Tony van Marken has had a successful career as a high-tech entrepreneur, management consultant, venture capitalist and independent director in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Canada and France. Tony joined the board of DataPro Group in July 2006 and was appointed Executive Chairman in November of 2006. Since 2002, Tony has worked as an independent advisor and director of technology companies in Europe and South Africa.
From 1999 to 2003, Tony was a General Partner of XDL Intervest Capital Corporation, one of Canada’s leading venture capital companies, where he led investments in the telecommunications, wireless and software industries.
From 1994 through 1999, Tony was President and CEO of Architel Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:ASYCF, TSE:ASY), a global leader in telecommunications software development. Over 5 years he helped Architel achieve a compound annual growth rate of 85 percent, while transforming the company into a leading supplier of Operational Support Systems (OSS) software products to telecommunications service providers worldwide.
He led Architel through its initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1996 and successfully completed a NASDAQ listing in 1998. Under Tony’s leadership, Architel grew to become the 13th largest independent software company in Canada and was a regular member of the Deloittte and Touche Fast 55. Architel had annualised revenues of over US$50 million, more than 400 employees worldwide and a market capitalization of $400 million.
Before joining Architel, Tony worked as a management consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Europe and South Africa. He managed and implemented complex systems integration projects in a variety of industries, including government, transportation and telecommunications. In the earlier stages of his career, Tony worked in software development for the Insurance and Defence industries.
Tony has acted as a director and advisor to numerous public and private venture backed, high technology companies in Canada, the United States and Europe. Recognized as a leader in his field, Tony was honoured in 1998 as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and was awarded the 1996 Canadian Venture Capital Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Tony graduated with a B.Sc. (Computer Science) from the University of Cape Town and with a B.Comm from the University of South Africa.
An avid endurance runner, cyclist, skier and mountaineer, Tony is the first South African to climb the “original” seven continental summits of the world. He completed his quest in less than three years, reaching the summit of Everest on June 2nd, 2005.
Tony is a former Vox Telecom CEO.
From 1999 to 2003, Tony was a General Partner of XDL Intervest Capital Corporation, one of Canada’s leading venture capital companies, where he led investments in the telecommunications, wireless and software industries.
From 1994 through 1999, Tony was President and CEO of Architel Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:ASYCF, TSE:ASY), a global leader in telecommunications software development. Over 5 years he helped Architel achieve a compound annual growth rate of 85 percent, while transforming the company into a leading supplier of Operational Support Systems (OSS) software products to telecommunications service providers worldwide.
He led Architel through its initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1996 and successfully completed a NASDAQ listing in 1998. Under Tony’s leadership, Architel grew to become the 13th largest independent software company in Canada and was a regular member of the Deloittte and Touche Fast 55. Architel had annualised revenues of over US$50 million, more than 400 employees worldwide and a market capitalization of $400 million.
Before joining Architel, Tony worked as a management consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Europe and South Africa. He managed and implemented complex systems integration projects in a variety of industries, including government, transportation and telecommunications. In the earlier stages of his career, Tony worked in software development for the Insurance and Defence industries.
Tony has acted as a director and advisor to numerous public and private venture backed, high technology companies in Canada, the United States and Europe. Recognized as a leader in his field, Tony was honoured in 1998 as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and was awarded the 1996 Canadian Venture Capital Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Tony graduated with a B.Sc. (Computer Science) from the University of Cape Town and with a B.Comm from the University of South Africa.
An avid endurance runner, cyclist, skier and mountaineer, Tony is the first South African to climb the “original” seven continental summits of the world. He completed his quest in less than three years, reaching the summit of Everest on June 2nd, 2005.
Tony is a former Vox Telecom CEO.
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