Barry Bycoff has over 25 years of experience in the computer and software industry as an executive, investor and board member. He is currently a director of Progress Software where he has previously served as Executive Chairman in 2009 and 2010. He also serves as Chairman of Aveksa, Inc, a software company providing industry leading Identity and Access Management solutions and Bigtincan, an early stage software company, focused on the Mobile Content Management market.
He has previously served as Chairman of Day Software (DAYN), a developer of Web Content Management Software, which was acquired by Adobe. He was an investor and Board Member at Stubhub, the world’s largest fan-to-fan ticket marketplace, subsequently acquired by eBay in 2006. He also spent two years as a venture partner at FirstMark Ventures, where he made the initial investments in StubHub and Aveksa.
In 1996, he founded Netegrity (NETE), the dominant market share leader for web access control and single sign-on. As Chairman, CEO and President, he engineered the transformation of Netegrity's predecessor company into a leading developer of enterprise software. Barry had directed the company's growth from publicly held start up to one of the fastest growing software companies in the industry. In late 2004, the company was acquired by CA, Inc.
Mr. Bycoff and Netegrity received much recognition from technology and financial industry. Mr. Bycoff was named Ernst and Young's 2001 New England Entrepreneur of the Year in the Software Category. He served as co-chair of TechNet's CEO Taskforce on Cyber Security. He has made many appearances on television and at industry events. Netegrity was rank high in the Boston Globe's Hi Tech 50. It was named the "Best 3-Year Performer" in The Wall Street Journal's Annual Shareholder Scoreboard; one of Forbes Magazine's Best Managed, Fastest Growing Companies and a Bloomberg's 100 Fastest growing Companies. The company received the "1996 Product of the Year" award from Network World Magazine.
He has also served on the Board of Visitors at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering.
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