Michael A. Braun

Who is Michael A. Braun?

Mike joined Intacct as CEO in 2007. He has over 35 years experience

in the information technology industry and has been CEO of three

Silicon Valley companies and General Manager of four major businesses

at IBM.

Most of his experience has been working in

businesses based on advanced technology in the early stage of market

adoption or helping businesses grow around a new vision. As CEO of

Neuron Data, he transformed it into Blaze Software which went public in

2000 and is now part of Fair Issac Corporation. In the mid 1990’s, he

led Kaleida Labs, the pioneering multimedia joint venture of Apple and

IBM, and most recently co-founded The Interim CEO Network, Silicon

Valley’s #1 source for interim leadership. His IBM career spanned 23

years, customers of all sizes, and products as diverse as software,

servers of all sizes, PC’s and even typewriters.

Habitually "on the edge" of new trends like on demand application

solutions, Mike also was a founder and VP of IBM's Multimedia Division

in 1990 and started its Fireworks Partners venture fund in 1992. He

formed the Interactive Multimedia Association in 1991 and served as its

chairman until merging with the Software Publishers Association in

1996. He helped launch SNA in 1977 and the original IBM PC in 1981. He

has also been a guest lecturer in the entrepreneurship programs at

Stanford's Graduate School of Business and Santa Clara University.

He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Callidus Software

(NASDAQ: CALD), and is on the board of Captara Corporation,

Boardwalktech and TheatreWorks. He has a BA in Psychology from the

University of Rochester and also an MBA from its Simon School.