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Keynote 4 -  Managing Business Transitions
 Thursday, November 08, 2007, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speakers:
Rick Belluzzo
Chairman and CEO, Quantum
Former COO Microsoft Corporation

Rick Belluzzo is chairman and CEO of Quantum, he is responsible for its overall business strategy and direction. He has taken a number of steps to enhance the company’s leadership in backup, recovery and archive, and strengthen its underlying foundation to provide long-term value to customers and shareholders. These steps include making three acquisitions, launching a wide range of innovative new products, creating greater operational efficiencies, improving Quantum's balance sheet, and reducing costs. Before joining Quantum, Belluzzo was president and COO of Microsoft Corp. During his tenure at Microsoft, he also served as group VP of the Personal Services and Devices Group and group VP for the Consumer Group. Belluzzo was also the Executive VP of the computer organization at Hewlett-Packard Co. He was at HP for 23 years and held numerous positions in finance and marketing during that time.
Session Description:
In today’s competitive business environment, leading a company or business through a transition successfully is often a matter of survival. Changes in technology, business models, competition, and globalization require fluid strategies and the ability to manage rapid change. Business leaders need to develop the skills necessary to drive changes that allow companies to capitalize on these ever-changing forces. In his 30-year career in the world of high tech business, Rick Belluzzo has confronted many of these challenges and opportunities. In each case he has been able to learn new strategies for successfully leading companies through transitions. Rick led the HP printer business in the late 1980s, managed the Internet and consumer businesses at Microsoft, led Quantum through a business transition and more. Rick learned that here are always common principles and experiences when leading a company through change. In this information-packed session based on his three decades of real-world high tech business management experience, Rick will share the lessons he’s learned.