Robert "Bob" Fabbio (born June 21, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, technologist, and venture capitalist. He is best known for founding companies in and around

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Education

Fabbio received his AAS in

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

from

Mohawk Valley Community College Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) is a public community college in Oneida County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York system. MVCC was founded in 1946 as the first community college established in New York State and ...

, a BA in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

from

State University of New York at Potsdam The State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam or, colloquially, Potsdam) is a public college in Potsdam, New York. It is the northernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Founded in 1816, it is among the ...

, and a MS in Computer Science and

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

from the

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in the town of Henrietta, New York, Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree ...

Career

In 1989, Fabbio founded Tivoli Systems , creators of the

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suite; the company was acquired by IBM in 1996. In 1991, Fabbio founded DAZEL Corporation, acquired by

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in 1999. He subsequently served as a Venture Partner for

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, and as

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of TL Ventures Inc. He founded WhiteGlove Health in 2006, and eRelevance Corporation in 2013. Fabbio is also a partner at the Capital Factory, a startup incubator in Austin, Texas. Fabbio also led the funding and was an active-Chairman of

Agere Systems Agere Systems, Inc. was an integrated circuit components company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Spun out of Lucent Technologies in 2002, Agere was merged into LSI Corporation in 2007. LSI was in turn acquired by Avago Technologies in 2014. In ...

. In addition, Fabbio held senior technical and executive management positions with Cesura, VIEO, IBM,

Prime Computer Prime Computer, Inc. was a Natick, Massachusetts-based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992. With the advent of PCs and the decline of the minicomputer industry, Prime was forced out of the market in the early 1990s, and by the end of ...

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, and

Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...

. Mr. Fabbio also served as a Rochester Institute of Technology Board of Trustees member.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabbio, Robert Living people 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople American computer businesspeople American corporate directors Businesspeople in software 1957 births