As much as anyone in the Reno High class of 1986, Gainey was destined for big things. He was named Homecoming King in his senior year. He made the National Honor Society with a 3.8-plus grade point average. He was voted student body treasurer. He won the individual cross-country state championship.
Competition can be healthy.
When we compete as individuals, we excel as a whole, he wrote in the 1985-86 school yearbook. Now, as president and chairman of the board of Kana, Gainey helps direct a staff of 375 people in the company s Redwood City headquarters and offices worldwide. Six months ago, just before the company went public, he employed 100. It s been an unbelievable ride, he said. You ve got to pursue something you have a passion for.