Ronald Skates
Board of Director @ State Street
Essex, United States
Ronald Skates is a Series B investor at State Street in Essex focused on Database and Cloud Storage. Skates has been a director of the Company since 2003. He has been a private investor since 1999. From 1989 to 1999, Skates was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Data General Corporation. From 1986 to 1989, Skates held a variety of other positions at Data General Corporation. He was a partner at Price Waterhouse (nowPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) from 1976 to 1986.Currently, Skates is also on the Board of Directors of State Street Corporation, Courier Corporation and Gilbane, Inc. Skates also serves as Trustee Emeritus of Massachusetts General Hospital and as Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital Physicians Organization.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Ronald Skates invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Database 1 (100%)
- Cloud Storage 1 (100%)
- Cloud Computing 1 (100%)
- Cloud Data Services 1 (100%)
- Information Technology 1 (100%)
Investments
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Wasabi Technologies
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Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston. | $30M / Series B / May 28, 2020 |
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About State Street
State Street is a financial services company that serves sophisticated institutions. State Street provides a range of financial services, including investment management, research, trading, and custodial services to institutional investors. The company is known for its role in servicing and safeguarding assets for a wide array of clients, includingmutual funds, pension funds, and other institutional investors.
State Street Contacts
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Bradford Hu
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
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Marc Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
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Marc Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
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Ronald Skates
Board of Director
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Adam Stuart
Vice President, SSgA Information Technology Architecture
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What does Ronald Skates invest in?
Ronald Skates invests primarily in Database, Cloud Storage and Cloud Computing startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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