Co-Chairman of Fund Board and Co-Chair of the Investment Committee
Muir is a software engineer turned businessman, with more than 25 years of executive and general management experience in the computer software and services sector. He has held numerous high-profile business roles that have focused on spearheading major international sales and marketing initiatives for US-based corporations, as well as the development of global strategic partnerships.
He is a specialist in start-ups, turnarounds and delivering rapid profitable growth. As International Managing Director of Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS), the leading software as a service business for the PR industry, he founded the international operation in London and grew it from a standing start to a $multi million business with offices in the UK, Germany, Thailand and Hong Kong and with clients around the world. As part of the US management team he played a key role in the growth of what is now a $100M plus listed business, outside the USA, and was actively involved in bringing the company to a highly successful IPO.
Prior to Vocus, Muir founded Cyveillance International, the brand and reputation management software company as a subsidiary of the USA parent and built sales and operations both direct and indirect, around the world. He has been a frequent speaker at industry events on the subject of the internet and brand management. He is also widely quoted in the national, trade and business press, including CNN, BBC, The London Times, FT, New Media Age, .Net, Brand Strategy, Revolution magazine and Silicon.com, among others.
During the course of his career, Muir has founded and run a number of software and service companies and has been responsible for their significant growth. In the mid 90’s, he served as Managing Director for Isogon International Ltd. in the UK, a New York-based enterprise software and services company and grew the business globally through a combination of direct and indirect sales. Prior to that, he founded Logistics Solutions Ltd., an IBM AS/400 based software and services company located in Hong Kong. Muir expanded operations throughout the Asia Pacific region, supplying logistics and distribution software and services to some of the largest trading and retail companies in the Far East.
During the 80’s Muir sat on the distribution group board of the UK public company Suter plc and played a key role in its growth from a US$20Million operation in to a US$1Billion world-wide mini-conglomerate. He also sat on the boards of a number of subsidiaries and was a member of the executive team responsible for strategic acquisitions and the turnarounds of underperforming group companies.
Muir studied computer science at Coventry University, speaks several languages, and resides in London.
