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Founder

Rootstock Software is a proven provider of powerful manufacturing and supply chain solutions built on the Force.com cloud computing platform. The Rootstock solution enables real-time management of manufacturing and supply chain operations from front to back, anytime and anywhere. The company s manufacturing and supply chain apps integrate out of the box with native sales and accounting apps by salesforce.com and FinancialForce.com. With unparalleled executive experience in manufacturing software and an established base of installed and implemented cloud customers, Rootstock offers a better and reliable way to plan and execute required activities, deliver essential information to all parts of the organization, and improve timely and informed business decision-making.

Pat Garrehy is the Founder & Former CEO of Rootstock Software and currently serves as Board Member with an extensive background as a software architect and engineer. With over 30 years of management, sales and technical experience, Mr. Garrehy brings a unique blend of analytical focus and business savvy to the table. In his tenure as CEO of Rootstock, Mr. Garrehy applied his extensive background to the development of the the powerful and highly agile cloud-based (SaaS) solution. In addition, Mr. Garrehy has developed many of the key strategic business relationships which include Salesforce.com, FinancialForce and Baker Tilly. Mr. Garrehy is also the founder and former CEO of Relevant Business Systems, a client-server ERP software provider with an exclusive focus on discrete manufacturing companies. Relevant, which was sold in 2006, remains the most profitable division of the acquirer to date. The software is currently utilized in a number of business operations, including major divisions of Lockheed and Solectron with sales of over one billion dollars. As a University of California at Berkeley graduate, he holds a BS degree in business and mathematics as well as a MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California.