Mike Beasley

Chairman

A distinguished enterprise software executive with decades of leadership across software engineering, modernization, and business transformation.

Mr. Beasley is the Chairman of Modernity Software and a highly accomplished enterprise software executive with decades of leadership experience across software, hardware engineering, business management, modernization, and acquisitions. He previously served as Chairman of Rocket Software, an $8 billion-plus global enterprise software company with a long track record of acquiring and scaling mission-critical software businesses.

Prior to Rocket Software, Mr. Beasley was CEO of Icing Software, an independent business unit of IBM Software created as a modernization and acquisition platform for underutilized software businesses. He joined IBM in 1971 and built a distinguished career at the intersection of technology leadership, enterprise software strategy, and operational execution.

Mr. Beasley also served as Chairman of the Board of MESA, Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, supporting expanded access to STEM education and career pathways. In 2000, he was named the most prominent African American in high technology. Mr. Beasley earned his master’s degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.