# Steven Gottfried

> Steven Gottfried is a New York-based entrepreneur and co-founder and former CEO of ServiceChannel. His career began in contractor operations and software, and later included Re:Tool Ventures, Equip ID and the chairmanship of UtilizeCore. All Scientific Tech currently lists him as managing director and board member. He received PRSM’s Lawrence W. Whelan Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.

- **Role:** Managing Director and Board Member at All Scientific Tech; Chairman at UtilizeCore
- **Organizations:** ServiceChannel, Gotham Air Conditioning, ServiceTechnology, ServiceChannel Ventures, Re:Tool Ventures, Equip ID, UtilizeCore, All Scientific Tech, PRSM / ConnexFM
- **Education:** B.A. (reported in an executive biography attributed to Equip ID), The George Washington University
- **Known for:** Co-founded ServiceChannel in 1999., Helped develop contractor software before founding ServiceChannel., Recipient of the 2018 Lawrence W. Whelan PRSM Lifetime Achievement Award.

## Career timeline

- **1986** — While studying at George Washington University and interning at Gotham Air, began developing its internal software, according to Equip ID’s retrospective.
- **1989** — Founded a contractor ERP software business, identified as Service Contractor Systems in the Equip ID-attributed executive biography and ServiceTechnology in other company histories.
- **1999** — Co-founded ServiceChannel with Serge Lubensky.
- **2011** — Accepted PRSM’s Vendor of the Year award on ServiceChannel’s behalf and was elected to the PRSM board.
- **2015** — Led ServiceChannel Ventures, the company’s innovation lab.
- **2017** — Left ServiceChannel operating work with Serge Lubensky to establish Re:Tool Ventures; remained on the ServiceChannel board at the announcement.
- **2018** — Received the Lawrence W. Whelan PRSM Lifetime Achievement Award on April 10 in Nashville.
- **2019** — Listed as founder and board member of Equip ID and chairman of UtilizeCore in business profiles.
- **2021** — Was identified as Equip ID CEO in the August AllPoints partnership announcement. Fortive completed its separate acquisition of ServiceChannel on August 24 for approximately $1.2 billion.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ServiceChannel in 1999.
- Helped develop contractor software before founding ServiceChannel.
- Recipient of the 2018 Lawrence W. Whelan PRSM Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Accepted ServiceChannel’s PRSM Vendor of the Year award in 2011.
- Co-founded Re:Tool Ventures and Equip ID.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — A July 1 federal court opinion in Crossing Bay Partners v. Gottfried dismissed derivative claims for failure to meet Rule 23.1 pleading requirements, while allowing a contractual implied-covenant claim against EquipID to proceed. This procedural ruling was not a finding that the alleged misconduct occurred.
- **2026-02** — A New York appellate order admitted two attorneys for ServiceChannel respondents in an appeal involving Gottfried; it made no substantive ruling on the dispute.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-gottfried-b797062

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