Marc Sokol

Marc Sokol serves as Chairman of the Board of VirtualZ. Marc is widely recognized as an expert Advisor, Director and investor focused on high-growth entrepreneurial companies. He is Co-Founder of Commack Solutions, a stealth mode startup in tech services. Marc is Managing Partner at Florida Funders, which is a hybrid of a venture capital fund and crowd-funding platform that invests in early-stage technology companies in Florida. Marc also serves on the boards of several technology companies offering expertise in venture capital and funding strategy, marketing, business development, public relations and product strategy. Marc’s experience in information technology uniquely includes management and technical executive positions at high tech companies in addition to working on the other side of the table as a venture capital investor. His more than 40 years in the industry includes over 10 years in venture investing at JK&B Capital and a number of senior positions spanning several years at mainframe software and services leader CA Technologies—previously Computer Associates—including SVP and General Manager of Global Marketing, SVP of Business Development and SVP of Advanced Technology. Before joining CA, Marc co-founded Realia, Inc. and co-authored the Realia COBOL compiler, which was eventually acquired by CA. Marc attended the Illinois Institute of Technology. Marc is on the board of the Mattituck Community Fund, Inc., a social services organization supporting local community non-profits. He is also the President of the board of directors of Community Action Southold Town working to alleviate poverty and he was on the board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.