Stephen Elop, who will succeed Jeff Raikes as head of Microsoft's Business Division, comes to the company from Juniper, where he'd been COO. Elop is former CEO of Macromedia, and he spent a year at Adobe after that company acquired Macromedia, before moving to Juniper in January 2007. Interestingly, Elop comes out of the IT world; from 1994 to 1997, he was CIO of Boston Chicken. UPDATE: Here's a pretty detailed profile from around the time of the Macromedia-Adobe merger.
Stephen Elop, who will succeed Jeff Raikes as head of Microsoft's Business Division, comes to the company from Juniper, where he'd been COO. Elop is former CEO of Macromedia, and he spent a year at Adobe after that company acquired Macromedia, before moving to Juniper in January 2007.
Interestingly, Elop comes out of the IT world; from 1994 to 1997, he was CIO of Boston Chicken.
UPDATE: Here's a pretty detailed profile from around the time of the Macromedia-Adobe merger.And here's a quote from his CIO days, accepting an industry award on behalf of Boston Chicken:
"Work less from the functions and features list [for new products] you picked up down the [exhibition] hall," he said, and concentrate more on "solving problems and improving the quality of life for employees."
"Innovation," Elop said, "is not about applying the latest and greatest technology, but rather it is about learning how to creatively apply technology to meet the real business challenges facing your organization."
"Innovation," Elop said, "is not about applying the latest and greatest technology, but rather it is about learning how to creatively apply technology to meet the real business challenges facing your organization."
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