Mike SIGAL

Co-Founder and CEO, Guidewire Group

Mike Sigal has 15 years of success in building technology-based businesses for existing and emerging global businesses. He recently returned to the U.S. after three years of living and working in Europe, where he provided strategic trans-Atlantic marketing and business development services to technology companies. Prior to his experience in Europe, he spent nearly 10 years in the U.S., providing strategic advisory and interim management services for such companies as Daily Mail General Trust, Fresher Information Corp, IDG, Office Depot, Pacific Bell, Philips Electronics, Synoptics, and the U.S. Postal Service. As director of DASAR, producer of the annual European Technology Roundtable Exposition (ETRE) conferences, and as Co-producer and managing director of DEMOeurope for IDG Executive Forums, Sigal built communities which fostered relationships among technology industry executives and investors.

An entrepreneur at heart, he has founded a number of technology ventures, including FM Waves and WiFinder. Sigal holds a BA from University of California, Berkeley.