Driving our Strategy & Performance
Dr. Steve Garnett, Chairman
Steve Garnett is one of the most pre-eminent figures in the European software industry. Steve has been a member of the executive management team of three software start-ups that have become some of the most successful software companies in history. Steve started his career joining Oracle Corporation in 1986. He held various technical and sales positions including Director of UK sales, Vice President European Marketing & Alliances and was the youngest member of the European management team.
In 1996, Steve joined Siebel Systems as Vice President of Europe and a member of the founders circle. During his tenure, Siebel grew in eight years, from 100 employees to become the worlds 5th largest software company with 8,000 employees and a $60bn market capitalisation at its peak.
Read More about Steve Garnett »Stephen Kelly
Over the last 25 years, Stephen Kelly has an impressive track record of delivering outstanding company growth and increased shareholder value. He has held numerous Board positions and performed Executive Operational roles for market-leading software companies.
Stephen started his career joining Oracle Corporation in 1987. Here he held various leadership positions and during his employment at Oracle the company grew to become the world’s 2nd largest software company. In 1997, Stephen joined Chordiant and took over as CEO in 2002. During a 9-year tenure the company grow rapidly from a small start-up, and Stephen was the driving force behind this growth.
Read More about Stephen Kelly »Craig Probert
Craig Probert has over 30 years experience of delivering superior sales and leadership success across Europe. Craig has held numerous Executive and Operational roles at market-leading software companies, where he has consistently delivered exceptional revenue growth.
Prior to joining the CloudApps board, Craig was Managing Director for EMEA at Chordiant Software. His 9-year tenure saw him build a European team that delivered outstanding growth and a class-leading focus on customer service. During this time Chordiant was named as a top-50 fastest growing company, having achieved growth from zero to $75m in revenues in less than 5 years.
Read More about Craig Probert »David Back
David Back has over 20 years experience of delivering outstanding commercial and technology leadership success. David has held numerous Executive leadership positions at the worlds highest-growth and most successful technology companies, including salesforce.com, Siebel Systems and Oracle Corporation.
Prior to joining the CloudApps board, David was European CTO at salesforce.com, providing a focal point of technology leadership for the company’s strategic customers and prospects.
Read More about David Back »Peter Grant, CEO
Peter is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CloudApps, bringing over fifteen years experience in software sales and marketing success to the role.
Prior to joining CloudApps, Peter was CEO at Actant, producers of derivatives trading platforms, where he transformed the company from an engineering-led focus to a customer-centric focus, bringing to market a major product update to stimulate significant revenue growth.
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Steve joined Salesforce.com in 2003, to head up European operations and be part of the global executive team. He helped take salesforce.com public in 2004 and the company has been recognised as one of the most innovative and disruptive companies by leading market analysts and commentators.
He has a degree in mathematics and a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester.
Steve is committed to using his resources to produce positive social change for disadvantaged children. He is a board member at TeachFirst an organisation focused on eradication of educational disadvantage in inner city schools in the UK.
In 2006 Stephen took the role of CEO at troubled software giant Micro Focus. Stephen led the transformation and guided Micro Focus into achieving a position in the top 200 UK public companies by market value.
Stephen is an honors graduate of Business Administration from Bath University.
Stephen has also found time in his busy schedule to spearhead the IT Manifesto to the UK Government.
Prior to Chordiant Software, Craig managed the European operation of Tenfold. and held various executive leadership positions at Oracle Corporation, including General Manager of the Financial Services sector.
Craig is an honors graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Middlesex University and holds a number of board advisory roles.
Prior to salesforce.com, David was Director Sales Consulting at Siebel Systems, where he was responsible for developing the European Pre-Sales and Vertical Product Management teams. During his tenure, the company grew across five years from 100 employees to become the worlds 5th largest software company with over 8,000 employees and a $60bn market capitalisation. In recognition of his tremendous contribution to the success of the European business David was nominated to the Siebel Founders Circle, a small highly select group of key contributors.
David has a BSc (Eng) and an MSc (Eng) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and holds a number of board advisory roles.
Prior to Actant, Peter was VP, Worldwide Sales for Tideway Systems where he drove a 500% increase in customer acquisition, paving the way for their acquisition by BMC Software.
Peter also previously held the position of UK Managing Director at salesforce.com where he led the team to a 400% increase in revenue growth and as Global Account Director, helped Siebel Systems become the fastest growing software company in history.
Prior to this Peter was responsible for spectacular growth as New Technology Sales Manager for ICL Fujitsu.
