By Lisa Leiter July 31, 2012
Anyone who has followed the Chicago technology scene since the dot-com boom of the last decade knows the name Andrew "Flip" Filipowski.
He has a well-documented past: successes like Platinum Technology International, which he sold to Computer Associates for $3.5 billion in 1999, and failures like Divine InterVentures, where he burned through $1 billion at the peak of the Internet bubble.
Mr. Filipowski left town for a few years, but in 2010 he moved the headquarters of his seven-year-old SilkRoad human resources software company to Chicago from North Carolina. SilkRoad recently raised $38 million in Series C funding.
Mr. Filipowski spoke with Crain's Lisa Leiter about the local tech scene and SilkRoad's plans for an initial public offering of its stock.
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