wire, Inc. Investor Current
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Managing Director Former
SoundView Technology Group, Inc. Managing Director Former
Robertson, Stephens & Company Managing Director Former
Netwise LLC co-founder Former
Osprey Ventures L.P founder Former
Osprey Ventures L.P Manager Former
ROLM Corporation operating manager Former
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. senior investment banking position Former
Robertson, Stephens & Company senior investment banking position Former
American Hospital Supply Corporation operating executive Former
ROLM Corporation operating executive Former
Panopticon, Inc. Investor Former
Lara Networks, Inc. Investor Former
Cybergold, Inc. Investor Former
Global Sight Corporation Investor Former
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