A private equity giant that frequently appears in news stories for orchestrating multi-billion dollar "software roll-ups," where they buy and merge various tech companies to create industry leaders. Friedman Corporation | ERP Software for Manufacturers
His story in the early 2010s was centered on the "Salesforce-ification" of the industry—the high-pressure race to move desktop-based financial software into the cloud to stay competitive. Other Notable Mentions Friedman Software
A key figure in software security, he is often the face of the "Software Bill of Materials" ( SBOM ) movement, a federal initiative to improve the security of the nation's software supply chain. A private equity giant that frequently appears in