Clark Gilder is an Angel Investor. He serves as the Managing Partner at Strategic Software Services and Board Member at Apparity. He also serves as the Chairman and Chief Technology Officer at ZeeWise. He is an innovative technology entrepreneur and angel investor with extensive software industry experience who brings keen insight and creative thinking in applying technology to modern business problems in established or new markets. During the 12 years he spent at Microsoft in Redmond, WA, he delivered impressive results in various management and operating roles including World-wide Technology Evangelist as well as a Lead Program Manager on the Microsoft Windows development team where he contributed to the design, development and shipping of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. His notable accomplishments at Microsoft include being one of the rare 2 time winners of the Microsoft Windows Division 'Gold Star" award and being one of the very first Microsoft Certified System Engineers in the world.