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Mr. Clifford is a seasoned executive with more than 35 years experience in the leadership and growth of major enterprise companies. In his career at Gartner, he led a successful financial restructuring and globalization effort, spearheaded a transition into consulting services and created its first effective Internet strategy, serving in the role first as COO and then moving into the President and CEO role. Prior to Gartner, Mr. Clifford was president of two operating divisions and substantially grew reven ues and customer retention levels at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Inc., where he also served as Corporate Vice President of Information Systems Development overseeing a staff of 700 I.T. professionals and a budget of $400 million. Mr. Clifford held top positions at Applied Data Research, one of the largest companies in the independent software industry, where he directed all worldwide operations as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Clifford received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut. | 