Jon V. Ferrara

Jon V. Ferrara (born January 22, 1960) is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Nimble LLC, his most recent venture. Ferrara is best known as the co-founder of GoldMine Software Corp,[1][2] one of the early pioneers in the Sales Force Automation (SFA) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software categories for Small to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs).

Jon Ferrara

Influence and honors

Ferrara has been recognized for pioneering innovation with honors such as the 1997 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. His company GoldMine Software, ranked #154 on the 1997 Inc. 500, a national "Fast 500" company, swept the computer industry awards. Highlights include being awarded back-to-back-to-back-to-back PC Magazine's "Editor's Choice" (August 1993, August 1995, April 1996 and August 1997). He is a graduate of California State University, Northridge.[3]

Career

Prior to founding GoldMine Software, Ferrara was one of the early employees at Banyan Vines.

gollark: I really wouldn't expect that to work portably.
gollark: Also the standard for 12V-only power supplies.
gollark: <@273751268244193281> There are PicoPSU thingies which just convert 12V input to the other voltages a computer needs, but they are probably too low-power for high-end computers.
gollark: A B450 board would probably work too, and RX 480s are quite outdated by now.
gollark: You should probably pick a CPU before trying to pick a board based on of all things RAM speed.

References
  1. Kaplan, Karen (September 16, 1998). "The View Is Just Fine at GoldMine Software". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. Vrana, Debora (April 19, 1999). "Colorado Firm Lays Claim to GoldMine". Los Angeles. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  3. Warner, Andrew (November 7, 2018). "How to build your business through relationships and social sales". Mixergy. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
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