According to his LinkedIn profile, Gale's professional experience over the past 8+ years has included Senior Engineering roles with Geni (the company that created Yammer),Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Group.

Yammer is a micro messaging tool like Twitter, but includes a paid element for companies that want to administer their own networks. It is just one of a number of such tools reviewed in the newly-released report by Pistachio Consulting.