Tony Bates

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Tony Bates
Born
Anthony J. Bates

(1967-04-29) 29 April 1967 (age 57)
United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Chairman and CEO of Genesys
SpouseCori Bates
Children4

Anthony J. Bates (born 29 April 1967) is a British born business leader. Bates is the former CEO of Growth at Social Capital.[1] Previously, he held a number of technology based business roles including the former president of GoPro,[2] and the former [3] executive vice president of Microsoft responsible for business development, strategy and evangelism and former CEO of Skype.

Bates, a university dropout, began his career in network operations and internet infrastructure. In the past, he has served on the boards of YouTube, TokBox, BubbleMotion, LoveFilm, SiriusXM, GoPro and eBay. As of July 2023, he serves on the board of VMware. He first applied his experience to large-scale consumer products and services following Cisco's acquisition of the Scientific Atlanta set-top box business, and subsequently as Chief Executive Officer of Skype Technologies.[4] He published a number of IETF RFCs [5] and holds a number of patents.[6] On 6 May 2019 Bates was appointed to CEO of Genesys.

  1. ^ "Social Capital has hired Tony Bates to run its new growth unit".
  2. ^ Beth Jinks and Dina Bass (4 June 2014). "GoPro Names Ex-Microsoft Executive Tony Bates as President". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Form 10-K: Microsoft Corporation". Securities and Exchange Commission. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Anthony J. Bates, 46 - Executive Vice President, Business Development and Evangelism
  4. ^ "Future of Communications: Rehumanizing the Experience from the Living Room to the Boardroom". TechNet. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Tony Bates Data". IETF. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  6. ^ "USPTO Patent Full-Text & Image Database Search Results". US Patent & Trademark Office. Retrieved 6 April 2013.