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Lou Shipley

Former Executive in Residence at General Catalyst at General Catalyst · Former CEO of Black Duck (acquired by Synopsis), Former CEO of VMTurbo at Cove Hill Partners

Greater Boston

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About

Executive Advisory Board member; former CEO of Black Duck (acquired by Synopsys) and former CEO of VMTurbo.

Experience

  1. Harvard Business SchoolSenior Lecturercurrent2016 — presentGreater Boston Area
  2. CybelAngelAdvisor To The Boardcurrent2020 — present
  3. CustomerGaugeBoard Membercurrent2013 — present
  4. Wasabi Technologies, Inc.Board Membercurrent2019 — presentGreater Boston Area
  5. FairmarkitBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston Area
  6. LeapworkBoard Member2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  7. GTreasuryBoard Member2021 — 2023
  8. Logz.ioBoard Observer2019 — 2023Greater Boston
  9. General CatalystExecutive in Residence at General Catalyst2019 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. MIT Sloan School of ManagementSenior Lecturer2011 — 2021Cambridge, MA
  11. SentryOneBoard Member2018 — 2020Charlotte, North Carolina Area
  12. Black Duck SoftwarePresident & CEO2013 — 2019Burlington, MA
  13. TurbonomicPresident & CEO VMTurbo (now Turbonomic)2011 — 2013Boston, MA
  14. CustomerGauge (Directness BV)Board Chair, CustomerGauge2013Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  15. Citrix SystemsVP and GM DataCenter and Cloud Division2006 — 2011Bedford, MA
  16. Reflectent SoftwareCEO2003 — 2006
  17. Webline CommunicationsVP Sales1997 — 1999
  18. Avid Technology, Inc.VP Sales1990 — 1996

Skills & more

Data Center64Start-upsSaaS50Integration42Cloud ComputingCitrix32Infrastructure7Cisco Technologies4New Business Development6Virtualization23Go-to-market Strategy25Marketing21
+8 moreProduct MarketingEnterprise SoftwareEntrepreneurshipBusiness AlliancesVMwareXenSoftware DevelopmentSolution Selling

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Who is Lou Shipley?
Executive Advisory Board member; former CEO of Black Duck (acquired by Synopsys) and former CEO of VMTurbo.
Where did Lou Shipley go to school?
Lou Shipley studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Trinity College-Hartford (BA, Economics); Westminster School.

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