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Professional Bio Gillian Parrillo is the former Systems Management Group President for Sterling Software, Inc., one of the world’s largest independent software vendors before its acquisition by Computer Associates International in 2000. At Sterling, she was responsible for a $200M+ worldwide organization, comprised of 6 Divisions, 1,000 employees, more than 40 international distributors and 20,000 customers. During her 14-year tenure, Gillian held positions in Washington, D.C., London, U.K., Sacramento, CA., Paris, France, and Dallas, Texas.
Gillian serves on numerous non-profit boards including: - Sacramento Angels, a private equity investment club, which awarded her the Angel of the Year Award in 2005. - Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance, a public private partnership initiated by three regional organizations to foster technology innovation and growth in Northern California. As head of the technology index committee, she brought to the Sacramento market a unique tool to measure the health of the technology community. The Index is published on a quarterly basis in the leading daily newspaper and business weekly and has succeeded in building the credibility of the Sacramento market nationwide. The Index was sold for use by the Dallas Metro. (Resigned 6/06 when I moved to Dallas) - Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy, an organization that utilizes the support and expertise of local entrepreneurs to mentor and coach students to become successful business leaders. She currently serves as its President. - Educational First Steps, Educational First Steps is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality and availability of early childhood education for disadvantaged Dallas area children between the ages of birth to five. An angel investor in several startup companies, she provides advice and guidance, formally and informally, to many more. Gillian has been invited to serve on expert panels for many local organizations including UC Davis Connect, TechCoire, the Golden Capital Network, the CEO series, underwritten by Silicon Valley Bank and Deloitte Touche, and the UC Davis Big Bang Competition. Gillian founded Maxson Group, an executive recruiting and board consulting company in 2004, to assist local companies recruit personnel for hard-to-fill positions and build strong boards and advisory boards. Gillian and her husband, Pierre Cutler, have recently established The Sacramento Executive. Through its website and quarterly events, the company ‘links executives to all that is great in Sacramento’ providing a forum for local cultural and non-profit organizations and attempting to integrate the great talent moving to Sacramento from the Bay Area and elsewhere. Despite all of this, she is fun, approachable and dedicated to helping anyone who asks...and some who don't. Favorite Book: Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead; Pat Conroy - the Price on Tides Greatest (and toughest) training I ever attended: The Center for Creative Leadership www.ccl.org |
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