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Robert A. "Bob" Fabbio
Born(1957-06-21)21 June 1957
NationalityAmerican
Known forFounding and funding various high tech companies
Notable workTivoli Software
AwardsErnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 1997; Forbes Midas List of the Top 100 Technology Venture Investors, 2002;Rochester Institute of Technology Innovation Hall of Fame, 2013[1].

Robert "Bob" Fabbio is an American technologist and venture capitalist, best known for founding companies in and around Austin, Texas[2][3].

Education

Fabbio 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.

Career

In 1989, Fabbio founded Tivoli Systems [4][5][6], creators of the Tivoli Software suite; the company was acquired by IBM in 1986. He subsequently served as a Venture Partner in Austin Ventures, and as Managing Director of TL Ventures Inc.[7].

In 1991, Fabbio founded DAZEL Corporation, acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1999[8]. He founded WhiteGlove Health in 2006[9], and eRelevance Corporation in 2013[10].

Fabbio also led the funding and was Chairman of the Board of Agere Systems[11]. In addition, Fabbio held senior technical and executive management positions with Cesura/VIEO, IBM, Prime Computer, Applix, and Kodak. Mr. Fabbio also served as a Rochester Institute of Technology Board of Trustee member.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "2013 RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  2. ^ "eRelevance Founder Bob Fabbio on the Austin Startup Scene and Niche Customers". AmericanInno. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  3. ^ "The state of tech entrepreneurship in Austin". Lucky7. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  4. ^ "Robert A. Fabbio: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. ^ "Journal Profile: Meet Austin entrepreneur Robert Fabbio, eRelevance CEO". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  6. ^ "Founder of Tivoli Joins Business Certainty Blog as Feature Commentator". BusinessWire. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  7. ^ "Serial Entrepreneur Reveals What He Learned Launching 5 Companies & Creating Over $1.5B In Shareholder Value". StartupSlingshot. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  8. ^ "DAZEL Corp". Inc. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  9. ^ "Pre-IPO Interview with Robert Fabbio Founder and CEO, WhiteGlove House Call Health, Inc" (PDF). IPOCandy. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  10. ^ "Bob Fabbio's eRelevance Offers Human Touch To Marketing Services Platform For SMBs". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  11. ^ "Bob Fabbio". CapitalFactory. Retrieved 2017-10-09.