OLPC seeks a CEO -- who was your favorite CEO elsewhere?

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

Randy Kommisar

Former head of Lucas Arts (during its great period)
Former head of Cyrstal Dynamics (a ship that had to much water tkaen
on before he got there)

Last I heard he was doing venture consulting in Silicon Valley.
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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Charles Merriam
<charles.merriam at gmail.com> wrote:
> That would be Alan Baratz, former CEO of JavaSoft, last seen at Cisco
>  after his latest company was acquired.  Rumor has that Cisco is
>  choosing not to integrate NeoPath gracefully and Alan may be
>  available.
>
>  Anyone keep closer relationships with him?  I haven't talked to him
>  since JavaSoft.
>
>  Charles Merriam
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM, John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com> wrote:
>  > http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2008/tc2008035_429837.htm
>  >
>  >  OLPC is looking for a CEO.  Nicholas is more of an "idea man", and he
>  >  plans to continue as Chairman and cheerleader.  But he appears to have
>  >  realized that with its current management, the organization can't
>  >  outgrow its early chaos.  (For this I give him every credit; most
>  >  founders who aren't suited to manage a larger, more structured
>  >  organization resist installing a steady hand at the wheel.)
>  >
>  >  There are probably a few people on the devel list who are actually
>  >  qualified to be CEO of a nonprofit tech company like OLPC.  I
>  >  encourage them to apply (it's not clear how, which shows you how far
>  >  things have degenerated).  But I'm more interested in asking the
>  >  software developers on the list:
>  >
>  >   ==>  Who's the best manager or CEO you ever worked for?
>  >
>  >  Suggest to that person that they consider the job.
>  >
>  >  OLPC has plenty of resources, and also plenty of challenges.  We on
>  >  the outside have only seen a fraction of them (like schedules sliding
>  >  out of control; botched distribution; support handled only by the skin
>  >  of the teeth; key people dragged around to fill big holes, leaving
>  >  other big holes behind them; diminished expectations in both sales and
>  >  technical achievement).  OLPC has already changed the world in a small
>  >  way, by teaching us that there's a vibrant world market for low cost,
>  >  high function portable computers, and reminding us how much leverage
>  >  there is in third world educational improvement.  OLPC still has a
>  >  chance to change the world in a big way, by satisfying that market,
>  >  rather than leaving it to commercial companies to half-assedly pick up
>  >  the pieces.  Steering OLPC back on to the rails before it crashes and
>  >  burns will be a job your favorite CEO or manager will never forget.
>  >
>  >  Give 'em a call...
>  >
>  >         John
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