Name: Randy Littleson
Company: Kinaxis
Job Title: CEO
Bio: Randy Littleson assumed the role of Vice President, Marketing for Kinaxis in July 2003. Randy's strengths in building winning marketing strategies that translate end user requirements and market demand into the final product, have enabled him to create successful marketing teams throughout his more than 15 years in the industry.
Prior to joining Kinaxis, Randy served as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at Interface Software, where he led the company's product marketing strategies, as well as all marketing communications and business development initiatives. Previously, Randy was Executive Vice President and General Manager for Spyglass, Inc., a provider of strategic Internet consulting, software, and services for the information appliance market. He played a critical role in repositioning Spyglass from the PC technology space to the embedded software market. During his tenure at Spyglass, Randy helped build growth revenues from $0M to $50M/yr. run rate in embedded software and services in less than four years. At Spyglass Randy led product development, professional services, business development and strategic marketing, as well as the integration efforts with OpenTV Corp., who subsequently acquired the company. He has also held various management positions at Palindrome Corporation, a Seagate Software company, Novell, Inc., and Unisys Corporation.
Randy earned an M.B.A. from the Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Computer Sciences and Communications from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.