NetSuite at OpenWorld 2012

Zach Nelson is an accomplished software industry executive and visionary with more than 20 years of leadership experience. His career began with executive positions in marketing, sales, product development and business strategy at some of the most influential and innovative technology companies, including Oracle, Sun Microsystems and McAfee/Network Associates. CEO of NetSuite since 2002, Nelson led the company’s successful IPO in 2007 and its rise from startup to a slate of over 12,000 active companies and subsidiaries. Under Nelson’s leadership, NetSuite has grown substantially year-over-year to become one of the industry’s leading cloud computing companies. He was named one of the 10 Visionary CEOs of 2008. Nelson holds a patent in the field of application integration, and has several others pending approval. He holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University.

Mike Macrie is the current Vice President of Information Technology for Agricultural Services at Land O’ Lakes. At Land O’ Lakes, Mike is responsible for the overall technology leadership of the Winfield Solutions and Purina Mills businesses.

Since joining Land O’ Lakes, Mike has been instrumental in leading Land O’ Lakes $100M Bedrock Applications Upgrade Program as well as aiding the Winfield organization in developing unique and market leading solutions in the areas of Prescription Agriculture and Industry Analytics.

Prior to joining Land O’Lakes, Mike was the Vice President of IT Architecture & Strategy for Ingersoll Rand, a $13B diversified, global manufacturer.

Over the course of a 9 year career at IR, Mike had held positions in strategy development, architecture development, consulting management and project management. At Ingersoll Rand many of his efforts surrounded the leadership of over 35 implementations of Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel CRM, and PTC’s Windchill applications in various business sectors and locations around the globe.

Prior to Ingersoll-Rand, Mike held positions with AlliedSignal Aerospace and G5 Technologies Inc. where he pioneered the theory and development of virtual corporations. Mike also operated his own business, Multi-Media Solutions, a computer services company for which he owned for 5 years.

Mike has a Bachelor’s degree in Applied & Engineering Physics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Gary Wiessinger is Senior Vice President of Product Management at NetSuite. In this role, Wiessinger spearheads the product strategy and leads the product management, user experience, and technical publications teams for NetSuite's Accounting / enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and Ecommerce software suites, as well as its SuiteCloud platform.

From 2001 to 2009, Wiessinger held a variety of posts at QuickBooks developer Intuit, most recently as the Director of Product Management for the company's Mid Market Group. For four years, he led the vision, strategy, and product management of Intuit's mid-market product line, including QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions and the Intuit Enterprise Suite. In that role he contributed to a fivefold growth in the company's mid-market sales and customer base. He led several product teams and drove a number of new releases, including four Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Previously, he helped lead the verticalization of the QuickBooks product line and was Senior Product Manager of the QuickBooks Contractor Edition, Intuit's first major QuickBooks vertical launch. Earlier in his career, Wiessinger was a Vice President in Finance and Systems at Bank of America.

Wiessinger has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Yale University. He lives in San Carlos, California with his wife Hillary and twin children Maddie and Jack.