Board of DirectorsThe Rainmaker Board of Directors brings a unique, and in many ways, unparalleled competitive advantage to the company. Their experience offers expertise across a broad range of disciplines, including finance, data, business management, technology and marketing.
Alok Mohan
Non-Executive Chairman |
As the former CEO of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO), a global leader in UNIX server host systems, Mr. Mohan brings a unique understanding of software companies and their need for the outsourced services that Rainmaker provides. At SCO, Mr. Mohan was responsible for day-to-day operations. Prior to joining SCO, he served 21 years at NCR in various positions, including Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Controller and General Manager of the billion-dollar Workstation Products Division. |
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Robert Leff
Director |
Robert Leff co-founded Merisel in 1980 and successfully developed this venture into a multi-billion dollar, multi-national computer products distributor. Mr. Leff is now a strategic and financial consultant to start-up and growth-stage companies in the personal computer industry. In 1988, Computer Reseller News named Mr. Leff one of the industry's 25 most-influential executives. |
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Mitchell Levy
Director |
Mitchell Levy has served as a director of Rainmaker Systems since 2004. He is the President and CEO of ECnow.com, a strategic management-consulting firm he founded in 1997, CEO of Happy About, and a partner in CEOnetworking. Mr. Levy is an author, consultant, educator, and evangelist of strategic management. As president of ECnow.com, he helps companies around the world change their business processes to fully integrate the Internet into how they conduct business. Mr. Levy is the author of four books, including "E-Volve-or-Die.com" and "Happy About Outsourcing" and is a frequent public speaker on business trends. Mr. Levy also serves as the Director of the Silicon Valley Executive Business Program. Previously, he was the conference chair at four Comdex conferences, founded and operated the E-Commerce Management Program at San Jose State University and spent nine years at Sun Microsystems, the last four of which he ran the E-Commerce component of Sun's Supply Chain. Mr. Levy holds a BS degree in Operations Research from the University of Miami and an MBA from the College of William and Mary. |
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Brad Peppard
Director |
Mr. Peppard is a pioneer in direct, online, and installed-base marketing of high technology products. As president of Monogram Software, Mr. Peppard built a successful direct sales operation that was critical to the company's successful turnaround. He was the founder of SoftMail Corporation, the first direct marketing agency specializing in installed-base marketing for high-tech companies. Since then, Mr. Peppard has held vice president of marketing positions at Software Publishing, Quarterdeck, and Aladdin Systems. Currently he serves on the board of Curatorial Assistance and Health For Life as well as the Stanford Business School Leadership Council and the Stanford Business School Alumni Association. Previously, he was also a board member of Oppenheimer Industries and Aladdin Systems. Mr. Peppard holds a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford University. |
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Michael Silton
Chief Executive Officer
Director |
Michael Silton founded Rainmaker in 1991 and has held the position of CEO since 1997. Prior to Rainmaker, Mr. Silton led marketing at MAI, a half billion dollar hardware manufacturer with an extensive services organization. Before that, he was COO of a private software company, which was the leading provider of ERP solutions to soft goods manufacturers. His early career included various management roles at software publishers and resellers. |
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