William "Skip" Bacon

Skip Bacon
Chief Technology Officer

Skip Bacon is responsible for product strategy and planning, ensuring that Virtual Instruments products uniquely meets customers’ needs.  Skip has more than 19 years of experience in product development and planning, leading efforts at companies such as Vendavo Inc., Siebel Systems, GT Capital Management, Oracle Corp. and MicroStrategy.  Most recently, he served as chief technology officer and senior vice president of product management at Vendavo Inc., a leading provider of B2B price optimization solutions.  During his tenure, the company shipped its largest-ever product release and more than doubled its revenues.  Prior to Vendavo, Skip served as group vice president of application technology at Siebel Systems (now part of Oracle), where he had responsibility for Siebel’s Enterprise CRM application platforms, which were deployed by 4,000 customers worldwide. Skip holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.