Craig Palmer

Who is Craig Palmer?

Joining Gracenote at the beginning of 2003, Palmer brings over 20

years of high technology experience working with successful

business-to-business software companies, including Aspect Development,

a leader in Supply Chain Management acquired by i2 Technologies in 2000

for over $9 billion; as well as Cadence Design Systems and Hewlett

Packard.

Prior to joining Gracenote, Palmer was Chairman, President and CEO

of eWanted, an Internet startup company with an online consumer

marketplace of over 750,000 users. From 1994 to 2000, Palmer held

several vice president positions for Aspect Development, where he

helped the company achieve a successful Initial Public Offering in

1996, and was instrumental in growing the company from $2 million in

annual software revenues in 1994 to over $100 million in 2000. Aspect

was acquired by i2, the leader in Supply Chain Management in 2000. From

1989 to 1994, Palmer held a range of senior marketing positions at

Cadence Design Systems as it grew to become the leading Electronic

Design Automation (EDA) vendor. Prior to Cadence, Palmer spent seven

years in marketing at Hewlett Packard, working for the division that

spearheaded the company's launch into the Unix workstation marketplace.

Palmer holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Palmer has spoken at numerous financial events, as well as Global Wireless Forum and Jupiter's Plug-In.