Donald Walker Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Managing Directo...

  • Primary Industry
  • B2B

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Donald Walker General Information

Biography

Mr. Donald Walker serves as Managing Director at Arbor Partners. He served as a Board Member at CMS Technologies He served as Vice President of Sales and as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Comshare from 1974 to 1996. During this time, he successfully directed the company through the well-publicized transitions from timesharing to mainframe software and then from mainframe to client/server software. He was a key player in the introduction of executive information systems (EIS), a new software category that grew to a significant market leadership position. He was also instrumental in moving Comshare into vertical specialization by leading its thrust into decision support and supply chain management software for the retail industry. His successful integration of two acquisitions and his proven track record of partnering with other software companies helped Comshare to increase market share while creating barriers for the competition. He is a private investor in several start-up companies. He was a seed investor in Network Express, which went public in 1994 and serves on the Boards of Directors for CMS Technologies, Bluespring Software, Bulbs.com, Cohesia, Sircon Corporation, and Knowlagent. He is also an advisor to The University of Michigans Wolverine Venture Fund and a former Board member of the New Enterprise Forum. He attended Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he studied business. He received a BA in Philosophy from St. Pauls College in Washington, DC.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Director, Arbor Partners
Education
Holy Cross College, Degree
Gender
Male
Email
dw
Phone
+1 (734)
Address
  • 130 South First Street
  • Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  • United States
+1 (734)

Donald Walker Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Arbor Partners Investor Managing Director Ann Arbor, MI Venture Capital

Donald Walker Lead Partner on Deals (4)

Donald Walker has been the lead partner on 4 deals. Their latest deal was with Bulbs.com, a distributors/wholesale company. The deal was made for on 23-Oct-2001.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Bulbs.com 23-Oct-2001 Later Stage VC (Series C) Completed Distributors/Wholesale Worcester, MA
Intradiem 03-May-2001 Completed Business/Productivity Software Marietta, GA
Bulbs.com 17-Jan-2000 Early Stage VC (Series B) Completed Distributors/Wholesale Worcester, MA
CMS Technologies 01-Feb-1998 Early Stage VC Completed Network Management Software Farmington Hills, MI

Donald Walker Network (43)

Board Members (9)

Name Company Representing Location From
Mathew McConnell Intradiem Intradiem Marietta, GA
Mark Koulogeorge Intradiem MK Capital Marietta, GA
Intradiem JMI Equity Marietta, GA
CMS Technologies Arbor Partners Farmington Hills, MI
Intradiem Self Marietta, GA

Portfolio Executives (34)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Gregg Walker Bulbs.com Vice President of E-Commerce 23-Oct-2001 Worcester, MA
Wendy Rose Bulbs.com Vice President of Operations 23-Oct-2001 Worcester, MA
Bulbs.com Chief Executive Officer & President 23-Oct-2001 Worcester, MA
Bulbs.com Vice President of Business Development 23-Oct-2001 Worcester, MA
Intradiem Chief People Officer 03-May-2001 Marietta, GA

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