Board of Directors
Ariba is fortunate to have some of the world's most gifted strategists and technology leaders as members of its board. Through their significant practical experience in building world-class organizations, our directors provide us with an uncompromising vision and inspired leadership that will continue to drive the company's growth and success.
- Robert M. Calderoni
- Harriet Edelman
- Robert D. Johnson
- Richard A. Kashnow
- Robert E. Knowling, Jr.
- Thomas F. Monahan
- Karl E. Newkirk
- Richard F. Wallman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Robert M. Calderoni
Robert M. Calderoni is chairman and chief executive officer of Ariba, Inc., the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Since joining the company in 2000, Mr. Calderoni has successfully transformed Ariba from a narrowly focused procurement application vendor to a comprehensive business commerce network and solutions provider that simplifies and improves buying, selling, and cash management for companies of all sizes in all regions of the world.
Under Mr. Calderoni's leadership, Ariba has led the way in delivering innovative solutions that combine cloud-based technology; the world's largest, web-based, business-to-business trading network; and advanced capabilities in the form of expertise, best practices, and business intelligence to help companies improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their procurement, sales and marketing, and financial operations. As pioneer of first e-procurement, then spend management, and now, collaborative business commerce, Ariba has continued to lead the market in delivering technology solutions to drive new levels of productivity. With the introduction of the Ariba Commerce Cloud, Ariba is bringing the ease and effectiveness of consumer-based commerce services like Amazon.com and Facebook to simplify business-to-business commerce.
Also due to Mr. Calderoni's leadership, Ariba has secured as customers more than half of the Fortune 500, and more than 730,000 sellers on the Ariba Network. Ariba has been named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 and the Manufacturing Business Technology Global 100, and is routinely identified as a top vendor by independent research firms.
With more than 20 years of experience as a Fortune 500 financial and operations executive, Mr. Calderoni has intimate knowledge of change management and a deep understanding of how technology can optimize a corporation's spending, sales, and financial performance. Prior to joining Ariba, Mr. Calderoni served as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Avery Dennison. Before joining Avery Dennison, Mr. Calderoni served as senior vice president of finance and corporate controller for Apple Computer, Inc., and as chief financial officer and vice president of finance for IBM's $8 billion Storage Systems division. He began his career with Arthur Andersen & Company. Mr. Calderoni has been named among the 100 Most Influential People in Finance by Treasury & Risk Management Magazine and one of the Top Pros to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine.
Mr. Calderoni is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor of science degree from Fordham University. He is also a member of the boards of Juniper Networks and KLA Tencor.
Harriet Edelman
Harriet Edelman has served as a director of Ariba since July 2008. Ms. Edelman currently is vice chairman of Emigrant Bank where, from 2008 to 2010, she served as I.T. advisor to the chairman. From 1979 to 2008, Ms. Edelman was employed at Avon Products, Inc., a leading global beauty company with over $10 billion in annual revenue. She held a number of leadership roles at Avon Products throughout her career and most recently served as senior vice president and chief information officer and, prior to that, senior vice president, Global Supply Chain.
Ms. Edelman also serves as a director of Brinker International, Inc., an owner, operator and franchisor of restaurants; and, as IT advisor to the chairman, New York Private Bank and Trust.
Ms. Edelman serves on the National Board of Directors of the Girls Scouts, on the board of trustees of Bucknell University, and is vice president of the board of the Police Athletic League of New York. Ms. Edelman holds a bachelor degree from Bucknell University and a MBA from Fordham University.
Robert D. Johnson
From 2006 until his retirement in 2008, Robert Johnson served as chief executive officer of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. From 2005 to 2006, he was chairman of Honeywell's aerospace business, after serving as the company's president and CEO since 1999.
During the previous five years, Mr. Johnson worked at AlliedSignal, rising to the position of president and CEO of AlliedSignal Aerospace Marketing, Sales & Service. Before joining AlliedSignal, Mr. Johnson was vice president and general manager of manufacturing and services for AAR Corporation, an aviation company. He began his career at GE Aircraft Engines in 1969.
Mr. Johnson is a director of Spirit AeroSystems and Roper Industries, Inc. In addition, he serves on advisory boards for Miami University of Ohio and University of Arizona; the board of trustees for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; and the Arizona State University School of Business Dean's Council. He is also chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association, a board member of the Aviation Safety Alliance, and a member of several civic organizations. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Richard A. Kashnow
Richard A. Kashnowis the retired president of Tyco Ventures, a venture capital unit he established for Tyco International in 1999, following Tyco's acquisition of Raychem Corporation.
For several years before that, Dr. Kashnow served as chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Raychem, a $1.8 billion public technology company specializing in electronic components and engineered materials. Prior to Raychem, Dr. Kashnow held executive positions with Manville Corporation, where he became president of its $1 billion building products and engineered materials subsidiary, Schuller Corporation.
Dr. Kashnow began his business career as a physicist at General Electric's corporate R&D center. During his seventeen years at GE, he held technical and general management positions, including corporate technology consultant, manager of GE Aerospace's electronics laboratory, and general manager of GE Lighting's quartz and chemical products business.
Dr. Kashnow earned a BS degree in physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1963) and a PhD in solid-state physics from Tufts University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army (1968-1970).
Dr. Kashnow is also a director of Electronics for Imaging, a print technology company.
Robert E. Knowling, Jr.
Robert E. Knowling, Jr. is chairman of Eagles Landing Partners. EL Partners specializes in helping senior management formulate strategy, lead organizational transformations, and re-engineer businesses.
Mr. Knowling served as chief executive officer of Telwares, a JP Morgan Chase/One Equity Partners Private Equity owned company, from 2005 to 2009. Telwares is a leading provider of telecommunications expense management services. Prior to joining Telwares, Mr. Knowling was chief executive officer of the NYC Leadership Academy, an independent non-profit corporation that is chartered with developing the next generation of principals in the New York City public school system. Mr. Knowling has also held executive leadership positions at SimDesk Technologies, Inc., Covad Communications, Ameritech, and USWest.
Mr. Knowling was awarded the Wall Street Project's Reginald Lewis Trailblazers Award by President Clinton and the Reverend Jesse Jackson in 1999. In presenting the award to Mr. Knowling, President Clinton commended Knowling's efforts in developing a national agenda for the spirit and mission of inclusion, opportunity, expansion, advocacy and success in the workplace for women and people of color in the high-tech industry.
In addition to his role as lead director for Ariba, Mr. Knowling also serves on the board of directors for Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois; Roper Industries in Sarasota, Florida; and Aprimo, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is also a member of the advisory board for Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Mr. Knowling has been a YMCA volunteer for more than 20 years and served as chair of the National Services group for the YMCA in 1993. He maintains an active nationwide corporate and public speaking schedule.
Mr. Knowling received a bachelor of arts degree in theology from Wabash College and a master of business administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
Dr. Thomas (Tim) F. Monahan
Dr. Thomas (Tim) F. Monahan is a professor of accounting at Villanova University and from 1996-2003 served as dean of the College of Commerce and Finance. Prior to joining Villanova's faculty in 1981, Dr. Monahan was a tenured professor at LaSalle University, and prior to that worked in the Treasurer's Department of Becton, Dickinson and Company. Dr. Monahan has won teaching awards at both LaSalle and Villanova Universities, and has published research in many academic journals involving topics such as capital budgeting; integrating finance and strategy in decision making; evaluation and reward systems; improving decision models; and new models for accounting education.
Dr. Monahan has served as a consultant to more than 30 Fortune 500 companies over the past ten years in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Most recently, his clients have included Accenture, Cisco, Exelon, 3M, Philips Electronics N.V., Rockwell International, and Sprint. Much of this consulting work has focused on strategic cost management and understanding cost drivers in developing an Economic Profit approach to managing a company.
In 1981, Dr. Monahan received his doctorate in accounting from Temple University. He received an MBA in Finance (1974) from Rutgers University and a bachelor's degree in economics (1971) from Hofstra University. He is also a certified public accountant.
Karl E. Newkirk
Karl E. Newkirk is a former global managing partner of Accenture, a management consulting and technology services company. He retired from the firm and its predecessor companies, Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting, in December 2001 after nearly 40 years of service.
During his tenure with Accenture, Newkirk initiated and built the firm's ERP practice in 1994 and served as its global managing partner for six years. This global consulting organization grew from an initial focus on SAP into an organization with more than 5,000 employees managing ERP implementations in many of the world's largest companies, and became one of the firm's most successful and profitable lines of business. Newkirk most recently served as the first managing partner of Accenture's Microsoft Solutions Organization.
Prior to leading Accenture's ERP and Microsoft Solutions groups, Newkirk served in a variety of leadership roles with Accenture. These roles included: managing partner of the Process Industries practice in the Midwest region, where he oversaw engagements with clients in the energy, resources and chemicals industries; managing partner of the Manufacturing and Retail Practice in the Ohio region; and managing partner of the Cleveland Consulting Practice.
Richard F. Wallman
From 1995 to 2003, Richard Wallman served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Honeywell International, Inc. and its predecessor AlliedSignal. He came from IBM, where he was vice president and controller from 1994 to 1995, and general assistant controller from 1993 to 1994. He had previously been with Chrysler Corporation for 14 years.
In addition to Ariba, Mr. Wallman serves as a director of Roper Industries, Inc.; Tornier N.V.; Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.; Dana Holding Corporation, and Convergys Corporation. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
