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W. Jeremiah Sanders III
Sanders founded AMD about the same time that Intel was launched and the two firms have battled to secure the market for microprocessor chips. Though AMD’s sales have lagged Intel’s performance, the company has done much to reduce the price of processor chips and to... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Michael C. Ruettgers
Ruettgers was responsible for EMC’s focus on storage systems vs. memory boards – a move that enabled EMC to corner the storage network market and become one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. Ruettgers initiated a total quality management approach... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
David Packard
Packard and his partner Bill Hewlett created the first real Silicon Valley technology company in H-P, a diversified electronics maker. Together the two men built a strong company that survived World War II and enjoyed continued success after government contracts ended.... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Robert N. Noyce
With his long time business partner Gordon Moore, Noyce was a charismatic leader of Fairchild Semiconductor, and later the first CEO of Intel. At Fairchild, Noyce guided the company through many growing pains and technological changes, helping it to become a $150... View Details
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Gordon E. Moore
Moore, with a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics, led Intel through the development of microprocessors. Under his leadership, Intel introduced its most successful inventions, the 32 and 64-bit chips, which could handle processing tasks in a multitude of appliances. This... View Details
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Scott G. McNealy
McLeod presided over a period of infrastructure investment and development for Moore. During his tenure, Moore became one of the premier providers of business forms and printing services in the United States and Canada. When he stepped down as CEO, Moore’s assets,... View Details
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Carol Bartz
Bartz was Chairman, CEO and President of Autodesk, one of the world’s largest suppliers of computer-aided design (CAD) automation software. Bartz raised manufacturing standards at Autodesk, built a strong sales force, and invested heavily in research to dramatically... View Details
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David Duffield
After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative software for managing human resource functions became a phenomenal... View Details
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Benjamin Abrams
Along with his brother, Abrams developed the first radio-phonograph combination, which was introduced in 1924. Emerson went on to launch a number of additional “firsts” including a clock radio, a self-powered portable radio, and a midget transistor radio. By 1965, the... View Details
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Frank T. Cary
Following the legacies of Watson Sr. and Watson Jr., who ran IBM for almost 60 years, was no easy feat, but Cary more than proved his mettle. Under his direction, IBM expanded into new markets outside its traditional mainframe business into personal computers, graphic... View Details
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- 19 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines
guidance algorithms to help robots intelligently operate on beating hearts, the lungs, and brain. My Master of Science (MS) degree helped me develop a vernacular for technical concepts in robotics, cellular biology, human anatomy, and View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
computer snafus, 98 percent of the technology worked well, a good record considering how huge an installation of software and hardware there was. What about complaints that the Games were too commercial? I have to grit my teeth a bit when... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
the right field at precisely the right time. Upon adding an MBA to his computer science degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Stanford, Murch (who graduated from HBS as a Baker Scholar) went straight to Microsoft. For more than six years, he... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
SUMMING UP Are Computers and Tech-Driven Networks In Their Twilight Years? Issues raised by the ascendancy of network technology are many and varied, judging from responses to this month’s column based on Joshua Cooper Ramo’s book, The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
said, "As you look at some of the challenges that confront us as a society, one of those is the accelerated pace at which technology is moving– from data and quantum computing to the metaverse and blockchain. How do we, as a school and as... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- Blog Post
Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering
suggest that you don’t need an MBA to work in the tech/startup scene? I agree that an MBA isn't a requirement for a successful career in tech. Likewise, someone no longer needs a computer science degree for a successful career as a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
from initial research phases, to brainstorming, to concept development and prototyping. The results? A car that might feature a personalized hood ornament and an interior with pulsating floor lights, customized seat covers, and an onboard View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
those efforts both now and for the future.” Over the years, Rock, considered a founding father of the venture capital industry, helped form numerous start–ups that went on to become 20th–century success stories, including Intel, Teledyne, Scientific Data Systems, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Recognizing Potential
graduating from the University of Southern California (USC) with degrees in electrical engineering and economics, Stevens wanted to pursue a master's degree in computer engineering but didn't want to give up his job at Intel Corporation.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
my bet is that 2037 will be very different as well. And this will be due to entrepreneurs, not private equity funds or public company boards." This may be linked, as D. R. Elliott suggested, to the rise in the "knowledge economy" where "thanks to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett