Anthony Bay

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder

As chairman, CEO and co-founder of MOD Systems, Anthony Bay brings more than 25 years of experience as a technology executive and private venture investor. Prior to forming MOD in 2005, Anthony was the executive chairman of Loudeye Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: LOUD), which was acquired in 2006 by Nokia and now powers Nokia's global music service, OVI.

Before joining Loudeye, Anthony spent six years with Microsoft, last serving as corporate vice president and general manager of the Digital Media Division, and as a member of Microsoft's executive staff. His team was responsible for the creation and development of Windows Media technologies including Media Player, Media Server, codecs, DRM, and the windowsmedia.com portal. While at Microsoft, Anthony also served as general manager of the company's Commercial Systems Division and general manager of all MSN development and systems. He managed the development organization that shipped the original version of MSN with Windows 95.

Prior to Microsoft, Anthony spent eight years at Apple Computer, including three years at Apple's European headquarters in Paris. He served as general manager of Apple's Online Services in Europe, general manager for Enterprise Systems Europe, and product line manager for Apple's Workgroup Systems.

Anthony sits on the board of MODUSLINK (NASDAQ: MLNK) one of the world's leading supply chain vendors, and chairs the committee which governs its @Ventures VC subsidiary. He served for five years on the board of European Capital Ventures (ECV), a small private equity investment firm in London, and he also served as chairman and vice chairman for four years at Active24 and led its IPO on the OSLO stock exchange. 

Anthony has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of California Los Angeles and a Masters of Business Administration from California State University San Jose. He also has studied at INSEAD in Paris, France, and at Goerg-August Universitaet in Goettingen, Germany.