Business POV

Funded in part by In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s VC arm, the company is working to create network databases that help intelligence agencies connect the dots. But that’s not their only business: the company’s other key verticals include health care, finance and insurance. Bill Conroy, the ITA’s CEO of the Year, explains.

Conroy received the "CEO of the Year" Award at the 2009 ITA CityLIGHTS ceremony held at Chicago's Union Station on April 23, 2009. The category recognizes the CEO "who has driven his company to new heights in the past year." Others in the category included: Douglas R. Waggoner, Echo Global Logistics; Scott Etzler, InterCall; Gregg Kaplan, Redbox; and George Burciaga, smarTECHS.net.

Bill Conroy has served as Initiate's chief executive officer and president and a member of our board of directors since July 2002. Prior to joining Initiate Systems, Bill held various executive and operational positions with a number of technology-based companies, including president of Click Commerce, Inc., venture partner at Insight Capital Group, chief operating officer of TenFold Corporation and a group vice president of U.S. sales at Oracle Corporation. He also held numerous sales positions at IBM. Bill holds a B.S. in business administration from Bowling Green State University and has served on the boards of directors of two public companies, Click Commerce, Inc. and Braun Consulting.