Brian D. Owen

Brian D. Owen has more than 30 years of senior operating experience with a particular focus on achieving liquidity for VC-backed growth-stage B2B Cloud, SaaS, and enterprise software companies. Currently an active Executive Board member at X-IO (ex-CEO) and a Partner at Masthead Venture Partners, Brian previously served as CEO of Decalog, NV, a front office asset management, trading and compliance financial software company that he successfully merged with SunGard (NYSE: SDS). Brian was also CEO of MapInfo Corporation where he led the company’s successful IPO (sold to Pitney Bowes). Prior to that, Brian held senior management positions with Oracle Corporation and Computer Associates. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors at X-IO Technologies, Centric Software, CloudTP and Full Circle Insights. Previously he served on the Board of Directors or as a Board Advisor to Raptor Systems (Nasdaq: RAPT, Sold to Symantec), Nuron (sold to Intel), WorldWide Packets (Sold to Ciena), Packet Designs (Sold to Lone Rock Technology Group), RuleSream (sold to Siemens), and AEP Networks (Sold to Ultra Electronics). Brian has an MBA degree from the Wharton School and a BS degree in Mathematics from Boston College.