Ian Giffen has more than twenty five years of experience as an investor, board director, advisor and chief financial officer to technology companies and investment funds. He is currently a Director of RuggedCom Inc., Absolute Software Inc and Mosaid Inc. Ian also serves on the boards of several private companies.
From 1992 to 1996, Ian was Vice President and CFO of Alias Research Inc., until it was sold to Silicon Graphics Inc. for approximately $500 million. Since then, he has advised private venture investment funds and served on the boards of public and private companies. He was on the board of Macromedia Inc. from 1997 until 2005, when it was sold to Adobe Systems for approximately $4 billion. Ian also served on the boards of Certicom Corporation Inc., Changepoint Inc., Corel Corporation Inc., Delano Technology Inc., Descartes Systems Group Inc, DPS Inc., Financial Models Inc., MKS Inc, Open Text Corporation, Sierra Systems Inc. and 724 Solutions Inc.
Ian is a Chartered Accountant and has a Designation in Corporate Finance. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and worked with KPMG in Glasgow from 1978 to 1982.