Board of Directors – Central Desktop

Today I’m proud to announce that John Greathouse has joined our Board of Directors at Central Desktop. 

John is a highly successful and versatile entrepreneur and advisor that has lived and worked in the trenches of many successful companies (Citrix Online (CTXS), Computer Motion (RBOT) and CallWave (CALL) just to name a few).  His experience goes far beyond the start-up stage and reaches deep into the expansion and growth stages of companies and ends with acquisition and IPO experience.

In short, John’s experience spans companies from the cradle to “the grave” – so to speak – and epitomizes what I like to think of as the CFO 2.0 profile.  Over the years, in addition to overseeing Sales and Business Development, John spearheaded transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including Computer Motion’s initial public offering and the sale of Expertcity to Citrix for over $230M.

Arnulf and I came to know John a few years ago after being introduced through a mutual friend who is also a highly successful founder of a software company in Santa Barbara.  While John has been a friend and resource to us for several years now, him joining our board rings a strong endorsement to our company, our product and our happy customers.

We are very excited to have him on our Board and look forward to working with him even closer over the coming years.

Luckily for the rest of you, John not only shares his technology and entrepreneur experience with us – but also teaches New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Leadership at University of California Santa Barbara and writes a fantastic blog under the pseudonym of Uncle Saul where he doles out meaningful advice to startup entrepreneurs.  You can read the writings of Uncle Saul at http://www.infoChachkie.com.  As if it wasn’t enough, John is also a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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