Executive Profile

Michael J. Maples Jr. Founder and Managing Partner, FLOODGATE

Age	Total Calculated Compensation	This person is connected to 21 Board Members in 21 different organizations across 22 different industries. See Board Relationships
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Background

Mr. Michael J. Maples, Jr., Mike is the Founder of FLOODGATE and serves as its Managing Partner. Mr. Maples’ background spans a variety of markets including consumer technology, small business and the enterprise. He led various functions in product development, marketing, business development, and corporate strategy. His experience centers on market strategy, entry, and management in the software industry. Mr. Maples co-founded Motive, Inc. in 1997 and served as its ... Chief Strategist. He served as the the President of Marketing, General Manager of the Corporate Business Unit and Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Motive. He was also responsible for defining Motive’s strategic product, market, and technology direction. Mr. Maples played a key role in Motive's growth from raw start-up through sales of more than $75 million. Before that, Mr. Maples spent three years at Tivoli Systems, where he lastly served as a Director of Product Marketing and was responsible for worldwide product marketing. At Tivoli, he managed its product portfolio from its early-stage development through its 1995 IPO and growth to a $750 million line of business within IBM Software Group. Prior to that, Mr. Maples worked at Silicon Graphics as the Digital Media Product Marketing Manager for the Indigo system and served in business development and product marketing roles. He worked in a variety of Senior Management roles at high-growth companies. He also worked at Foundation Capital and August Capital. Mr. Maples began his technology career in high school, when he started a software company that developed games and educational products for the original IBM PC. He serves as a Director of PixelFish, Inc., ModCloth, Inc., Egnyte, Inc., WellnessFX, Inc., Pipewise Inc., Reputation.com (UK) Limited, Reputation.com, Inc., Smule, Inc., DoubleDutch, Inc., BancBox, Inc., ccLoop, Inc., Dasient, Inc., Artias Inc., ConnectAndSell, Inc., Sharethrough, Inc., SwiftTest Inc., Sightly, Inc., Rivet Games, Inc., Socialware, Inc., Mass Relevance Inc., and Stipple, Inc. He has been a Member of the Board of Advisors at Bazaarvoice, Inc. since June 23, 2010. He served as a Director of Spiceworks Inc. He is a Guest Lecturer on Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Princeton University, and the University of Texas. He is a frequent Speaker at industry conferences. Mr. Maples was named as one of “8 Rising VC Stars“ by Fortune Magazine for his investments in business and consumer technology companies. He was an Entrepreneur and Operating Executive. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

Corporate Headquarters 820 Ramona Street Palo Alto, California 94301 United States Phone: 650-204-7990 Fax: 650-353-2541 Board Members Memberships Former Director Spiceworks, Inc. Director Reputation.com, Inc. Director Sharethrough, Inc. Director Rivet Games, Inc. Director Smule, Inc. Director Dasient, Inc. Director Reverb Technologies, Inc. Director Egnyte, Inc. Director Socialware, Inc. Director ModCloth, Inc. Director SwiftTest, Inc. Director Sightly, Inc. Director DoubleDutch, Inc. Director Stipple Inc. Director Mass Relevance Inc. Director ConnectAndSell, Inc. Director WellnessFX, Inc. Director BancBox, Inc. Director Artias Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Pipewise Inc. Director Reputation.com (UK) Limited Education Bachelor's Degree Stanford University MBA Harvard Business School Other Affiliations August Capital Foundation Capital Motive, Inc. Stanford University Harvard Business School Bazaarvoice, Inc. Spiceworks, Inc. Reputation.com, Inc. Sharethrough, Inc. Rivet Games, Inc. Smule, Inc. Dasient, Inc. Reverb Technologies, Inc. Egnyte, Inc. Socialware, Inc. ModCloth, Inc. SwiftTest, Inc. Sightly, Inc. DoubleDutch, Inc. Stipple Inc. Mass Relevance Inc. ConnectAndSell, Inc. WellnessFX, Inc. BancBox, Inc. Artias Inc. Pipewise Inc. Reputation.com (UK) Limited

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