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Network World recently caught up with James Schellhase, president and CEO of StoredIQ, and asked him about the effect of the economy on e-discovery and other compliance-related activities.
How did you get involved with StoredIQ in the first place?
I've been involved with the company since its inception back in 2003. I was approached by the founders with just a concept.
I put the first money in as an investor to ferret out the opportunity and examine whether there was a market, get a beta product and served as chairman of the board for the first three years of the company. I came over as president and CEO two years ago.
The company has changed a lot from the time it was Deepfile to now . . .
We built a company that was originally wanted to just do information management software. My philosophy as an investor is that you have to listen to the customer and not build a cool technology that goes out and hunts for a market. That's how a lot of startup companies can waste a lot of money. Having been on the other side of the table, I've seen...