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Mr. Bob Frankston is a Member at CommonAngels, Inc. From 1966 to 1979, he worked at White-Weld and Company in their computer research division, which became Interactive Data Corporation in 1969, in various roles doing systems design and implementation.
White-Weld was one of the earliest financial information services and used the Scientific Data Systems 940 to provide time-sharing services.
In 1979, he founded Software Arts with Dan Bricklin to develop and sell VisiCalc.
VisiCalc was the first electronic spreadsheet program and remained a widely used program for personal computers for many years.
From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Frankston worked at Lotus Development, where he created the Lotus Express product and a Fax facility for Lotus Notes.
From 1990 to 1992, he worked at Slate Corporation on mobile and pen-based systems.
From 1993 to 1998, he worked at Microsoft, focusing on consumer computing and connectivity and created "no-new-wires" initiative.
Mr. Frankston holds BS degrees in both Computer Science and Mathematics from MIT and earned a Masters and Engineers Degrees in Computer Science from MIT in 1976.
At MIT he was in the Multics group at LCS.
Anciens postes connus de Bob Frankston
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| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1997 |
Slate Corp. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1992 |
Lotus Development Corp.
Lotus Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software that helps business people collaborate across corporate networks | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1989 |
| INTERACTIVE DATA | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1978 |
CVP Management, Inc.
CVP Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Converge Venture Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in early-stage transactions. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Formation de Bob Frankston
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Lotus Development Corp.
Lotus Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software that helps business people collaborate across corporate networks | Technology Services |
Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and distributes software products | Technology Services |
ICE Data Services, Inc.
ICE Data Services, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides financial market data, analytics and related solutions | Technology Services |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University | Finance |
100x Ventures
100x Ventures Investment ManagersFinance 100x's mission is to provide emerging Internet companies with intensive, strategic support in engineering, business design, operations, marketing and investment partnership development. | Finance |
CVP Management, Inc.
CVP Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Converge Venture Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in early-stage transactions. | Finance |
Slate Corp. |
















