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A successful entrepreneur with over 20 years' experience in the development and
leadership of technology and software ventures, Doug featured in the first two TV
series of Dragon's Den. He is the co-Founder of the Cambridge Angels (a network
for private investors), Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force,
and non-executive director of Alert Me, Pearl Software and Beats Digital. Between
1996 and 2000 Doug was President and CEO of Micrografx, a US publicly quoted software
company. Prior to that he also founded and subsequently sold two other companies:
Visual Software and ITAL Computers.
Doug holds a BA in Psychology from University of California at Berkeley and a Juris
Doctor at the school of Law, University of California at Los Angeles. In 2006 Doug
was an Honorary Recipient of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion and in 2007
he became a fellow of the RSA. In 2009 Doug received an Honorary Degree and is now
a Doctor of the University of Essex.
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