Gartner Expert

Patrick Stakenas is a member of Gartner's High Tech and Invest group, who is Team Manager of the Tech CEO Go To Market Team, who provide advisory and research to technology CEOs, including start-up CEOs.

As President and CEO of the NASDAQ publicly traded company Determine Inc, Mr. Stakenas led the organization on a path to growth, profitability, and innovation. Having completed two acquisitions and rebranding the company from Selectica to Determine, he launched the new market-disrupting Determine Cloud Platform, which consolidated the technologies of the three companies. Mr. Stakenas infused Determine's SaaS technology solutions with unlimited creativity and progressive thinking. With a keen eye for emerging trends in enterprise and cloud software, he led the organization to an acquisition in 2019.

Mr. Stakenas previously worked at Gartner, authoring forward-looking strategies that helped enterprises and vendors shape their future technology offerings. He has been involved with technology supporting the enterprise for over 25 years.

Prior to Determine and Gartner, Mr. Stakenas founded ForceLogix Technologies Inc. (TSXV;FLT), in 2005. He led the company to a successful IPO and eventual acquisition by CallidusCloud (NASDQ; CALD), in 2011. Callidus has since been acquired by SAP.

Mr. Stakenas served in executive roles at CCC Information Services, FileNet, Inc., and OpenText Corporation, creating strategic go-to-market opportunities for each and driving increased revenue and market upside.

Mr. Stakenas holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from Ferris State University and an Executive Management Certificate from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Business.

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