Joel Trammell

Joel is a successful CEO and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in IT-related software companies. He is currently CEO of Khorus, which provides a business management system for CEOs and other leaders. Joel started his first technology company in 1990 and is Chair Emeritus of the Austin Technology Council and Co-founder and Managing Partner of private equity firm Lone Rock Technology Group. In addition, he serves on the boards of several public, private and non-profit companies. Joel’s leadership as founder and CEO resulted in two successful nine-figure acquisitions by Fortune 500 companies: NetQoS (CA Technologies) and Cache IQ (NetApp). In addition to The American CEO blog, he writes regular columns for Inc. and Entrepreneur. His book, The CEO Tightrope, describes a systematic approach to the critical chief executive role.

Joel holds a degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana Tech University and is a former instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power School.