Carol A. Bartz (born August 29, 1948 in Winona, Minnesota) is the new CEO of Yahoo! and was previously the Chairman, President, and CEO at Autodesk from 1992 until 2009.After college, Bartz worked at 3M, but left after a request to transfer to the headquarters was denied. She has previously worked at Sun Microsystems and Digital Equipment Corporation.Bartz became CEO of Autodesk in 1992. According to Forbes, "Since 1992, Bartz, 56, has transformed Autodesk from an aimless maker of PC software into a leader of computer-aided design software, targeting architects and builders."She is credited with instituting and promoting Autodesk's "3F" or "fail-fast forward" concept -- the idea that you engineer a company to fail in certain missions, to be resilient to failure, and to respond to it by overcoming quickly.On January 13, 2009, Bartz was named the CEO of Yahoo!, succeeding co-founder Jerry Yang.She serves on the boards of directors of Intel, Cisco Systems, NetApp, and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
CAROL.A.BARTZ-THE NEW CEO OF YAHOO!
Carol A. Bartz
Carol A. Bartz (born August 29, 1948 in Winona, Minnesota) is the new CEO of Yahoo! and was previously the Chairman, President, and CEO at Autodesk from 1992 until 2009.After college, Bartz worked at 3M, but left after a request to transfer to the headquarters was denied. She has previously worked at Sun Microsystems and Digital Equipment Corporation.Bartz became CEO of Autodesk in 1992. According to Forbes, "Since 1992, Bartz, 56, has transformed Autodesk from an aimless maker of PC software into a leader of computer-aided design software, targeting architects and builders."She is credited with instituting and promoting Autodesk's "3F" or "fail-fast forward" concept -- the idea that you engineer a company to fail in certain missions, to be resilient to failure, and to respond to it by overcoming quickly.On January 13, 2009, Bartz was named the CEO of Yahoo!, succeeding co-founder Jerry Yang.She serves on the boards of directors of Intel, Cisco Systems, NetApp, and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science.
Carol A. Bartz (born August 29, 1948 in Winona, Minnesota) is the new CEO of Yahoo! and was previously the Chairman, President, and CEO at Autodesk from 1992 until 2009.After college, Bartz worked at 3M, but left after a request to transfer to the headquarters was denied. She has previously worked at Sun Microsystems and Digital Equipment Corporation.Bartz became CEO of Autodesk in 1992. According to Forbes, "Since 1992, Bartz, 56, has transformed Autodesk from an aimless maker of PC software into a leader of computer-aided design software, targeting architects and builders."She is credited with instituting and promoting Autodesk's "3F" or "fail-fast forward" concept -- the idea that you engineer a company to fail in certain missions, to be resilient to failure, and to respond to it by overcoming quickly.On January 13, 2009, Bartz was named the CEO of Yahoo!, succeeding co-founder Jerry Yang.She serves on the boards of directors of Intel, Cisco Systems, NetApp, and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science.
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