Dr. Rainer Gawlick

Vector Capital is a leading global private equity firm with over $3 billion under management specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses. At Vector I assist with improving the operational performance of portfolio companies as a board member or as an executive coach.

Newforma is the building and infrastructure industry’s leading software company dedicated to improving collaboration and project information management. As a board member I am focused on helping drive the effectiveness and growth of the sales and marketing teams.

Proto Labs is a leader in manufacturing of custom CNC machine and injection molded parts. As a board member, I focus on increasing the sophistication and effectiveness of the marketing and sales functions, while advising on Proto Labs’ growth, particularly international growth in Asia and Europe. I am the chair of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee.

Perfecto Mobile is the leader in helping companies optimize their customer's digital experience. Specifically, Perfecto provides a cloud-based test environment comprised of real devices and real end-user conditions, giving developers and QA teams the truest test environment available. At Perfecto I lead all customer facing and go-to-market activities.

Intralinks is a Software as a Service company, focused on giving people the ability to work with anyone, anywhere, easily and securely. As part of the executive leadership team I helped the company move from no growth to solid double digit growth by developing a new product strategy and transforming the go-to-market approach.

Sophos is the third largest supplier of endpoint security software for the corporate market, with bookings near $500M. As the Chief Marketing Officer at Sophos, I was responsible for the product strategy, product roadmap, all marketing initiatives and corporate strategy development.

SolidWorks is a leader in the mainstream 3D CAD market. As the VP of Global Marketing and Strategy, I helped grow the company’s revenue from approximately $200 million in 2004 to $450 million in 2008. Our growth was supported by major new product offerings, innovative awareness programs, creative packaging and key investments.

Lightship Telecom was a New England based competitive local exchange carrier, acquired by One Communications. At Lightship Telecom, I lead a broad range of functions to help drive customer acquisition, reduce churn and leverage the regulatory environment to drive growth. In the time I was there, I helped grow the company’s revenue from approximately $40 million to over $60 million.

AspenTech is a global supplier of software that optimizes process manufacturing. As the Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, I led the marketing team to help transform our product offering from a series of point products to an integrated enterprise-wide solution. As a member of the company’s executive management team, I drove AspenTech’s growth from approximately $220 million in FY99 to $320 million in FY03.

McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm. During my time here, I advised clients across biotechnology, computer hardware, software, telecommunications, and defense industries on strategy, marketing, sales effectiveness, manufacturing efficiency, partnerships and merger integration. I also contributed to McKinsey’s electronics, telecommunications, strategy and multimedia practices.

Stratus Technologies enables deployment of infrastructures, from enterprise servers to clouds. At Stratus, I helped develop and refine the architecture and product strategy for Stratus' network management products. I also represented Stratus at Open Software Foundation (OSF) special interest group meetings.