Mar 04, 2020 last night, sas ceo jim goodnight was awarded a ceo great place to work for all leadership award at the 3rd annual leadership awards gala dinner by great place to work. Billionaire software pioneer jim goodnight paves way for successor. He is recognized globally for being a trailblazer among companies that top great workplace rankings, including. Fortune magazine employees at sas certainly feel kneaded. Sas institute ceo jim goodnight on building strong. Has sas institutes goodnight cracked the code on corporate. As the name suggests, the company is heavily involved. We believe in empowering our employees to change the way the world works and give people the power to know. He had gone straight into graduate school after finishing his undergraduate years at n. Jim cofounded sas institute as a faculty member of north carolina state university in 1976 and has been ceo since. How the apollo project shaped the way jim goodnight built sas. Stay true to who you are as a leader, and as an organization.
Sep 27, 2017 sas, the statistical analysis software company goodnight cofounded in 1976, has a remarkable track record. Every morning with his breakfast, jim goodnight solves a sudoku puzzle. Sas institute ceo is grooming schabenberger as his replacement. As the ceo of sas, the worlds leading business analytics software vendor, jim goodnight has led the company since its inception in 1976, overseeing an unbroken chain of revenue growth. Jan 21, 2011 jim goodnight, cofounder and ceo of sas institute, is not one of them. James howard goodnight born january 6, 1943 is an american billionaire businessman and software developer. Nov 10, 2014 every morning with his breakfast, jim goodnight solves a sudoku puzzle. Sas institute founder and ceo jim goodnight center lets employees pitch big ideas that can help in developing innovative software products. How sas became the worlds best place to work fast company. These should be heady times for jim goodnight, founder and ceo of sas institute, a business analytics software and services firm. Sas is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. As ceo of sas, the leader in business analytics software, goodnight has overseen an unbroken chain of growth and profitability unprecedented in the industry.
Just last week, i traveled to sass american headquarters in cary, n. As the ceo of sas, the worlds leading business analytics software vendor, jim goodnight has led the company since its inception in 1976, overseeing an unbroken chain of revenue growth and profitability unprecedented in the industry. Sas jim goodnight honored with ceo great place to work for. Creative people want to make a difference duration. At the helm since the companys incorporation in 1976, goodnight has overseen a 41year unbroken chain of revenue growth a feat almost unheard of in the software industry. There are few names with higher recognition in these parts than jim. Ceo jim goodnight is quoted as saying, for 2010, i make the same promise that i did last yearsas will have no layoffs. This is the official jim goodnight facebook page for those interested in learning more about dr. His north carolinabased company bucked the economic downturn to.
Advancements in analytics technologies make the unimaginable possible. Deploying and managing sas in the cloud has never been faster or easier. The longtime programmer and nearly fourdecade ceo of sas wrote a computer program to solve the puzzles long ago, but. Jim goodnight sas i would like to introduce the first member of our allstar ob team. Sas has made the list every year, five times ranking in the top five. James goodnights software company, sas, appeared on inc. May 01, 2020 jim goodnight sas institute has recorded a profit every year since it was founded in 1976. For sas, this means taking care of our people inside and.
Cary it was the late 1960s and jim goodnight, the cofounder and ceo of sas institute, was burned out. As the name suggests, the company is heavily involved in the technology industry. This award recognized his longterm dedication and commitment to employee development by providing a worldclass, innovative workplace culture along with using analytics to do. As the ceo of sas, the worlds leading business analytics software vendor, jim goodnight has led the company since its inception in 1976, overseeing an. One ways sas supports its employees is by providing additional income that is not taxed to employees, such as free. You can read the article i wrote at the economic times website or below. Mar 05, 20 the sas workplace culture has been studied by academics, covered in prominent business magazines and honored with countless workplace awards.
James jim goodnight is a businessman and software programmer. Every week, several dozen of them get massages at the onsite 66,000squarefoot recreation and fitness center. In 1982, sas, the software company goodnight founded in 1976 with fellow north carolina state graduate. Ob of course refers to organizational behavior, the meat and potatoes of this course. Longtime ceo jim goodnight in front of a mural on the sas campus. Goodnight has been at the helm since the companys inception, when its software was developed to analyze agricultural data.
He has injected life and creativity into his workforce. Use ai and streaming analytics to make realtime decisions in the cloud. Sas institute ceo jim goodnight on building strong companies. Ceo jim goodnight considered the godfather of ai now sits at the helm of the worlds largest privately held analytics software companies by revenue. Sas jim goodnight honored with ceo great place to work. But sas ceo jim goodnight can summarize his leadership methods in a few simple words. The sas workplace culture has been studied by academics, covered in prominent business magazines and honored with countless workplace awards. Jim goodnight sas institute has recorded a profit every year since it was founded in 1976. Last night, sas ceo jim goodnight was awarded a ceo great place to work for all leadership award at the 3rd annual leadership awards gala dinner by great place to work. Sas took the opposite stance, and we have been rewarded in employee loyalty and overall success of the business. Sas is a major supporter of the special olympics, which.
Oct 25, 2012 watch this video to see how offering onsite health care, fitness options and convenience services help sas attract and keep top talent. Sas, the statistical analysis software company goodnight cofounded in 1976, has a remarkable track record. Our leadership is driven by the same focused philosophy that existed when jim goodnight and john sall created sas. Cary jim goodnight insists that hes not retiring as ceo of sas, the software giant he has led the way in creating since his days at ncsu as a. He is the founder of a company called statistical analytical software sas. Sas software was originally created by goodnight and north carolina state university colleagues to analyze agriculturalresearch data.
Last year i met with jim goodnight, sas institutes founder and ceo, to learn more about his leadership and sas institutes culture. As the ceo of sas, the worlds leading business analytics software vendor, jim goodnight has led the company since its inception in 1976, overseeing an unbroken chain of revenue growth and profitability that is unprecedented in the industry. Why is an analytics software company making k12 curriculum resources. Recently, sas was named number 1 on fortunes 100 best companies to work for list for 2010. Apr 29, 2019 goodnight has headed sas the worlds largest closely held software company by revenue since its inception in 1976. Jul 19, 2019 cary it was the late 1960s and jim goodnight, the cofounder and ceo of sas institute, was burned out. Sas, goodnight keep demonstrating the power to do good wral. Mar 04, 2020 analytics leader has been ranked a fortune 100 best workplace for more than 20 years. James goodnight cofounded the analytics software firm sas in 1976 with john sall, whom he met while a phd student at north carolina state university. Sas institute or sas, pronounced sass is an american multinational developer of analytics software based in cary, north carolina. Billionaire sas cofounder jim goodnight paves way for. Closing the skills gap in data analytics and other stemrelated fields is essential to preserve americas. Both executives referenced servant leadership principles as key attributes in the success of their companies.
Sas ceo jim goodnight explains sas, companys growth. The coronavirus will probably end that streak, but the software companys billionaire owner said he isn. Under his leadership, sas has become renowned for its innovation and corporate culture. Sas ceo jim goodnight on sas great employee benefits. Analytics leader has been ranked a fortune 100 best workplace for more than 20 years. This post is the fifth in a series of servant leadership lessons from the chickfila leadercast 2010 at the 2010 chickfila leadercast, jim collins interviewed ed bastian, president of delta airlines and jim goodnight, ceo of sas institute. Sas ceo jim goodnight on making the right decisions in times of crisis. How the apollo project shaped the way jim goodnight built. Goodnight has headed sas the worlds largest closely held software company by revenue since its inception in 1976. Since then he has been the ceo for more than three decades. James goodnight wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
Jim is one of the creators of sas software and is the chief executive officer of sas institute, the developer of analytics software that owns the largest market share for advanced analytics. Sas is a software suite that can mine, alter, manage and retrieve data from a variety of sources and perform statistical analysis on it. May 01, 2019 cary jim goodnight insists that hes not retiring as ceo of sas, the software giant he has led the way in creating since his days at ncsu as a professor in 1976. Sas institute ceo and cofounder dr jim goodnight has played a central role in the rise of data analytics in his 41 years at the helm of the software giant, but the billionaire businessman with. Jan 22, 2010 longtime ceo jim goodnight in front of a mural on the sas campus. Goodnight is ceo of sas, the worlds leading business intelligence software vendor.
He cofounded sas institute as a faculty member of north carolina state university in 1976. The company is the worlds largest privately held software business and its software. The author of all this pampering is jim goodnight, a lanky, laconic billionaire, the cofounder and ceo of sas. Sas provides a graphical pointandclick user interface for nontechnical users and more through the sas language. Sas ceo jim goodnight explains sas, companys growth duration. Sas jim goodnight honored with ceo great place to work for all leadership award analytics leader has been ranked a fortune 100 best workplace for more than 20 years cary, nc mar 04, 2020. The worlds biggest privately held software firm is pushing to gain greater recognition for its business intelligence capabilities, especially compared with competitors goodnight identifies as lowend vendors. Sas ceo jim goodnight on sas great employee benefits youtube. As a result, i confess there is a potential for bias in my comments.
Sas, goodnight keep demonstrating the power to do good. Jim goodnight has held the post of chief executive at sas institute since he cofounded the analytics company in 1976. Sas develops and markets a suite of analytics software also called sas, which helps access, manage, analyze and report on data to aid in decisionmaking. It has grown revenues and stayed profitable year after year for forty years, in a.
Jim goodnight and his efforts at sas institute have been the source of much servant leadership material for many proponents. His leadership style and the work environment he created at sas, now a multibillion dollar company, have been studied by other businesses and by. Too many companies worldwide sacrificed employees and benefits to cut costs in 2009. Sas software sas ceo jim goodnight on making the right. However, jim does not run his company as a bland, uninteresting mass of tech developers. He has been the ceo of sas institute since 1976, which he cofounded that year with other faculty members of north carolina state university. Nov 04, 2019 ceo jim goodnight considered the godfather of ai now sits at the helm of the worlds largest privately held analytics software companies by revenue. Watch this video to see how offering onsite health care, fitness options and convenience services help sas attract and keep top talent.
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