As CEO, Jim is focused on advancing CrownPeak's leadership in the software-as-a-service market. Under Jim’s leadership since its founding in 2001, CrownPeak has become the market leading company in on-demand web site management software. In the past seven years, CrownPeak has experienced explosive growth, with over 90% year-over-year revenue growth and 97% customer retention. Among the companies in the CrownPeak client roster today are Staples, 3M, Home Depot, Crain Publishing, Miller Brewing, Hyundai Motors and the State of Virginia. CrownPeak has been named as one of the 100 most influential companies in Online Content by Econtent Magazine, one of the top 25 ASPs in the world by ASPNews, and was chosen as an SIIA Codie Award finalist for Best Content Management Solution three years in a row. Jim was named by CMSWatch as one of the 20 People to Watch in Content Management.

Jim’s professional background combines extensive startup experience with years of software development and professional services delivery and management. He has spent the past eleven years working with web content management and search technologies. Jim previously held senior executive positions in professional services management, sales, and operational management with companies such as USWeb, MarchFIRST, and successful startup, W3-design.

As CTO, Carl is responsible for the strategic direction and management of all technology development for CrownPeak.  Carl's responsibilities include management of the engineering and software Q/A team, planning and executing new product development and serving as a thought leader for CrownPeak solutions.  Previous to CrownPeak, Carl was a Partner at USWeb/CKS, where he led technical services for Global 3000 companies including Times Mirror, Paramount Pictures, CCH, Amgen, and NBC.com.  Carl was also the senior programmer analyst at the University of Southern California Center for Scholarly Technology, where he helped establish some of the first ever online library initiatives. While at USC, he also developed ground-breaking Web systems including the Mercury Project, the USC TommyCam, and the Robotic Telegarden, which enabled users to manipulate the real world via a Web interface. Sutter holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

With more than 20 years of experience managing and selling enterprise software, Chris brings to CrownPeak extensive solutions-selling expertise and a proven track record of building and managing successful sales organizations. Mr. Staskus was most recently Vice President of Sales for Vendavo, a private enterprise software company which has grown its sales over 100% for the past 2 years. Prior to Vendavo, Chris held Sales Management positions with Clarify, Sybase and Digital Equipment Corp. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Finance from Chico State University.

An expert in computer security and networking, Sean is charged with supervising all of CrownPeak's IT systems and security staff, and has responsibility for all application and network monitoring. Prior to joining CrownPeak, Sean managed high-availability, highly secure hosting and database operations for clients such as Paramount Pictures, Virgin Records, Kaiser Permanente, Wyle Electronics and Amgen.  Sean also worked for Activision and Disney Interactive, where he planned and rolled out the first Activision web presence including its infrastructure, and setup the Activision presence on MSN for support of products.  Sean also served in the US Air Force, is a Gulf War veteran, and holds Secret and PRP clearances.