Mark Hurd
Mark Hurd
Mark Vincent Hurdis co-CEO of Oracle Corporation, and the past chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Hewlett-Packard. At Hewlett-Packard, Hurd succeeded CFO Robert Wayman, who served as interim CEO from February 10, 2005 to March 28, 2005, after former CEO Carly Fiorina was forced by the board to resign. On September 22, 2006, Hurd succeeded Pat Dunn as chairman after she resigned after the pretexting controversy. Hurd resigned his positions at HP on August 6, 2010, following an investigation...
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We have to grow our company, invest and deal with competitive forces at the same time we need to be efficient on the cost side,
results stock
Results have been inconsistent. The stock has been volatile, if not disappointing.
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For us, we have a tremendous asset in the customer base, ... We haven't done as good a job as I think we can at understanding the aggregate customer business.
loved money
The better you perform, the more money you make. I won't tell you everybody's loved it.
partner terms trying
I think you'll see us trying to be more precision-oriented in terms of who we partner with,
double markets
double down in markets where we want to lead.
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After a thorough review of our business, we have formulated a plan that will enable HP to begin delivering its full potential. We can perform better, for our customers and partners, our employees and our shareholders, and we will.
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The way he treated people and how he ran the company set an exceptionally high standard of personal decency.
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I'm aware of competition and have seen questions about strategy, structure and consistency. But I also see the potential with these businesses,
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We've got some looseness in our structures and our processes, ... We have to get away from managing and reporting to leading and driving.
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We have to make sure that we can show up with products that are deliverable against that framework, and I think we can do a better job with that.
hope
There is a lot of hope in the company,
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We've got a lot of stuff to go work on. You may not always like what we say ... but we will work exceedingly hard to deliver on commitments we set.
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You have all of our commitment to making HP an easier company to deal with,