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Michael Skok joined North Bridge Venture Partners in 2002. Prior to this, Michael had been an entrepreneur and CEO in the software industry for over 20 years. Michael founded, led and raised over $100 million in private equity for his companies in the CAD/CAM, Document Management, Workflow, Imaging, Collaboration, Security and Analytics markets -- spanning the Mini Computer, Workstation, PC, Client Server and Internet eras.
Six of these companies were successfully acquired by Siebel, Platinum, Filenet, Banyan and IBM and two went Public, including Symantec for which he built Symantec UK into its most profitable international business. Most recently Michael founded AlphaBlox where he envisioned and defined the market for Analytical Applications, now a multi-billion dollar market segment. IBM acquired Alphablox and markets the product as DB2 Alphablox and integrates it into its Websphere and Rational product lines.
Michael has served on many private and public company boards as well as supported various software industry groups such as the Software Publishers Association where he was Chairman for a number of years in Europe. He is currently active on the boards of all his recent investments in North Bridge Venture Partners portfolio companies.
Michael is a graduate of Nottingham University in the United Kingdom (awarded joint honors in Management Sciences and Engineering).
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