Bruce Leak
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A graduate of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

, Bruce Leak is best known as a co-founder of WebTV Networks, a company that enabled households to access the Internet through their televisions. WebTV Networks was purchased by Microsoft and Bruce became the President of Microsoft's WebTV Network subsidiary.

Most recently, Bruce was CEO and co-founder of Carrier IQ
Carrier IQ
Carrier IQ is a privately-owned mobile software company founded in 2005 and based in Mountain View, California. It provides mobile analytics services for smartphones to the Wireless industry...

, a company that provides embedded analytics to the wireless industry through embedding diagnostic software in the mobile phone.

Bruce held senior management and engineering roles at Rocket Science Games and General Magic Inc. He began his career at Apple Computer, where he invented and brought to market QuickTime and 32-bit QuickDraw.

Bruce graduated from Stanford University with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. During his Stanford years, Bruce worked at Microsoft on the initial versions of Word and Multiplan (Excel).

Bruce is an angel investor and participates on several boards. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast and passionate in his support of environmental conservation and animal welfare.

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