User:MaryGaulke/sandbox/Craig Courtemanche

Craig "Tooey" Courtemanche is the founder and CEO of construction software company Procore Technologies.

Courtemanche began working in construction while in high school. He dropped out of college to continue working in construction and stayed in the industry until 1993, when he became a software engineer. Courtemanche created the web-based tool that became the foundation of Procore in 2000, in order to monitor the construction of his new house in Santa Barbara while in Silicon Valley. In 2002, he founded Procore. Courtemanche claims that during the 2008 financial crisis, he forfeited his salary for two years in order to prevent the company's failure. He calls himself an "R&D CEO" who attempts to keep the company's focus on emerging technology.