Peter Gassner is the visionary behind ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, one of the world¡¯s most successful and innovative cloud software companies. He pioneered the industry cloud category when he founded ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ in 2007 with the belief that vertical cloud software would be the next wave of cloud innovation. Today, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ helps more than 1,000 life sciences companies bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.
With more than 30 years experience at leading technology companies, Peter has been at the forefront of every major transition in enterprise software, from the mainframe at IBM Silicon Valley Lab, to client-server at PeopleSoft, the cloud at Salesforce, and industry cloud software at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. He was a key visionary force behind three of the industry¡¯s most successful enterprise application platforms: ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Vault, the Salesforce Platform, and PeopleTools.
Peter is an advocate for corporate social responsibility, customer success, and employee success. Driven by a belief that companies have a duty to serve society, not just shareholders, he led the effort for ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to become a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). With a focus on employee rights he has taken a strong which restrict employees¡¯ basic freedom to change jobs.
Through his leadership, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has been widely recognized as one of the world¡¯s top growth companies, including the , , and .
Peter currently serves on the board of directors of ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ and Zoom, and served on the board of directors of Guidewire Software from 2015 to 2019. He holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Oregon State University.