Bob D. Crowley
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Bob Crowley is an American
private equity investor and software executive. He is a frequent speaker at technology and communications industry forums and beyond software has worked extensively in the cable television and telecommunications fields. He currently is managing partner of The The Mustang Group, an investment firm he co-founded in 2003.
He has received numerous awards including: Entrepreneur of the Year, Young President's Award, Information Week Top 10 Executive, Red Herring's Top 100 Technology Leaders, Info World's Rainmaker and Who's Who in American Universities.
Bob, a veteran business operator, has held senior management positions for over 25 years with several outstanding companies. Two had highly successful public offerings, two were acquired for a cumulative amount of more than $2 billion and two of these companies remain privately held.
After graduating from Villanova University, Bob began his career managing cable television operations for American Cablesystems which subsequently went public and then was acquired. He then joined the executive teams of two well known successes in the enterprise software sector, CableData and Kenan Systems; one IPOed and then was sold and the other sold for $1.4B respectively. Bob then became CEO of two technology pioneers in XML and Web services, Arbortext and Bowstreet; both sold to Fortune 100 companies. Prior to Mustang, Bob was managing director of Safeguard Scientific’s (NYSE:SFE) software portfolio. Bob has directly raised $160 million in equity and continues to sit on a variety of company boards. Bob’s expertise is accelerating growth of businesses in highly competitive environments.
Current board seats are Vermont Teddy Bear, Scribe Software, Country Club Enterprises and MetraTech. Previous board seats include Cascade Helmets, SOTAS, Mantas, Agari Mediaware, Xf, Bowstreet, Arbortext, Beachfire, CableData International, CSO, Inc, CableData Europe, Ltd and British Satellite Services, Ltd. Bob and Marcy have two sons, Patrick and Drew and divide time between Newton, Massachusetts and Sacramento, California, where Bob increases Mustang’s reach west. Bob is an ultra distance trail runner, skier and horseback rider.
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private equity investor and software executive. He is a frequent speaker at technology and communications industry forums and beyond software has worked extensively in the cable television and telecommunications fields. He currently is managing partner of The The Mustang Group, an investment firm he co-founded in 2003.
He has received numerous awards including: Entrepreneur of the Year, Young President's Award, Information Week Top 10 Executive, Red Herring's Top 100 Technology Leaders, Info World's Rainmaker and Who's Who in American Universities.
Bob, a veteran business operator, has held senior management positions for over 25 years with several outstanding companies. Two had highly successful public offerings, two were acquired for a cumulative amount of more than $2 billion and two of these companies remain privately held.
After graduating from Villanova University, Bob began his career managing cable television operations for American Cablesystems which subsequently went public and then was acquired. He then joined the executive teams of two well known successes in the enterprise software sector, CableData and Kenan Systems; one IPOed and then was sold and the other sold for $1.4B respectively. Bob then became CEO of two technology pioneers in XML and Web services, Arbortext and Bowstreet; both sold to Fortune 100 companies. Prior to Mustang, Bob was managing director of Safeguard Scientific’s (NYSE:SFE) software portfolio. Bob has directly raised $160 million in equity and continues to sit on a variety of company boards. Bob’s expertise is accelerating growth of businesses in highly competitive environments.
Current board seats are Vermont Teddy Bear, Scribe Software, Country Club Enterprises and MetraTech. Previous board seats include Cascade Helmets, SOTAS, Mantas, Agari Mediaware, Xf, Bowstreet, Arbortext, Beachfire, CableData International, CSO, Inc, CableData Europe, Ltd and British Satellite Services, Ltd. Bob and Marcy have two sons, Patrick and Drew and divide time between Newton, Massachusetts and Sacramento, California, where Bob increases Mustang’s reach west. Bob is an ultra distance trail runner, skier and horseback rider.
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