Primary Job Title President and CEO Primary Organization 
Bold Star Ventures
Location Celina, Texas, United States Regions Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Southern US Gender Male
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Jack Blount is the President and CEO at Bold Star Ventures. He attended Southern Methodist University.
Jack Blount has more than 25 years senior management experience including the roles of Chairman, President, CEO, COO, CTO and EVP. He has a successful track record of drawing from his vast network of seasoned professionals, to assemble powerful
teams and successfully leading companies to accomplish rapid growth and solid profits. Blount most recently was the Chairman and CEO of AlphaBay Corporation, which represents a true compilation of his past successes. Alpha Bay was the first enterprise, real-time, retail system offering mobile clients, PCI-DSS security, big data analysis and social networking through cloud services. Blount began his career at IBM as an engineer working on MVS, RACF security, System 38, AS400, DB2, SNA Networks, PC, PS2, and Token-ring Network.
Blount has been an executive in several public companies including: Novell, SVP Strategic Business Development, Borland, COO, Raindance Communications, COO, TeleComputing, COO/CTO, and J.D.Edwards, EVP e-Commerce Business Division. He has experience in all aspects of the technology arena including: Internet, cybersecurity, telephony, database, networking, wireless networking, enterprise applications, SaaS/Cloud services, software, and hardware. In addition to his technical acumen, Blount has had responsibility for sales, marketing, and operations, for international products and services, where he has continually produced dramatic growth in revenues and profits. Blount has also had the experience of launching new products in all parts of the world including US, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, China, and Latin America.
