Bob Godgart
Founder and CEO
Autotask Corporation

Bob Godgart is a founder and CEO of Autotask, and directs all investment, marketing and business strategy activities of the company.
Prior to founding Autotask, he founded PowerAdz.com (now PowerOne Media), an industry-leading provider of Web application/hosting services to the newspaper and automotive industries. At PowerAdz, he was responsible for corporate vision, business development, product management, corporate marketing programs, and acquisitions.
Bob has been an award winning software entrepreneur and businessman since 1982 with experience concentrated in the areas of strategic planning, corporate marketing, sales strategy, license agreements, acquisition, due diligence, product management and software.
In 1987, he founded a software company that revolutionized an industry with innovative low-cost imaging software to put paper drawings on the PC. He guided the company through seven consecutive years of profitability and received numerous awards for growth, product export and technology. In 1994, the 70-person company was acquired by Softdesk, a public company now owned by Autodesk.
Bob has held positions including Vice President of Technology Partnerships at Softdesk and Software Development Manager for General Electric.
He holds a B.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.