Since its inception in 2000, Thomas Massie has been Bridgeline Software's Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer.
From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Massie was the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Focus Enhancements. Focus is a publicly held developer of proprietary video conversion ASIC chip technology that had global distribution and technology alliances with companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Apple Computer, Thompson, Philips, SONY, Nokia, and Zenith. Mr. Massie led Focus from its original business plan to a public market cap of over $230 million dollars.
From 1986 to 1991, Mr. Massie was the founder, and Chairman of the Board of Mass Microsystems. Mr. Massie led this publicly held developer of proprietary multimedia products from business plan to over $75 million dollars in public market cap in just a few short years. In 1984 Mr. Massie was the Vice President of Sales for MacMemory, a multimillion-dollar developer of custom memory and acceleration products.
Since 2001, Mr. Massie has been a member of the Board of Directors of MapInfo Corp, a publicly held global company that develops location intelligence software solutions. Mr. Massie was Chairman of MapInfo's Corporate Governance Committee and a member of their audit and compensation committees. In 2007, MapInfo was acquired by Pitney Bowes for $480 million dollars. In addition, Mr. Massie is a member of the National Associations of Corporate Directors. From 1979 to 1982 Mr. Massie was a non-commissioned officer in the US Army, 101st Airborne Division.