Tony Bates
Tony Bates Born Anthony J. Bates (1967-04-29) 29 April 1967 (age 47) Isleworth, West London, UK Residence Los Altos, California, U.S. Nationality British Occupation President of GoPro Inc Former Executive Vice President for Business Development & Evangelism at Microsoft Spouse(s) Cori Bates Children Matthew, David, Joshua, Ethan Anthony J. "Tony" Bates (born 29 April 1967) is the president of GoPro, and former executive vice president of Microsoft responsible for business development, strategy and evangelism. A university drop out and self-taught programmer, Bates has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the communications and Internet industries. An expert on Internet technologies, he has published 12 IETF RFCs in the areas of Internet Routing and Operations and he has 10 patents in Layer 2 and Layer 3 innovations. Bates began his career in network operation and internet infrastructure. Throughout his career, Bates has served on the boards of many technology companies, including YouTube, the video-sharing website; TokBox, a PaaS provider of video conference API's; BubbleMotion, a voice-based messaging and blogging service; and LoveFilm, an online video streaming and rental service. and first applied his experience to large scale consumer products and services following Cisco's acquisition of the Scientific Atlanta set-top box business and subsequently as Chief Executive Officer of Skype Technologies.