Bruce Gallager

Information Technology Entrepreneur, Board Member, Executive, Business Adviser, and Angel Investor working with and investing in early stage software and technology companies. Focus is creating and delivering business value through the adaption of Cognitive Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine & Deep Learning, "Big Data" and Complex Analytics in the Global Financial Services Industry.

Angel Investor and Adviser as Managing Partner of Innovative Data Ventures and a Member of New York Angels- Co-Chairman of the Fintech Group. Made over 20 seed-level company investments, Board Member of two, and adviser to many.

With over 30 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, have founded and been the CEO for two leading global IT strategy, architecture, and software development firms (both were acquired-one by a large publicly traded software firm and the other by a rapidly growing off/onshore software development firm), had full responsibility for the East Coast advisory, software product, and custom software development professional services business of a large public software company, co-founded and CEO of a leading technology magazine for the database marketplace, and had a 4 year executive management role managing the global strategy and architecture services business for a 7,000 person digital, business consulting & technology services firm.

Demonstrated entrepreneurship, leadership, and technical expertise by building teams of technology pioneers and experts, sales, and operational staff that created and sustained profitable, industry-leading, and innovative technology businesses focused on the global financial services and healthcare industries.

Clients have included most major global financial firms based in New York and London as well as many in the US, Europe, and Asia.