Pat Sullivan (programmer)

Pat Sullivan is widely recognized as a pioneer and visionary in the high-tech industry who created ACT!-—the best-selling contact manager-—used by millions of business professionals around the world. Sullivan was named as one of the “80 Most Influential People in Sales and Marketing History” in 1998 by Sales & Marketing Management among the ranks of Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Jack Welch, Donald Trump, and Bill Gates.

Pat Sullivan started Contact Software in Dallas, Texas in 1986. With his friend Mike Muhney and two programmers, Randy Haben and John Mauer, the team developed the first commercial version of ACT! the best-selling contact manager. In 1993, ACT! was acquired by Symantec. In 1995, Pat Sullivan founded what became the fastest growing sales automation company in the world, SalesLogix. In 1999, SalesLogix Corp was renamed to Interact Commerce Corporation and ACT! was reacquired from Symantec. In May 2001, Sage Group plc. acquired Interact Commerce Corporation.

In 2005, Pat Sullivan launched Jigsaw Health and published "WELLNESS PIECE BY PIECE: How a successful entrepreneur discovered the pices to his chronic health puzzle" in an effort to help the 125 million Americans sufferring from chronic health conditions.