Ray Hood

Chairman of the Board

Ray has over twenty five years’ experience as chief executive of enterprise software companies. He has led firms in “hyper growth” and those needing turn-arounds and a strategy refresh. Ray is an expert team builder with the ability to quickly assemble, motivate and lead talented professionals to transform small and midsize software firms into global players. His experience includes six years as CEO of an international, publicly traded software firm, he founded the company and guided it from the “bootstrap” stage through a successful IPO as a leading provider of supply chain software. Ray is also an experienced operator with sophisticated sales, technology, and financial skills and a track record of successful M&A and capital raising from venture capital firms and private equity. He has unique skills for technology companies seeking to scale out of the “black hole” – revenues from $40m to $100m – and become global enterprises of $250m+.