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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.
Former positions of Bob Frankston
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1997-12-30 |
| Slate Corp. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1992-12-30 |
Lotus Development Corp.
 Lotus Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Lotus Development Corp. was an American software company. The company was famous for their groundbreaking Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application, which was the killer application in the early days of the IBM PC which helped spread the adoption of the PC. The company also provided one of the more powerful groupware systems, Lotus Notes. The company was headquartered in Cambridge, MA | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1989-12-30 |
| INTERACTIVE DATA | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1978-12-30 |
CVP Management, Inc.
 CVP Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance CVP Management, Inc (Converge Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Nilanjana Bhowmik and Maia Heymann. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Bob Frankston
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
|---|---|
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 5 |
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100x Ventures
 100x Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Founded by Ken Lang, 100x Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Waltham, Massachusetts. | Finance |
CVP Management, Inc.
CVP Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance CVP Management, Inc (Converge Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Nilanjana Bhowmik and Maia Heymann. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Finance |
ICE Data Services, Inc.
 ICE Data Services, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services ICE Data Services, Inc. provides financial market data, analytics and related solutions. The firm offers fixed income evaluations, reference data and real-time market data, trading infrastructure services, fixed income analytics, desktop solutions and web-based solutions. Its offerings support clients around the world with mission-critical functions, including portfolio valuation, regulatory compliance, risk management, electronic trading and wealth management. he company serves the mutual fund, bank, asset management, hedge fund, securities and financial instrument processing and administration sectors. ICE Data Services is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ. | Technology Services |
Lotus Development Corp.
Lotus Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Lotus Development Corp. was an American software company. The company was famous for their groundbreaking Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application, which was the killer application in the early days of the IBM PC which helped spread the adoption of the PC. The company also provided one of the more powerful groupware systems, Lotus Notes. The company was headquartered in Cambridge, MA | Technology Services |
| Slate Corp. |
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