Mike Devlin (entrepreneur)

For other people with the same name, see Mike Devlin (disambiguation).

Mike Devlin is an U.S. based entrepreneur who co-founded Rational Software Corporation, a software development company based in Lexington, Massachusetts.[1]

Devlin graduated from the United States Air Force Academy 1977 after studying electrical engineering and computer science. He completed a M.S. in computer science at Stanford University the following year.[citation needed]

As CEO of Rational, Devlin oversaw the acquisition of several companies, including Objectory AB (1995),[2] and Catapulse (2001), a start-up which was funded by Rational, in conjunction with Benchmark Capital.[3]

In 2003, Rational Software was acquired by IBM for 2.1 billion U.S. dollars,[4] a move that saw Devlin become general manager with IBM.[5] He retired from the company two years later.[6]

References

  1. ^ LaMonica, Martin. "Rational chief Mike Devlin to retire". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. ^ Watkins, John (2009-07-27). Agile Testing: How to Succeed in an Extreme Testing Environment. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139479547.
  3. ^ Roundup, A. WSJ com News. "Rational Software to Acquire All Of Catapulse in $405 Million Deal". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  4. ^ Lohr, Steve (2002-12-07). "I.B.M. to Acquire Rational In Big Move Into Software". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  5. ^ Lohr, Steve (2002-12-07). "I.B.M. to Acquire Rational In Big Move Into Software". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  6. ^ LaMonica, Martin. "Rational chief Mike Devlin to retire". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-04-17.


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