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Bill McAleer, Managing Director
Bill brings to Voyager over 30 years of business experience and 25 years of senior executive and investing experience in the information technology industry.
Bill has participated on the boards of 20 companies, including 16 portfolio companies, focusing on software and services, digital media, and wireless. Eleven portfolio companies were sold for exits including Amplitude, Attenex, Medify, Melodeo, NetPodium and Tegic Communications. Additionally, he was a Director for Avocent (NASDAQ: AVCT), a public technology company acquired in late 2009 by Emerson for $1.2 billion.
Prior to co-founding Voyager in 1997, Bill was President of e.liance Partners, a consulting firm that advised information technology companies on strategy, venture financing and corporate partnering.
He served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Aldus from 1988 to 1994, when the company's revenues grew from $30 million to $240 million. He was responsible for global finance, legal, operations, and acquisition activities, including completing the merger with Adobe in 1994. He also served as a senior executive with Westin Hotels from 1979 to 1987.
Bill is active in several industry organizations, including serving as a director for the Washington Technology Industry Association and the Washington Technology Alliance. Additionally, he is a member of the Advisory Boards for DEMO (one of the industry's premier events), the Canadian Financing Forum, Harris Private Bank (a part of BMO Financial Group) and Thayer Ventures. He was also recently elected as a Cornell University Trustee, serves on the Advisory Boards for Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Business and the Cornell Center for Entrepreneurship, and was a member of the Cornell council. In addition, Bill is the chair of the Advisory Board for the University of Washington Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Bill has been a featured speaker at a variety of industry conferences and panels and earned a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.
Prior to co-founding Voyager in 1997, Bill was President of e.liance Partners, a consulting firm that advised information technology companies on strategy, venture financing and corporate partnering.
He served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Aldus from 1988 to 1994, when the company's revenues grew from $30 million to $240 million. He was responsible for global finance, legal, operations, and acquisition activities, including completing the merger with Adobe in 1994. He also served as a senior executive with Westin Hotels from 1979 to 1987.
Bill is active in several industry organizations, including serving as a director for the Washington Technology Industry Association and the Washington Technology Alliance. Additionally, he is a member of the Advisory Boards for DEMO (one of the industry's premier events), the Canadian Financing Forum, Harris Private Bank (a part of BMO Financial Group) and Thayer Ventures. He was also recently elected as a Cornell University Trustee, serves on the Advisory Boards for Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Business and the Cornell Center for Entrepreneurship, and was a member of the Cornell council. In addition, Bill is the chair of the Advisory Board for the University of Washington Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Bill has been a featured speaker at a variety of industry conferences and panels and earned a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.
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Amplitude Software, Inc.Acquired by Critical Path (NASDAQ: CPTH) in 1999 for $215 millionPrior to being acquired by Critical Path, Amplitude provided Internet-based applications that unite the extended workplace. |
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aQuantive, Inc.Acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in 2007aQuantive, Inc., (formerly known as Avenue A) was the leading online ad serving technology and services platform helping marketers acquire, retain and grow customers. |
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Attenex®Acquired by FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) in 2008 for $92 millionAttenex Software simplified the processing, management and review of large electronic document collections for investigations, discovery in litigation, and regulatory response. |
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Blue Box GroupBlue Box is a leading cloud services company delivering comprehensive application and enterprise solutions to its customers. |
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MedifyAcquired by Alliance Health Networks in May 2012Medify developed a software service that supplied families with the tools and data-driven intelligence they need to achieve greater visibility, management, and control over their loved ones’ health care. |
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Melodeo, Inc.Acquired by HP (NYSE: HPQ) in June 2010Melodeo Inc., was a leader in synchronized Web/mobile digital media delivery through products such as nuTsie™ and Mobilcast™. |
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NetPodium, Inc.Acquired by INTERVU/Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) in 1999Prior to being acquired, NetPodium offered software and services for hosting live, interactive Web events. |
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Tegic CommunicationsAcquired by America Online/Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) in 1999 for $350 millionTegic Communcation developed wireless text messaging software such as the T9 Text Input product. |
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YaptaYapta helps travelers get the most value from their travel spending by providing easy-to-use tools, information and intelligence on air and hotel pricing. |
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Zebra ImagingZebra Imaging is the world leader in holographic imaging. Zebra designs, develops and manufactures state-of-the-art 3-D holographic displays for a variety of 3-D visualization applications in government, military and commercial markets to dramatically improve situational awareness, collaboration and decision-making. |
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