Chuck Dietrich
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Chuck Dietrich | |
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| Education | MBA in Business BA in Economics |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado (BA) University of Utah (MBA) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
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Chuck Dietrich is an American entrepreneur and current CEO of MileIQ.[1] Prior to MileIQ, Dietrich worked at Salesforce.com and was the CEO at SlideRocket[2] before facilitating its sale to VMWare and its eventual divestment to ClearSlide.[3] Dietrich is also credited [by whom?] as one of the early adopters of wing foiling in the San Francisco Bay Area having started in early 2019.[citation needed]
Education
[edit]Dietrich holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Colorado and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Utah.[4]
Career
[edit]After graduating from the University of Colorado, Dietrich and colleagues built a company that sold to Conair for an undisclosed amount of money. [citation needed] After earning his MBA, Dietrich interned for Marc Benioff at Oracle. Dietrich was one of the early employees that Benioff hired at his San Francisco startup, Salesforce.com, in 2000.[5] Over the course of 9 years at Salesforce, Dietrich worked his way into the position of vice president and general manager of Salesforce Mobile.[6] In 2006, he spearheaded the successful acquisition of Sendia, a mobile technology firm.[4][7] He was also responsible for overseeing Salesforce's partnership for CRM, Force.com, and custom applications while also providing strategic support to mobile carriers and device providers like Nokia, Apple, Motorola, and more.[4] He presented on stage with Steve Jobs at Apple's launch of the AppStore in 2008.[8]
In 2009, he left Salesforce to become the CEO of SlideRocket, an online presentation platform similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint. On the day of his appointment to the position, SlideRocket also received $5 million in its second round of funding.[9][10] By 2010, the SlideRocket software was being used by over 100,000 companies.[11] In 2011, Dietrich facilitated the sale of SlideRocket to VMWare for an undisclosed amount of money.[12] SlideRocket remained autonomous after VMWare's acquisition.[3] The goal was to help VMWare branch out into enterprise applications.[5] Dietrich became the vice president and general manager of VMWare after SlideRocket was acquired. After a change of strategy, VMWare eventually sold SlideRocket to ClearSlide in 2013.[3][13]
In 2013, Dietrich met Dan Bomze, and the two began developing a company built around an app that logged vehicle mileage for working professionals. They founded MileIQ in 2013, with Dietrich becoming the company's CEO. In 2015, the company secured $11 million in its second round of funding. Investors for the company have included SV Angel, Trinity Ventures, CRV, and Dietrich's former employer, Marc Benioff. Dietrich has also facilitated partnerships between MileIQ and other software companies like Concur Technologies and FreshBooks.[1][14] Dietrich has also been a member of the board of directors for companies like BrightTALK, RJMetrics, and Preact.[15][16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Carney, Michael (29 January 2015). "MileIQ raises $11M to take the pain out of mileage tracking and put more cash in users' pockets". PandoDaily. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Hoge, Patrick (21 July 2009). "SlideRocket gets $5 mil, new CEO". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Williams, Alex (5 March 2013). "VMware Exits Collaboration Market With Sale of SlideRocket To Clearslide, A Sales Engagement Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Charles Dietrich". VentureBeat. 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b Bort, Julie (27 August 2012). "Meet Chuck Dietrich: Marc Benioff's Intern Is Now A Successful Entrepreneur". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Hoge, Patrick (7 March 2010). "SlideRocket challenges PowerPoint with cloud software". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Vara, Vauhini (11 April 2006). "Salesforce.com to Buy Sendia". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Bort, Julie (27 August 2012). "The Difference Between Marc Benioff and Steve Jobs". The Business Insider. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Ricketts, Camille (21 July 2009). "SlideRocket surges ahead with $5M for presentation collaboration". VentureBeat. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Rao, Leena (20 July 2009). "SlideRocket Raises $5 Million For Online Presentation Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Lynley, Matthew (5 October 2010). "SlideRocket takes on PowerPoint with Web-based interactive presentations". VentureBeat. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ McLaughlin, Kevin (26 April 2011). "VMware Acquires Business Presentation Iconoclast SlideRocket". CRN Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Nusca, Andrew (5 March 2013). "VMware sells SlideRocket to ClearSlide. Here's why". ZDNet. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "About us". MileIQ official website. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "BrightTALK welcomes Chuck Dietrich to the Board of Directors". BrightTALK. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Moore, Robert J. (15 September 2014). "RJMetrics Closes $16.5 Million Series B Investment from August Capital". RJMetrics. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Byrne Reilly, Richard (18 April 2014). "Preact raises $4.6M, launches 'customer success' service". VentureBeat. Retrieved 26 May 2015.