Edward Miller
President, Blackboard Connect
As president of Blackboard Connect Inc., Mr. Miller oversees operations of the all issues related to the Connect family of services. Blackboard Connect provides mass notification technology and services to thousands of organizations in K-12 and higher education, state and local government, federal agencies and the military. Mr. Miller brings over 25 years of experience in the computer software industry to Blackboard. Equally comfortable at start-ups and mature companies, he has led several software companies through their lifecycle to successful exit events. Mr. Miller joined Blackboard in 2007 with the acquisition of Xythos Software which he led as President and CEO since 2001. Prior to Xythos, Mr. Miller founded and served as President of SQL Software, Inc. which was acquired by Platinum Technology. As Senior Vice-President at Platinum, he managed a $300 million business unit with over 500 employees. In his time there, Mr. Miller led five acquisitions valued at over $400 million and successfully integrated the new companies into Platinum. On the product side, Mr. Miller oversaw a comprehensive integration project across seven software development labs. Prior to founding SQL Software, Inc., Mr. Miller has also held positions at leading technology companies including Oracle Corporation and Automatic Data Processing.
Mr. Miller holds a B.S. in Business Information and Computing Systems from San Francisco State University.