Board of Directors

Chairman Emeritus
Katherine K. Clark
Former Chief Executive Officer
Landmark Systems Corporation

Katherine K. (Kathy) Clark was chief executive officer of Landmark Systems Corporation, a company she co-founded with Patrick H. McGettigan. Landmark began as an entrepreneurial venture between Ms. Clark and Mr. McGettigan in 1983 and was successfully sold to ASG in 2001. At the time, the two worked in the Information Systems department of Blue Cross and Blue Shield. They teamed up to develop a performance management application, which was well received throughout the company. Fueled by a drive for success, they began thinking about the application's commercial potential.

Ms. Clark and Mr. McGettigan negotiated a deal with Blue Cross and Blue Shield to obtain the rights to the application and it eventually became Landmark's first product, The Monitor for Customer Information Control System (CICS).

The Monitor for CICS soon became the industry standard, making Landmark a huge success and allowing it to enjoy steady growth. Today, The Monitor for CICS is part of an entire family of performance management products for mainframe and client/server environments.

Throughout her career at Landmark, Ms. Clark has been an all-purpose leader. She has been in charge of business development, customer service, finance and human resources before assuming her current position of CEO.

Highlights of Ms. Clark's career include:
  • Developing an international distribution channel that accounts for a large percentage of Landmark's revenue.
  • Establishing the industry's first unconditional customer satisfaction guarantee.
  • Expanding Landmark's product line into a complete suite of performance solutions for the enterprise.
  • Taking the company public in 1997.
    • Ms. Clark holds a master's degree in business administration from George Mason University and actively supports the George Mason University Century Club. In 1996, Ms. Clark was recognized as George Mason Alumnus of the Year and she received the KPMG Peat Marwick High Tech Entrepreneur Award. In 1998, she was honored by NVTC with the Earle C. Williams Leadership in Technology Award. She also won the Ernst & Young Software Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998. Ms. Clark serves on the board of directors for WLR Foods, Inc., and is a popular speaker at technical forums and throughout the national and international business community.

    Ms. Clark dedicates many hours to being the best – both professionally and personally. She enjoys biking, running, golfing and sailing and was also a driving force behind Landmark's corporate outreach program.