Alex Eckelberry

Current

President and CEO at Sunbelt Software

Past

Managing Director at Bulldog Capital Management, LP
Interim executive at Ontrack Data International
Executive Vice President at Mijenix

VP and general manager, utilities business unit; VP worldwide marketing; multiple other positions at Quarterdeck
Director at Oxxi, Inc.
Director at Aegis Development, Inc.
Channel Development at Borland

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Education

Eckerd College

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Industry

Computer Software

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Alex Eckelberry’s Summary

Rapidly building shareholder value as an executive.

Alex Eckelberry’s Specialties:

Management, marketing, branding, finance.

Alex Eckelberry’s Experience

President and CEO

Sunbelt Software

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

Responsible for the development and execution of Sunbelt's corporate and product strategy, overseeing the company's financial performance, building and strengthening the senior management team, as well as establishing and growing a strong operational base.
Managing Director

Bulldog Capital Management, LP

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

October 1999 — March 2002 (2 years 6 months)

Worked for Bulldog Capital Management, an investment management firm with peak assets of $1.4 billion. At Bulldog, I co-managed the firm's private equity activities and later, worked in public equities securities analysis. As a private equity investor, worked on investments in a wide range of private companies, including Auctionwatch, Acta Technology, Vina Technology (now public), Achex (acquired by First Data), VitalStream (acquired by Internap), YouCentric (acquired by J.D. Edwards) and T.sqware (acquired by Globespan).

Bulldog Capital was acquired by Monitor, Inc. in December 2001.
Interim executive

Ontrack Data International

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1999 — September 1999 (3 months)

Post the acquisition of Mijenix by Ontrack, I stayed briefly with Ontrack to assist in the transition.
Executive Vice President

Mijenix

(Computer Software industry)

February 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 8 months)

Executive vice president for Mijenix Corporation, a developer of Windows software. Achieved over 1,200% profitable revenue growth in two and a half years, as a fully self-funded effort, leading to the successful sale of the company to Ontrack Data International (NASDAQ: ONDI) in 1999. Responsible for the company's sales and marketing activities and launched several award-winning products, including a PC Week Best of Comdex Winner (1998).
VP and general manager, utilities business unit; VP worldwide marketing; multiple other positions

Quarterdeck

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; QDEK; Computer Software industry)

October 1990 — January 1997 (6 years 4 months)

Most recent role was vice president, worldwide marketing. Responsible for the Quarterdeck brand and the servicing of the other business units as a corporate marketing department. This function included product public relations, advertising, packaging, collateral material, on-line activities and tradeshows. Prior positions included: vice president and general manager, utilities business unit; director, utilities business unit; group product manager, utilities software; product manager, CleanSweep and QEMM; director, channel marketing; and manager, channel marketing.

As the general manager of the utilities business unit, managed one of the company's most successful business units with over $40 million in revenue, achieving growth through acquisition, product development and product licensing. Directed the marketing and development direction of the company's utility software, launching several products, including CleanSweep, QEMM, MagnaRAM, WINProbe, GameRunner and Hijaak Pro.
Director

Oxxi, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

1989 — 1990 (1 year )
Director

Aegis Development, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 1988 — October 1990 (2 years 1 month)

Launched several products, including Showcase F/X, a professional multimedia system for the Macintosh; SpectraColor, a 16-bit paint and animation system; and Animagic, an animation control system.
Channel Development

Borland

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 1987 — September 1988 (1 year )