Michael Cockrill, Managing Partner
Michael Cockrill brings 20 years of operational experience to Atlas. Most recently, he co-founded Mixxer, a 60-person company focused on defining the emerging area of mobile social networking, where he served as CTO and VP Product. Michael led the acquisition and integration of two companies in Vancouver and Indianapolis to create a new company and culture in Seattle.
Prior to Mixxer, Michael spent nine years at Qpass where he served in various executive roles, including VP Product and VP Solutions Architecture. In Michael’s final role as Chief Technical Strategist, he led Qpass' office of the CTO and was responsible for Qpass' technical strategy.
A nine-year veteran of Microsoft, Michael led Product Management on MSN's original e-commerce efforts and the client strategy for Microsoft Merchant Server and Commerce Server. A payments and payment security specialist, he led the design and development of the Microsoft Wallet and the Commerce division's overall payment strategy. Previous to e-commerce, he contributed to the evolution of Word for Windows and created Microsoft's first Internet product, Internet Assistant for Word.
Michael has been actively involved in the startup community, serving as an investor, director and advisor for several small companies in Seattle, New York and the Bay Area. Michael holds a double BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound, in addition to non-degree graduate work at UCLA and the University of Otago, New Zealand.
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