Robert "Bob" Fabbio (born June 21, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, technologist, and venture capitalist. He is best known for founding companies in and around Austin, Texas.[4][5][6]
Robert A. "Bob" Fabbio | |
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| Born | June 21, 1957 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Mohawk Valley Community College (AAS) SUNY Potsdam (BS) Rochester Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Known for | Founding and funding various high tech companies |
| Notable work | Tivoli Systems |
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Education
editFabbio received his AAS in Chemistry from Mohawk Valley Community College, a BA in Chemistry/Computer Science from State University of New York at Potsdam, and a MS in Computer Science and Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology.[7]
Career
editIn 1989, Fabbio founded Tivoli Systems ,[8][9][10] creators of the Tivoli Software suite; the company was acquired by IBM in 1996.[11] In 1991, Fabbio founded DAZEL Corporation, acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1999.[12] He subsequently served as a Venture Partner for Austin Ventures, and as Managing Director of TL Ventures Inc.[13]
He founded WhiteGlove Health in 2006,[14] and eRelevance Corporation in 2013.[15] Fabbio is also a partner at the Capital Factory, a startup incubator in Austin, Texas.[7]
Fabbio also led the funding and was an active-Chairman of Agere Systems.[7]
In addition, Fabbio held senior technical and executive management positions with Cesura,[16] VIEO,[17] IBM, Prime Computer, Applix, and Kodak.[18] Mr. Fabbio also served as a Rochester Institute of Technology Board of Trustees member.[19]
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Gallery of Innovators | RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". www.rit.edu.
- ^ "Hanging out with PledgeCents". KindleInteractive. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "RIT inducts six into Innovation Hall of Fame". RIT. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "eRelevance Founder Bob Fabbio on the Austin Startup Scene and Niche Customers". AmericanInno. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "The state of tech entrepreneurship in Austin". Lucky7. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "Austin's Entrepreneurial Genesis | IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin". ic2.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Bob Fabbio". CapitalFactory. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ "Robert A. Fabbio: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Journal Profile: Meet Austin entrepreneur Robert Fabbio, eRelevance CEO". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ "Founder of Tivoli Joins Business Certainty Blog as Feature Commentator". BusinessWire. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ Lohr, Steve (February 1, 1996). "I.B.M. to Pay $743 Million For Developer Of Software". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ^ "DAZEL Corp". Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "Serial Entrepreneur Reveals What He Learned Launching 5 Companies & Creating Over $1.5B In Shareholder Value". StartupSlingshot. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Pre-IPO Interview with Robert Fabbio Founder and CEO, WhiteGlove House Call Health, Inc" (PDF). IPOCandy. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "Bob Fabbio's eRelevance Offers Human Touch To Marketing Services Platform For SMBs". Forbes. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Cesura, Inc. Announces First Business Certainty Solution for End-Users of Web Applications". MarketWired. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Vieo: A start-up to watch". NetworkWorld. April 21, 2003. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "BOB FABBIO, Adviser". ShelfBucks. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Success Stories". RIT. Retrieved October 22, 2017.