Joshua W. Sommer

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Joshua Sommer brings to Vendavo extensive experience building successful software companies in emerging technology markets.
He founded University Microcomputers, which developed one of the first word processors for the IBM PC in 1982, and sold the company to Emerging Technology, Inc., a spin-off of AT&T, in 1986.
In 1988, after working for the Bankers Trust Company as a derivatives expert, he co-founded International Risk Control, Inc., which developed foreign exchange and oil risk management software for the 200 largest banks and corporations around the world.
Mr. Sommer served as International Risk Control's president and chief executive officer for six years before selling the company to a publicly traded software firm in 1996.
Mr. Sommer earned his B.A.
from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A.
from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Former positions of Joshua W. Sommer

Companies	Position	End
Vendavo, Inc. Vendavo, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vendavo, Inc. provides margin and profit optimization solutions. It offers Profit Analyzer to analyze transaction data for pinpointing leaking margins; Power and Risk that provides data-driven optimal prices for salespeople to negotiate and grow revenue; Price Manager to manage price lists and set policies for deal negotiations; Deal Manager that provides deal guidance and targets for profitable deal execution to sales teams; and Deal Guide to expedite deal cycle time and equip sales force to negotiate profitable deals. The company was founded by Jamie Rappperport and Joshua W. Sommer in November 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.	Founder	-

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Training of Joshua W. Sommer

Stanford University	Masters Business Admin
University of Virginia	Undergraduate Degree

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