Our Vision
In the beginning, there was the Web. And it was good. And it was everywhere. And it worked across platforms and was open. But it didn’t know Me. And that really frustrated us – typing in the same data over and over. And the thought of typing it again on a mobile device keyboard was more than we could bear. So in 2006, we set out to change things. We were going to make the Web know Me. And it had to be good. And it had to work everywhere. And it had to work across platforms and use open standards. And so 5o9, Inc. came into this world.
Our Customers
5o9® builds software targeted to business who want to extend their Web service business model to mobile users. The enterprise is our customer, however their employees and customers must be considered in every Web interaction. With this in mind, our solution is designed to balance the need for data privacy and control with the need for commerce and convenience.
Our Management Team
Peter J. Cranstone
Chief Executive Officer
(Peter’s Thoughts – blog)
Email: peter.cranstone@5o9inc.com
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Mr. Cranstone has founded four technology companies since he vacated the captain’s seat at American Airlines in 1989. Prior to founding 5o9, he founded Secure64, winner of the 2007 Entrepreneurial Innovation Award from the Itanium Solutions Alliance, Remote Communications and The James Group, leading these organizations as CEO, chief evangelist, technical innovator, and Chief Solutions Architect, rooted in network and Internet communications technologies. He has a successful track record of delivering complex technology innovations on time and on budget. At Remote Communications he co-invented and managed the released mod_gzip with Mr. Kiley. Mod_gzip has since become the de facto standard for Internet content acceleration. The company was subsequently purchased by Hyperspace Communications. Mr. Cranstone has several technical papers and speaking engagements to his credit.
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Elizabeth A. Coker
Chief Operating Officer
(Interactive Channel Musings – blog)
Email: liz.coker@5o9inc.com
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Ms. Coker brings 27 years of marketing, sales, operations, and management experience to the 5o9 team. Prior to co-founding 5o9, Ms. Coker spent eight years helping early stage businesses develop and execute their go-to-market strategies in her roles as President of Aspenwood Consulting, and Vice President of Marketing and Consulting Services for Tactical Marketing Ventures. While at Access Graphics, Ms. Coker led a $250 million products division, regularly exceeding both GP and net income goals. Ms. Coker successfully brought to market and managed the market-leading Jumbo product line for Hewlett-Packard’s CMS division, and served in national account sales, operations, and marketing roles during her 10-year tenure with Merisel, where she launched hundreds of products and companies into the channel, including, Intuit, Toshiba, Lotus, Compaq and Microsoft.
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Kevin J. Kiley
Chief Software Architect
Email: kevin.kiley@5o9inc.com
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Mr. Kiley has been developing leading edge Data Communications Technology (DCT) for over 27 years. Prior to co-founding 5o9, he helped numerous people and organizations to efficiently deliver data and content over increasingly complex networks. During his time with IBM, and as an independent consultant, Mr. Kiley’s work has directly enabled companies such as Wal-Mart and UPS to achieve their worldwide logistical dominance. Mr. Kiley’s early development accomplishments helped lay the foundation for Internet communications, with his code still resident in many of IBM’s best selling solutions. On a broader scale, Mr. Kiley’s DCT development efforts in software such as ELSEWARE, mod_gzip, RIPL, and PFACOM have irreversibly changed the foundation of network communications and enabled faster and easier communications over the Internet.
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Patti P. Miller
Vice President, Sales
Email: patti.miller@5o9inc.com
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Ms. Miller started her career as a chemical engineer for IBM but soon transitioned to sales. She was a top-tier contributor in the national sales organizations of IBM, Sybase, Oracle, Siebel Systems, and Raymond James Consulting. She successfully built new programs, new processes and new territories, calling on both line of business and IT audiences in the private and public sectors. In 2001, courtesy of some pre-IPO Siebel stock options, Ms. Miller took a sabbatical from technology sales to circumnavigate the globe with her family, in a 43-foot sailboat. Once back in beautiful, yet landlocked Colorado, Patti was keen for a new adventure and quickly re-established herself as an influential member of the Colorado software startup community. She has assisted several businesses in developing or refining their Sales programs and establishing first sales in enterprise software, managed services and SaaS solutions.
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Timothy Bates
Vice President, Business Development
(Box Strategy – blog)
Email: timothy.bates@5o9inc.com
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Mr. Bates has a 25-year history of achieving strong market penetration and financial results in global technical, ecommerce and wireless markets, with an emphasis on business development and product management. In addition to his early wireless data experience with U.S. West and Bell Atlantic Mobile, Mr. Bates served as Director of Product Management and Business Development for Intrado, where he created and deployed the company’s first commercial 911 location service. As Director of Product Management for $2 billion XILINX, Mr. Bates successfully launched the company’s ecommerce business initiative. As Principal of Bates Strategy Group, he provided interim executive leadership to several organizations and developed a deep understanding of the commercial payments market. This, combined with his wireless experience, affords Mr. Bates with unique insight into mobile payment and financial service provider technologies and strategies. He brings repeated success in market-driven and business integration initiatives in fast-growth organizations, leveraging both strategic and tactical market building skills.
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