Accomplished Startup CEO and Former Oracle and Apple SVP Joins PBwiki's
Executive Team
SAN MATEO, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- PBwiki, the world's largest
provider of hosted business wikis, today announced that Jim Groff has
joined the company as chief executive officer. Groff brings over 25 years
of experience as a senior operating executive with a proven track record of
successfully guiding companies through rapid growth to the #1 position in
their industry. As CEO, Groff will help PBwiki continue to strengthen its
leadership in the collaboration market.
"Customers tell me they get immediate business impact, often within
days, from using PBwiki for project management, corporate intranets,
knowledgebases and other applications," said Groff. "With our
Software-as-a-Service business model and industry-leading ease of use, it's
easy to get started, and we often see an initial project success lead to a
second and a third project within weeks. With that kind of viral growth, we
have an exciting future, and I'm very excited to be a part of it."
Groff joins PBwiki from Oracle, where he was a senior vice president
following Oracle's 2005 acquisition of TimesTen, Inc., where he was
president and CEO. Prior to TimesTen, Groff held executive positions at
Apple Computer, which had acquired Network Innovations Corporation, a
company Groff founded. Prior to Network Innovations Corp, he held marketing
positions with Plexus Computers and Hewlett-Packard.
"Jim has such phenomenal experience launching and leading companies and
teams to tremendous growth and success," said David Weekly, founder and
chairman of PBwiki. "Combining Jim's years of enterprise software
experience with PBwiki's leadership in Enterprise 2.0 collaboration
technologies will be a terrific combination. We look forward to working
with him as we continue to bring the power of wikis and online
collaboration into the enterprise."
Groff, 55, has a B.S. in Mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and MBA from Harvard Business School. He is the author of
best-selling technical books, including Understanding UNIX: a Conceptual
Guide, and Using SQL.
About PBwiki, Inc.
PBwiki (http://www.pbwiki.com) is the world's largest provider of hosted
business wikis. PBwiki hosts over 500,000 wikis, serves millions of users
per month, and 94% of business users would recommend PBwiki to a friend.
Leading companies and organizations like Deloitte Digital, DePaul
University, and the FDA choose PBwiki to help them with knowledge
management, collaboration, project management, and a host of other business
processes and workflows. PBwiki's investors include Ron Conway and Mohr
Davidow Ventures.
PBwiki is a registered trademark of PBwiki, Inc.
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