Robert Fabbio, Founder, President and CEO
Robert Fabbio is considered an IT visionary and successful serial entrepreneur. He has founded and built multiple industry-leading companies by identifying large emerging markets, gaining intimate knowledge of customer problems, challenging conventional wisdom, and bringing targeted, innovative products to market. In recognition of his success in building world-class businesses, Fabbio was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1997. He has subsequently served as a chair person and a judge for the Austin E&Y awards. He also has been a national judge for the E&Y awards. Fabbio has been recognized in the 1999 Digital South Magazine List of "Most Influential People In the South's New Economy" and 2002 Forbes Magazine Midas List of the "Top 100 Technology Venture Investors (technology's top 100 dealmakers)", to name a few.
With almost 30 years of business experience, Fabbio has been involved in all aspects of business: company formation, board oversight, and day-to-day operations. In 1989, Fabbio founded Tivoli Systems and was the catalyst for what became a $12B Enterprise Systems Management market. In 1996, after a successful IPO, Tivoli was acquired by IBM. He later founded DAZEL Corporation, which quickly became the acknowledged market leader in Output Management, before being acquired by Hewlett-Packard. Fabbio also co-founded Ventix Systems, which later merged with Motive Communications and went public. Fabbio spent nearly 6 years in the venture capitalist industry with Austin Ventures, as a Venture Partner, and with TL Ventures, as a Managing Director. In addition, Fabbio has held senior technical and executive management positions with Cesura, VIEO, IBM, Prime Computer, Applix, and Kodak.
Fabbio received a A.A.S in Chemistry from Mohawk Valley Community College, a B.A. in Chemistry/Computer Science from SUNY at Potsdam and an M.S. in Computer Science and Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology.
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