J. Bruce Daley

Current

Partner and Co-founder at Rabbit Ears Capital Advisors
Consultant at Great Divide Research

Past

Founder and CTO at Test Common Inc.
Founder at The Enterprise Software Summit
Executive Editor at The Siebel Observer

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Education

Tufts University
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Kent Denver Country Day

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J. Bruce Daley’s Summary

J. Bruce Daley has founded or co-founded six enterprises with very different business models - a publication (The Siebel Observer), a radio business (eCommerce Update), an event (The Enterprise Software Summit), a consulting business (Great Divide Research) an investment advisory firm (Rabbit Ears Capital Advisors) and a social network to test software (Test Common).

Mr. Daley is a recognized authority in software, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The International Herald Tribune, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Chronicle, CBS/MarketWatch, The Street.com, The Denver Post, The Rocky Mountain News, Computerland Sweden, IEEE Spectrum,The Deal and CNet.

He has conducted over 250 consultations with investment firms such as Agnos Group, AIM Management Group, Bain & Company, Bear Stearns, Brummer & Partners, Burgundy Asset Management, Cambium Capital, Camelot Management Corporation, Carlyle Goup, CQ Partners, Credit Suisse, D.E. Shaw Company, Deutsche Asset Management, Fidelity, Fortress Investment Group, GL Partners, Investor Growth Capital, JANA Partners, Janus, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Maverick Capital, Morgan Stanley, Neuberger Berman, Pioneer Investments, Polygon Investments, Porter Orlin, Scout Capital, Silver Point Capital, Silver Lake Technology Management, Stark Investments and TIAA-CREF, T. Rowe Price among others.

He has been a key note speaker, track host or a speaker at a number of different industry events including the Accenture Leadership Council, DCI, and Johnson & Wales School of Business.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Mr. Daley had broad experience playing multiple roles within the software industry, with direct experience as programmer, project manager, sales and marketing executive, consultant, industry advisor, and research analyst.

J. Bruce Daley’s Specialties:

programming, project management, product management, data base administration, pre sales, sales, sales management, product management, consulting, financial advisory, industry advisory, writing, editing, publishing, events, radio, mergers and acquisitions, fund raising

J. Bruce Daley’s Education

Tufts University

B.A. , German and History , September 1976 — June 1980

Activities and Societies:

Editor of Hemispheres the school's journal of international relations
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Germanistik und Politishes Wissenschaft 1978 — 1979

Activities and Societies:

Tufts University Foreign Exchange Program
School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Art 1976 — 1979
Kent Denver Country Day

1975 — 1976