Cleve Adams

Current

• President and CEO at KaaM

Past

• CEO at High Tower Software
• CEO at Puresight
• VP Sales and Marketing at Websense

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Education

• University of LaVerne
• Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

Recommended

2 people have recommended Cleve

Connections

312 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• Forbes.com

Cleve Adams’s Summary

Cleve Adams has more than 27 years of computer/software industry experience, including over 12 years in the Internet software/wireless security marketplace. His business insight and executive management style has produced an impressive history of growing and managing companies from startup to more than $1.3B illion. His skills extend to selling companies for significant returns to its investors or taking them through IPO’s creating billion dollar corporations.

Cleve Adams’s Specialties:

Executive management, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Start-ups and turnarounds

Cleve Adams’s Experience

• President and CEO

  KaaM

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Founded in 2009, KaaM is a software developer building tools that leverage the massively parallel, low cost computing power of commodity graphics processors to build ultra-high performance cloud computing platforms.
  
  Led by an experienced team of software entrepreneurs and visionaries, KaaM’s goal is to power the future of on-demand computing and applications by harnessing the untapped computing power of in-expensive, off-the-shelf GPU hardware to deliver cloud computing architectures that are 50 or more times more powerful and efficient than current CPU-centric systems.
  
  Based in Orange County, California, KaaM is focused on creating industry-leading technologies, providing a creative and enthusiastic work environment for employees, and generating substantial returns for stakeholders and investors. Kaam was named Americas Most Promising Company by Forbes in August of 2009

• CEO

  High Tower Software

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 9 months)

• CEO

  Puresight

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2003 — January 2006 (3 years 1 month)

• VP Sales and Marketing

  Websense

  (Public Company; WBSN; Computer Software industry)

  January 1997 — August 2001 (4 years 8 months)

Cleve Adams’s Education

• University of LaVerne

  BSc , Education , 1977 — 1979

• Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

  Presidential Key Executive MBA , Business

Additional Information

Cleve Adams’s Websites:

• My Company
• Forbes.com

Cleve Adams’s Groups:

OCTANe, AEA, CONNECT

•    Executive Suite
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Pepperdine Graziadio School Alumni
•    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    OCTANe
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Venture Capital
•    The Executive Search Group
•    Websense Alumni
•    Hi-Tech Ventures & Startups
•    Southern California Venture Capital Community
•    SaaS Security Experts
•    Telecom Industry Contacts
•    SalesTechExec
•    TopLinked Executives
•    JobsDirectUSA.com
•    GPGPU Professionals
•    Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting HighTech and Technology in Los Angeles and its Vicinity
•    Corporate Executive's Work, Life, and Philanthropy
•    Compliance
•    CONNECT - Springboard
•    Peer Coaching with Marshall Goldsmith, Andrew Thorn and Carry Metkowski

Cleve Adams’s Honors:

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Cleve Adams’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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