Ed Esber has over thirty-five years experience in the computer and software industry.  Business Week magazine and Computer Reseller News have identified Ed as a pioneer and visionary leader of the personal computer industry who is credited with developing the market strategies for two of the world’s best selling software packages of the 1980s: VisiCalc and dBase. 

 

Ed has personally started, grown and/or turned-around over fifteen companies, some of which became public companies. He has been a member of the Angels’ Forum for 9 years and a co-founding member of Halo Fund Management Company, Halo Fund II Management Company and Halo Opportunity Fund Management Company.  In 2007, he became a Co-Managing Member of all previous funds and a Co-Founder of The Halo Fund III Management Company. 

 

Ed is on the Board of Directors for Quantum, Panterra Networks and iTaggit.  He was the CEO or President of Ashton Tate, Creative Insights, Creative Labs, Pocket.com and SoloPoint.  He started his career by working for Texas Instruments, IBM and Digital General.  Ed has also taught an MBA course at the Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University entitled “Starting and Managing a Successful Startup”.  Ed has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.  He earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.