Paul H. Salsgiver

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

Activant Solutions, Inc. provides business management solutions serving mid-market retailing and distributor. The company provides customers with industry-specific software, professional services, content, supply chain connectivity and analytics. It specializes in the automotive aftermarket, hard goods retailers, lumber and building materials dealers, industrial, electrical and plumbing supply houses. Activant Solutions was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Alignent Software, Inc. designs and develops software application. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Compassoft, Inc. provides enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance technology. It reduces non-compliance risk and increases reporting accuracy by identifying, retrieving, and documenting both visible and obscure sources of financial information stored on servers, desktops and notebooks distributed across the organization. The company was founded by Libby Alumbaugh and Libby Koehn in 2002 and is headquartered in Scotts Valley, CA.

Rubric, Inc. develops e-marketing automation applications. The company is based in Worcester, MA. The company was founded in 1994 by Anu Shukla, Hal Steger, Francoise Henderson, Ian A. Henderson. Francoise Henderson has been the CEO since 1994.

Part of Jaggaer LLC, HigherMarkets, Inc. develops e-procurement solutions. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Dorrian Porter. HigherMarkets was acquired by Jaggaer LLC on June 26, 2002 for $3.31 million.