Mike Devlin (entrepreneur)

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Mike Devlin is a U.S. 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 an 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 dollars (U.S), [4] a move that saw Devlin become general manager with IBM. [5] He retired from the company two years later. [6]

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References

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