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CoreNet Global Serves as Key Channel for Up-and-Coming Tech-Company Exec, Craig Gillespie, CEO, Manhattan Software
- Richard Kadzis, CoreNet Global Industry Tracker

At the CoreNet Global Summit in Las Vegas this past October, CoreNet Global Industry Tracker, Richard Kadzis, sat down with Manhattan Software CEO, Craig Gillespie, to find out more about Manhattan’s recession defying metrics.

Kadzis says, “Manhattan is having its best year ever; hard to believe in the midst of the worst downturn we've ever seen. But Craig has seized the moment, positioning the company in a counter-cyclical way and capitalizing on the tremendous demand from the client side to consolidate portfolios, use space more efficiently and drive down costs quickly… Navigating the company through its best year ever during the industry's worst year ever is certainly a major achievement for Craig. The fact he's using the CoreNet Global network to do so makes it even more interesting, especially when you look at his current results.”

"We do well in periods of change," Gillespie observed, citing major drivers like consolidation, mergers and acquisitions and disposition as critical client needs that also represent major points of value delivery for customers.

“One thing is clear,” said Kadzis, “people like Craig are proving that you don't have to be 'senior' to be senior-level. For Craig, and a growing number of other younger professionals in the CoreNet Global network, it's the future face of our organization - and it's changing fast.”

Read the full article by Richard Kadzis, CoreNet Global Industry Tracker