Scott J. Bleakley

Scott J Bleakley (born July 24 1956), is an American technology entrepreneur and executive. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Global Support Software (Now IssueTrak), Impart Technology Corporation and Intelligent Technology Corporation. Bleakley's first startup which was funded by Austin Ventures was a one of the earliest companies to explore and development wireless ( Bluetooth and 802.11) technologies to allow incompatible devices to communication with each other.

Early life
Bleakley was born in Lima, Ohio to Joan and Greg Bleakley. In his younger years he moved from Lima, Ohio to Los Altos Hills, California and then to Mansfield, Ohio were is graduated from Malabar High School. Bleakley received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1977 and a M.B.A. from Miami University 1979. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He got his first job with IBM as a Marketing Representative in Cincinnati, Ohio. After 15 years with IBM he joined Pervasive Software as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development. Before retiring Bleakley had been CEO of three technology companies in Austin, Texas and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Bleakley married his wife, the former Donna Scott, on June 30 1998. The couple live on water in Virginia Beach, Virginia and are avid boaters and cruisers of the Chesapeake Bay. They have two children (Brandon Bleakley, who is attending William and Mary College and Connor Bleakley who is attending Cape Henry Collegiate and serves as Student Body President.

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LETTER FROM AMERICA
Using the same irrational logic as many recent press articles about Bluetooth and 802.11, should we assume that since cars and trucks both use wheels and internal combustion engines that we should bludgeon one to death as unnecessary, overlapping technology? A key point seems to be lost in most of these articles regarding Bluetooth’s premature demise. Bluetooth and 802.11 are both excellent technologies that will significantly improve our day-to-day business and personal productively. However, they are targeted towards different audiences. 802.11 is primarily a device-to-server (for example, a LAN access point) technology. Bluetooth is primarily a device-to-device (for example, PDA to PDA) technology. Both technologies happen to use the same unlicensed 2.4GHz wireless bandwidth spectrum. The similarities begin to rapidly disappear at this point. Within my company I have both 802.11 and Bluetooth. Within my garage I have both a car and a truck. One does not preclude the need for the other; both allow me to drive.
Scott Bleakley
President, Impart Technology
Austin, Texas

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