Larry Garlick was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of the board of directors of Remedy Corp

Remedy Corp

Remedy Corp was a software company that produced the Action Request System and various applications therein. Remedy is now the Service Management Business Unit of BMC Software.-History:...

, the software company that produced the Action Request System

Action Request System

BMC Remedy Action Request System is a client–server software application development environment from BMC Software . Action Request System uses a third party database for storing data in tables...

. He served as CEO of the company from its founding in 1990 until its sale to competitor Peregrine Systems

Peregrine Systems

Peregrine Systems, Inc., an enterprise software company, was founded in 1981 and sold enterprise asset management, change management, and ITIL-based IT service management software. Following an accounting scandal and bankruptcy in 2003, Peregrine was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2005...

 in 2001. When accounting irregularities began to appear that would eventually force Peregrine Systems into bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....

, Larry Garlick briefly returned in June 2002 to head the Remedy business unit through the crisis. He resigned his position some months later before the Remedy business unit was sold to BMC Software

BMC Software

BMC Software, Inc. is a multinational corporation specializing in Business Service Management software, with record annual revenue in fiscal 2009 of $1.87 billion...

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