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As senior vice president of marketing, Cliff Conneighton is responsible for driving the worldwide development, planning and execution of all marketing initiatives for ATG.
Cliff has over 25 years of experience in the software industry, including many high profile leadership positions. He was a founder and CEO of iCOMS, the world's first independent e-commerce service provider, which grew to serve thousands of on-line retailers, including some of the world's most prominent brands.
Cliff also led marketing for Lotus Notes at Lotus Development, driving the product from infancy to its position of dominance in the groupware market, with a half-billion dollar revenue stream and millions of users. For this effort, he won recognition by marketing guru Geoffrey Moore, who characterized it as "one of the most extraordinary marketing achievements in years", by Advertising Age Magazine with its "Marketer of the Year" award and by Tom Peters in the In Search of Excellence audiocassette series.
Before Lotus, Cliff was the vice president responsible for Gartner's largest software practice. In the mid 90's, as the founding VP of Marketing of BBN Planet (now part of Level 3 Communications), he was instrumental in starting one of the first and largest commercial Internet backbone providers. Earlier, he held product and marketing management positions at Texas Instruments and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Cliff is author of Venture Management Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Practical Guide to Stock, Finance and Contracts, which hit the number one position in the venture capital category on Amazon.com. He also chairs the New England Marketing Roundtable. | 