Ralph Clark

Clark offers more than three decades of corporate, financial, and organizational leadership experience to Glowforge’s board. He currently serves as president and chief executive officer of ShotSpotter, a company that develops precision policing solutions to make communities safer, where he led the transformation to a software as a service business model, and oversaw the company’s successful 2017 initial public offering. Clark previously served as chief executive officer of GuardianEdge Technologies, where he led its acquisition by cybersecurity firm Symantec (now NortonLifeLock). He is currently on the board of directors for human resources solutions and payroll company TriNet (NYSE: TNET), and serves as chair emeritus of Pacific Community Ventures, a nonprofit social enterprise and community development institution. He is a member of Harvard Business School’s California Advisory Board, an EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California, and is a trustee of the American Conservatory Theater. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in economics from the University of the Pacific and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.