Gordon Ritter

Gordon Ritter was the founder of Tribe, Inc. (founded 1990) serving as President from 1990 to 1995.
Mr. Ritter is the founder of Whistle Communications, Inc. (founded 1995) serving as President from 1995 to 1999.
Mr. Ritter was the founder of Software As Service, Inc. (founded 2000) serving as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2001.
Mr. Ritter is the founder of Emergence Equity Management, Inc. (founded 2002) serving as General Partner since 2002.
Current jobs include Chairman at Veeva Systems, Inc. since 2008; Director at Ketera Technologies, Inc.; Director at Textio, Inc. since 2015; Director at Tophatmonocle Corp.
since 2012; Director at Insightly, Inc. since 2013; Director at High Alpha Studio LLC since 2015; Director at AffectLayer, Inc. since 2015; Trustee at Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy since 2015; Board Member at GURU, Inc. since 2017; Venture Advisor at Chaac Ventures; Board Member at Whistic, Inc. since 2020; Board Member at Retain.
AI, Inc. since 2021; Board Member at Hi Marley, Inc. since 2021; Board Member at Vymo, Inc. since 2019; Board Member at Common Sense Growth LLC since 2017.
Former jobs include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Salesforce, Inc.; Director at Leadrocket, Inc.; Director at Khoros LLC; Director at PivotLink Corp.; Director at SmartTurn, Inc.; Director at Zuberance, Inc.; Director at Navera, Inc.; Vice President-Global Small Business Division at International Business Machines Corp.
from 1999 to 2000; Vice President-Capital Markets at Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. from 1986 to 1990; Board Member at Zoominfo Technologies LLC from 2015 to 2021; Board Member at Lithium Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2017.
Education includes undergraduate degree from Princeton University, conferred in 1986.